Kathy Griffin says she’s ‘really hurt’ after not being invited to ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ during Rosie O’Donnell’s week hosting

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Key points

• Griffin then brought up her infamous and controversial photo from 2017 that indicated her holding a Halloween mask covered in fake blood that appeared to resemble Trump.
• O'Donnell began guest hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Monday and will continue through Thursday.
• I'm going to be honest today, Griffin remarked at the start of her Talk Your Head Off podcast.
• O'Donnell has focused her monologues on Trump, referring to the president as "Mango Mussolini" during Monday's episode.
• "Kathy – shoulda called me honey – I didn't choose the guests., " O'Donnell commented on Griffin's Instagram post of her video.

Comedian Kathy Griffin made public Tuesday she was "really hurt" that she wasn't invited to appear during Rosie O'Donnell's week guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, lamenting on her podcast that she is good friends with both of them.

I'm going to be honest today, Griffin remarked at the start of her Talk Your Head Off podcast. I might cry. I am asking for your pity. I love a good pity cry. I'm going to be open and honest and hope you understand. And I'm trying to talk regarding something bigger than TV talk indicates, but you know, I talk a lot regarding Hollywood and I provide you the inside scoop, etc. But this one's really personal.

"I'm just going to come out and say it. Are you ready?" she continued. "It's embarrassing to say, but I have to tell you guys since we're friends. My feelings are really hurt that I was not invited to go on Rosie's week of the Jimmy Kimmel show."

O'Donnell began guest hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Monday and will continue through Thursday. Kimmel made public she would be stepping in earlier this year as a treat for President Donald Trump, whom O'Donnell criticizes frequently.

We're good pals, Griffin remarked Tuesday of her relationship with O'Donnell. We're like sisters, and everybody knows sisters fight, sisters and brothers fight. Best friends fight, relatives, co-workers fight. And we're not even fighting.

"I'm just being honest that when I found out that Rosie was going to take over for a full week for my beloved Jimmy Kimmel – I love that he said to the camera, 'And I'm doing it as a special treat to Donald Trump' – and I thought, 'Oh, fantastic.' He's leaning into it and his viewers are honestly leaning more to the left, " she continued.

Griffin then brought up her infamous and controversial photo from 2017 that indicated her holding a Halloween mask covered in fake blood that appeared to resemble Trump. It was widely condemned. She remarked she thought she would receive backing from members of her community after the post and subsequent backlash.

"And, instead, what happened was quite the opposite, and in my own community of Hollywood, of stand-up comedy, where you're supposed to be edgy, you're supposed to make political statements as well as be funny, " she remarked.

"In my opinion, that's what the greats do, that's who the greats I admire did. It did not go that way for me initially."

Griffin remarked O'Donnell had produced comments that were not supportive of her Trump head photo on a recent podcast and noted it had upset her. O'Donnell created the remarks on "The Tangle" with Kyle Ridley and stated she didn't agree with Griffin's decision to post the photo.

Griffin made public she had a chance to catch up with O'Donnell on a recent flight to Los Angeles and observed that she informed O'Donnell that she would love to be a guest.

"I mean, think about it, " Griffin remarked. "You've obtained these two women who share this highly unique thing in common. And while what happened to me was much more extreme than what happened to Rosie, it's pretty unusual that you've obtained these two women that have been so outspoken concerning – well he wasn't the president when she talked regarding him on 'The View.' But, he was the president when I talked concerning him and as I have spoken regarding before most of Hollywood turned on me overnight." O'Donnell responded to Griffin on Instagram.

"Kathy – shoulda called me honey – I didn't choose the guests., " O'Donnell commented on Griffin's Instagram post of her video. Kimmel's show did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Griffin acknowledged that O'Donnell might have no say in booking the guests despite guest hosting the show and encouraged individuals to backing her and continue watching Kimmel's show.

O'Donnell has focused her monologues on Trump, referring to the president as "Mango Mussolini" during Monday's episode. Start your day with all you need to know. Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

Addressing Trump during her opening monologue on Tuesday, O'Donnell sarcastically credited the president with returning her to the network television spotlight.

"I'm back in the spotlight all thanks to President Oompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart, " O'Donnell remarked. "You know, I couldn't have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back just like you did with fascism and the measles."

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