Congratulations, Kathy!
“What was supposed to be a shallow toot it and boot it one night stand has grown and flourished into something far more meaningful,” joked officiant, Tomlin
Griffin? More like phoenix.
Imagine this: You make an ill-conceived joke about the president and find yourself public enemy #1. He engages his family and all the federal agencies at his disposal in a full-blown assault that threatens your livelihood AND very life:
Federal officials threatened to charge you with conspiracy to assassinate the president.
The president’s son urges your employer to fire you (which they do); and you’re unable to find work in the U.S.
After getting work overseas, you are put on the no-fly list and retained at every airport you visit (left to sit in a room for hours while your passport and phone are confiscated).
You land on an Interpol criminal list.
You receive death threats, which continue to this day, forcing you to install metal detectors everywhere you appear—which you must pay for.
You are labeled a member of ISIS (which many Americans believe as the gospel today).
To be clear, “there is no question that the photo of her holding a mock Trump head is protected speech,” says Stanford University Law Professor Nathaniel Persily. But that matters little to a lawless administration.
Sound like something out of Kafka? Well, that has been comedian Kathy Griffin’s life for the last 2+ years. And though well documented, she decided to document the aftermath as well, trusting that many would regard it as “an important, historic story” that needed to be told properly.
The Chicago Tribune described Griffin’s film as “a tale of a pilloried woman who fights back”—calling it “raw, vulgar and smart.”
While the 2019 release of her documentary, “Hell of a Story” can’t really be called a happy ending, Griffin’s recent marriage to her boyfriend of ten years certainly can.
The comedian, who turns 60 this year, tied the knot with 42-year-old marketing executive, Randy Bick, mere minutes into the new year. The officiant? Fellow comedian and Grace & Frankie star, Lilly Tomlin. Bick belongs to only a handful of people that stuck by Griffin—including comedian, Jim Carrey, who said, “[If you are] doing the crazy things that [Trump] is doing, we're the last line of defense. The comedians are the last voice of truth.”
With Trump’s total disregard for the first amendment, Griffin’s public fight was a fight for all of us. Regardless of whether you’re a fan of her comedy, it’s hard not to see her stance as a heroic one.
I’m so happy she found love. And will continue to show her some.