03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Controversial US comic looks unrecognizable with no make up as she steps out in LA after facelift
SHE'S a controversial comic who famously had a bitter feud with President Donald Trump.
The no-nonsense star, 64, recently had a second facelift and looked unrecognizable as she was pictured out and about in
LA
.
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This famous comic looked very different on a walk in LA
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She revealed last week that she recently had a second facelift
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Going makeup-free for the stroll in the sun, the media personality's trademark red
hair
was blown back in stark contrast to the fringe she's recently been wearing.
Something of a queen when it comes to self-promotion, Kathy Griffin helped those out who might have struggled to place her by wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with her own name.
An over the shoulder bag bisected her world tour slogan tee and she finished her look with jogging bottoms and sneakers.
The low-key outing was very different to the facelift reveal video she put out on
Instagram
last week from her stunning home.
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On that occasion, she dressed in a more glamorous style and told her fans that she was wearing a lot of makeup.
The cosmetic procedure reveal came some 27 years after her first facelift.
Kathy explained, "The reason I'm telling you, is when I got my first facelift in 1998... believe it not, at the time, it was not common for a public person to go public about it.
"And I thought it was weird that so many people were lying about having face work done or just skirting the issue.
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"I thought, now I've opened the floodgates, and people are going to start talking about getting work done, maybe have a few laughs about it. But as usual, the
cheese
stood alone."
In the conversational clip, Kathy insisted she would not be shamed for having the work done, nor would she share how much it cost her.
Kathy Griffin suffered painkiller addiction & attempted suicide from Trump head backlash before lung cancer diagnosis
The star later told how she would also not be forced into sharing if she's on any
weight loss
medication like Ozempic, adding, "it could be yes, it could be no."
Wanting to share the surgery
news
on her own terms in a bid to reduce stigma, she said she found it "ageist and misogynistic" when men asked about her procedures in
interviews
.
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She then revealed additional work she's had done as a "neck pull and an upper eye job".
Kathy's been in the limelight for three decades, landing her big break in 1996 in the NBC sitcom, Suddenly Susan.
She has received two
The comedian, who is worth an estimated $40m, has also starred in her own reality television series, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.
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Other noteworthy appearances include roles in Glee, Ugly Betty, American Dad!, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
She faced a fierce backlash in 2017 after she posed with a fake severed Donald Trump head.
Kathy initially apologized, stating she'd "crossed the line". However, six months later, she backtracked saying she "takes back 1,000%" her apology.
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In August 2021 she was
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Four months later, she revealed the surgery had been a success and she was cancer-free.
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Kathy Griffin in her more familiar style
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Kathy has won two Emmys and a Grammy
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