Kathy Griffin claims she’s been successfully banned from Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Present” as a result of she’s “too inappropriate or controversial.”
The comic, 65, stated Tuesday that she hasn’t appeared on NBC’s late-night speak present since Fallon grew to become host in 2014, which led her to imagine she’s now not welcome.
“I’ve not carried out the Jimmy Fallon present because it was on at 12:30 Japanese and Pacific, so I suppose I’m banned from the Fallon present, or inappropriate, or too controversial,” Griffin stated in an Instagram video.
“I don’t even know. Once you’re banned from a present — and for those who guys know me, I’m banned from most of them. You’re welcome, America and Indonesia. They don’t often inform you you’re banned. They simply can’t appear to seek out room for you.”
Her final look on “The Tonight Present” was in 2013 when Jay Leno was host.
Griffin praised Fallon and stated that the “Taxi” actor “was at all times tremendous good to me” throughout her appearances whereas he hosted “Late Night time” from 2009 to 2014, however criticized a few of his reserving selections since he took over “The Tonight Present.”
“I do suppose it was a nasty name for him to have convicted rapist Conor McGregor on,” she stated, referring to the previous UFC champion’s look on June 16
“I believe the Fallon of us made a mistake by having Conor McGregor on. I believe it sends yet one more message to ladies and marginalized of us in every single place that we’re not equal and you are able to do something to us, and the perpetrators are nonetheless going to be on the market being glorified.”
She additionally introduced up Fallon’s 2016 interview with Donald Trump, which passed off two months earlier than he received the presidency.
“It form of jogs my memory of when Fallon had [Donald Trump] on after which he petted [his] hair, or as I name it, hen’s nest. I don’t know, that didn’t sit effectively with me,” Griffin stated.
“I didn’t like when Lorne Michaels had [Trump] host ‘Saturday Night time Dwell.’ I believe it’s time we form of make up our minds about who we’re going to cancel and who we’re not. Take it from probably the most canceled superstar in historical past — look it up. As the children say, do higher.”
Griffin captioned her Instagram submit, “Fallon, what sort of message are we sending right here?! AND can we PLEASE save canceling folks for those who really deserve it?”
The comic sparked widespread backlash in 2017 after posting a photograph of herself holding a pretend bloodied severed head resembling then-President Trump.
On the time, Trump stated Griffin “needs to be ashamed of herself,” whereas Griffin later stated, “I don’t suppose I’ll have a profession after this … [Trump] broke me. He broke me.”
Earlier this yr, Griffin stated she stood by the controversial picture.
“I completely lean into it, as a result of I used to be proper, and I used to be forward of my time,” she instructed WUSF in February.
“And so, once I have a look at that image now, I’m very happy with it.”
Griffin has largely stayed out of the highlight in recent times.
She final starred in FX’s 2021 comedy documentary “Hysterical,” voiced an episode of “Futurama” in 2023, and self-produced her 2025 stand-up particular, “My Life on the PTSD Checklist,” which chronicled her lung most cancers analysis and the fallout from the 2017 Trump photograph scandal.
In April, Griffin additionally acknowledged donating $10,000 to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s unsuccessful marketing campaign for California governor, saying she gave cash to Swalwell, who was later accused of sexual assault, as a result of he was a “freaking white, straight man.”
