Kathy Griffin unexpectedly severed ties with her attorney, Lisa Bloom, over the weekend, but the comedian has come forward to explain why she axed her.
In an interview with the Daily Beast, Griffin recalled the disastrous June 2 press conference she participated in with Bloom to address her controversial Donald Trump “severed head” photo. Hours after the much-maligned event, Griffin participated in a conference call with Bloom, her entertainment lawyer and her First Amendment lawyer, as well as Braden Pollock, who is Bloom’s husband and the manager of her firm.
“Lisa said, ‘Kathy, I don’t like it that you’re the only other woman on this call and you’re not speaking up for me,’” Griffin recounted to The Daily Beast. “And I’m like, ‘Are you f–king kidding me? After everything I’ve been through, you’re gonna try to play the f–king feminist card with me? … Are you f–king nuts? It doesn’t work that way. I don’t have your back on this one at all.’”
Griffin also claimed Bloom has repeatedly called her and her manager-boyfriend Randy Bick, but Bloom denied Griffin’s claims in an email response to the publication.
“Really? Bombarding? Please show call logs then. I sent one text to Kathy in the last three months, and placed one call to Randy recently,” she retorted.
Bloom also claimed the last time she saw Griffin in person, the comedian greeted her with a hug. “I had no idea there was a problem until a reporter reached out to me about this a few days ago,” Bloom added.
As for why Griffin was friendly toward Bloom, she explained that it had to do with a conversation she once had with Martha Stewart. “I asked her, what would you do if you ran into Trump,” she said. “And Martha Stewart answered, ‘I’d say “hello.”’”
Griffin also blasted Bloom for giving more interviews following the press conference, something she viewed as “fame-whoring.”
Bloom released an extensive statement on Twitter explaining her side of the story.
Griffin was slated to host CNN’s New Year’s Eve alongside good friend Anderson Cooper, but after she was fired from the gig in the wake of the controversy, the comedian made it clear that she and the CNN anchor are no longer pals, especially after he called her out on social media. Using a quote “from my gays,” Griffin called Cooper “The Spineless Heiress,” a reference to his Vanderbilt roots.
Andy Cohen has since been selected to replace Griffin on the broadcast.