Kathy Griifin brings ‘Life on the PTSD-List’ tour to Tucson
Kathy Griffin brings her "My Life on the PTSD-List" tour to Fox Tucson Theatre as her career, teetering on non-existent, rebounds one show, one joke at a time. Comedian Kathy Griffin, the daughter of first-generation Irish Americans, is touring her ‘Life on the PTSD-List’ tour in Tucson. The tour includes a talk about her experiences in the past, including being called the “face of Isis” around the world. Griffin attributes her success to the luck of the Irish, which she believes is born with bad luck. She also discusses her political stance against President Donald Trump, calling him a “bull(expletive) Trump thing” and plans to take another one.
Published : 2 months ago by Sarah Wilson in Health
“They had it in Iran. They had it in Russia. Within 12 hours, around the world, they were calling me the first lady of Isis,” Griffin recalled. “I’m 57 years old, menopausal and a redhead comedian … but no, I’m the face of Isis! It was crazy.”
“I am so back on the D list. I can’t even tell you,” she said excitedly. “I have yet to get a (comedy) special because people are afraid of me in my beloved industry, but I think there might be like a sea change after that bull(expletive) Trump thing.”
“That’s what we call the luck of the Irish because you’re born with bad luck,” said Griffin, the daughter of first-generation Irish Americans. “And let me just say, I never believed in those things, but in the last 6½ years, you have to admit, I’ve had some pretty (expletive) bad luck. Now granted, some of it was my own doing; it’s not like anyone forced me to take that picture. And by the way, if he wins again, I’m taking another one.”
“All of a sudden out of the blue, I get a call from this manager and he’s going, ‘You know I think you got a raw deal with that whole Trump thing and I think it’s about time you got back to work,'” she said.
“It was like walking into 2008; it was like a time capsule,” she recounted. “Paris still looks the same; she still dresses like she’s 14. Everybody had to wear something pink and sparkly. I went with Rosie O’Donnell who has nothing that is pink or sparkly. It was hilarious.”
“Don’t get me started on that turncoat,” she said. “Look, either be a Democrat or be honest and say you’re a Republican who has a crush on Rob Portman, which I didn’t think was possible. But that’s me.”
“Maybe they are just standing up because I have one vocal chord; I don’t care,” she said. “All I know is they are standing and I drink it in like a cold glass of water. … I can’t wait to hit that stage.”