Kathy Griffin Says She Attempted Suicide in 2020 After Becoming Addicted to Prescription Pills

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Kathy Griffin is a survivor. In addition to opening up about her lung cancer diagnosis in her interview that aired Monday, the 60-year-old comedian also revealed her struggles with addiction and depression.

Griffin said that in June 2020, she tried to take her own life in what she described as «a very serious suicide attempt.» The star said she started spiraling after she faced backlash for her controversial 2017 photo shoot, where she held up a fake severed head of President Donald Trump«To lose all of my work overnight and to be told by people in my own industry, 'It's over, leave the country for five years.

You've shamed our industry,' on and on and on. It definitely got to me,» she told. «I got to the point where I kind of agreed.