Kathy Griffin Details Pill Addiction, Reveals She Attempted Suicide in 2020: ‘I Wrote the Note’

usmagazine.com:

When Kathy Griffin did a 2017 photo shoot that featured her holding a graphic severed head that resembled Donald Trump, she had no idea her life was about to change.

She lost jobs, had to cancel a tour and slowly, her life began spiraling. First, she turned to pills.“I thought, ‘Well, I don’t even drink.

Big deal, I take a couple pills now and again, who doesn’t?’” the comedian, 60, told Nightline in a new interview, airing on Monday, August 2. “Also, my age was a big part of it.

I mean, who bottoms out and tries to take their life at 59? It’s almost a joke, right, and by the way, someday, this will all be comedy.