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

Griffin revealed on her podcast that she asked O'Donnell directly to be a guest on the show.

Kathy Griffin said she's "really hurt" after not being invited as a guest during Rosie O'Donnell's week hosting Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.

'I'm back in the spotlight, all thanks to President Oompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart,' Rosie O'Donnell said.

ABC/Randy Holmes Kathy Griffin said she was “really hurt” that fellow Trump nemesis Rosie O’Donnell did not invite her as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! O’Donnell, 64, is currently guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show as part of the ABC anchor’s summer rotation. In a lengthy episode of her YouTube show, Griffin

Rosie O'Donnell kicked off her second night of guest-hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with another nod to Donald Trump.

jimmy kimmel live O’Donnell has been living in Dublin since January 2025. COMEDIAN ROSIE O’DONNELL made a surprise return to US screens as she appeared as a guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live. O’Donnell has been living in Dublin since January 2025 – “because of mango Mussolini” – and spoke at length on the programme about

O'Donnell makes her weeklong talk show return in what Kimmel calls a "special treat" for Trump.

“Buckle up, people!” Rosie O’Donnell immediately set the tone for her first monologue as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday. The comedian, who is filling in for vacationing host Jimmy Kimmel, reflected back on her stint from 1996-2002 on her own talk show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, in her first monologue of the we

“If you thought the president hated Jimmy Kimmel Live when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel? Buckle up, people!"

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“And if you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people. Buckle up!” O’Donnell said.

When Jimmy Kimmel announced that Rosie O’Donnell would be filling in as a week-long guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” during his summer vacation, he teased it would be “a special treat” for Donald Trump, who’s harbored a 20-year-long vendetta against the comic for her mocking his bankruptcies on “The View” back in 200