{"id":2081390,"date":"2026-08-06T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2081390"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:21:26","slug":"kathy-griffin-claims-dave-grohl-blanked-her-at-the-airport-after-donald-trump-photo-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2081390","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Griffin claims Dave Grohl blanked her at the airport after Donald Trump photo scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kathy-Griffin-Dave-Grohl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>TV News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kathy Griffin claims Dave Grohl blanked her at the airport after Donald Trump photo scandal<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>She claims the pair &#8220;used to be kind of friendly&#8221; before the incident<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Victoria Luxford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-06T12:21:26+01:00\">6th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kathy-Griffin-Dave-Grohl-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Griffin Dave Grohl\" title=\"Kathy Griffin Dave Grohl\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Kathy Griffin and Dave Grohl. CREDIT: Gary Gershoff and Michael Buckner\/Billboard via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Kathy Griffin has revealed that Dave Grohl \u201cacted like he didn\u2019t know me\u201d during an encounter at an airport following a scandal involving her criticism of US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Foo Fighters live in Liverpool: rock club vibes on a stadium scale from our greatest supergroup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The comedian and actor caused controversy in 2017 when she made a protest video that depicted her with a fake severed head that resembled the President, who was serving his first term in office. The video drew criticism from supporters of the politician, prompting Griffin to apologise and lose hosting jobs as well as endorsements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>On the new episode of her podcast <em>Talk Your Head Off<\/em>, she spoke about an encounter with Foo Fighters frontman Grohl, saying that her \u201cformer friend\u201d ignored her when they saw each other at an airport, something she put down to the controversy surrounding the video.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kathy Talks MORE Celebrity Encounters!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YR6mcpfXr2g?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cHe and I used to be kind of friendly,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cI ran into [Grohl] at JFK [Airport]. It was at the newsstand. I didn\u2019t want to initiate a conversation because I was so used to celebrities not wanting anything to do with me or wanting anyone to even see them standing next to me \u2014 and telling me so. Then Dave acted like he didn\u2019t know me. Maybe he didn\u2019t see me, because I\u2019m so hard to miss at a newsstand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued the story, saying that he didn\u2019t acknowledge her even though they were \u201ctwo seats away from\u201d each other on the same plane. \u201cI thought maybe I should go up to him,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI thought, no, if he\u2019s being like this because of the Trump-head picture scandal, it\u2019s just going to be awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I say my \u2018former friend,\u2019\u201d she concluded. \u201cStill an A-plus musician, but has some issues as being the only nice dude in rock &amp; roll. Maybe. Okay, Dave. You know you saw me.\u201d Dave Grohl is yet to publicly comment on the story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former Nirvana drummer was in the headlines recently after it was revealed that he once paid for Corrosion Of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin\u2019s rehab before his death. 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The video drew criticism from supporters of the politician, prompting Griffin to apologise and lose hosting jobs as well as endorsements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>On the new episode of her podcast <em>Talk Your Head Off<\/em>, she spoke about an encounter with Foo Fighters frontman Grohl, saying that her \u201cformer friend\u201d ignored her when they saw each other at an airport, something she put down to the controversy surrounding the video.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kathy Talks MORE Celebrity Encounters!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YR6mcpfXr2g?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cHe and I used to be kind of friendly,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cI ran into [Grohl] at JFK [Airport]. It was at the newsstand. I didn\u2019t want to initiate a conversation because I was so used to celebrities not wanting anything to do with me or wanting anyone to even see them standing next to me \u2014 and telling me so. Then Dave acted like he didn\u2019t know me. Maybe he didn\u2019t see me, because I\u2019m so hard to miss at a newsstand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued the story, saying that he didn\u2019t acknowledge her even though they were \u201ctwo seats away from\u201d each other on the same plane. \u201cI thought maybe I should go up to him,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI thought, no, if he\u2019s being like this because of the Trump-head picture scandal, it\u2019s just going to be awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I say my \u2018former friend,\u2019\u201d she concluded. \u201cStill an A-plus musician, but has some issues as being the only nice dude in rock &amp; roll. Maybe. Okay, Dave. You know you saw me.\u201d Dave Grohl is yet to publicly comment on the story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former Nirvana drummer was in the headlines recently after it was revealed that he once paid for Corrosion Of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin\u2019s rehab before his death. Last month, alt-rock icons Pixies talked to <em>NME<\/em> about Grohl calling their debut album \u2018Surfer Rosa\u2019 the \u201cPerfect record\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/kathy-griffin-claims-dave-grohl-blanked-her-at-the-airport-after-donald-trump-photo-scandal-3961168&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kathy-Griffin-Dave-Grohl.jpg&#8221;] NewsTV News Kathy Griffin claims Dave Grohl blanked her at the airport after Donald Trump photo scandal She claims the pair &#8220;used to be kind of friendly&#8221; before the incident By Victoria Luxford 6th August 2026 Kathy Griffin and Dave Grohl. 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