Kathy Griffin's Uber Driver Drama

0:00It's April 24th, from Hollywood to your headphones. This is Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Kathy Griffin dropped a wild story on the view while hyping her new face, new tour. Back in Minneapolis, she had this driver who seemed cool at first, Caucasian guy taking her two and from a gig, but he started dropping comments that hit wrong, anti-gay stuff mixed with racial jabs, making her straight up uncomfortable. She cooked up a quick exit plan, something she'd never done before. Told him her cousin Jill wanted to drive her to the airport instead. Her tour manager jumped in, saying Jill was sick, and Kathy sealed it by claiming her cancer was back. Driver pulled over, she grabbed her bags, and they bounced. Griffin beat lung cancer back in 2021, after surgery that changed her voice to this. Many mouse meets Marilyn Monroe vibe. She announced she was cancer-free on Jimmy Kimmel live that year. This breakout was her way of speaking up against the weird vibes, no more tolerating

1:02that mess. She and her manager accidentally pointed him to different houses when he asked where Jill lived, then called an uber to actually get to the airport. Awkward as hell, but she owned it, saying sometimes you gotta stand your ground. Griffin's tour rolls through mid-May, with more dates this fall, so she's out there owning the stage with her new face and fresh stories like this.