Kathy Griffin Thinks She’s “Banned” From ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

Nearly 15 years after her last appearance, Kathy Griffin doesn’t expect to get another invite to Jimmy Fallon‘s late-night talk show.

The 2x Emmy winner recently claimed she’s likely been “banned” from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, as she called out the double standard of having Conor McGregor on the NBC talk show after he was found liable for assault in 2024.

“I guess I’m banned from the Fallon show or inappropriate or too controversial, I don’t even know,” she said on Kathy Griffin: Talk Your Head Off. “When you’re banned from a show—and if you guys know me, I’m banned from most of them, you’re welcome, America and Indonesia—they don’t usually tell you you’re banned, they just can’t seem to find room for you.”

Griffin continued, “So, I do like Jimmy Fallon. I’ve met him a few times, and when I used to do his later show, he was always super nice to me. But I do think it was a bad call for him to have convicted rapist Conor McGregor on … because it just makes me think of Joe Rogan, and then, I get pissed off for those reasons.

“I think the Fallon folks made a mistake by having Conor McGregor on. I think it sends yet another message to women and marginalized people everywhere, that we’re not equal and you can do anything to us, and the perpetrators are still gonna be out there being glorified,” she added.

The comedian noted it “didn’t sit well with me” when Donald Trump appeared on the show, also hosting Saturday Night Live during the 2016 presidential election.

“I think it’s time we make up our mind about who we’re gonna cancel and who we’re not. Take it from the most canceled celebrity in history,” said Griffin. “As the kids say, do better.”

In February, Griffin said “I think I’m uncanceled” after the backlash around her 2017 photo holding a fake severed head resembling Trump, noting she “didn’t work for seven years.”