As she goes by way of the heartbreak of ending her marriage of 4 years, Kathy Griffin is discovering solace in a well-known pal.
On Sunday, the actor and comic revealed on Instagram that she’s been confiding in Jane Fonda as she prepares to finalize her break up from husband Randy Bick. She shared images of a current hangout with the “Monster-in-Law” star, exhibiting the 2 ladies seated in a kitchen with the remnants of meals on an assortment of tableware earlier than them.
“My girlfriends are going to get me through this,” Griffin wrote in a caption. “Last night I had to use the bat phone. Me…‘Fonda, it’s Griffin. My heart is broken. I can’t eat I can’t sleep.’”
Fonda, she stated, responded by telling her: “Come on over kid. I’ll make you something. You’ll eat and I’ll listen.”
By Monday afternoon, numerous different celebrities had pledged their help for Griffin beneath the submit.
“Oh Kathy,” actor Debra Messing wrote within the feedback part. ”You are liked and supported and you’ll rise out of this life’s tough chapter stronger. You are a survivor. I’m so so sorry you’re hurting. I want I may take it away.”
Added Broadway’s Kristin Chenoweth: “You. Will. Get. Through. This.”
Griffin filed for divorce from Bick final week, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The two started relationship in 2011 and have been married on New Year’s Day in 2020. Their officiant was none aside from Lily Tomlin — who, by the way, co-starred with Fonda within the basic 1980 comedy “9 to 5,” in addition to on Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” which wrapped in 2022 after seven seasons.
When information of her impending divorce broke, Griffin issued a brief, albeit succinct, assertion on social media. “Well…sh*t. This sucks,” she wrote.
Griffin has stated that she and Fonda have been launched at a 2007 celebration of Larry King’s 50 years in broadcasting. Since then, they’ve appeared collectively at numerous occasions, together with a 2019 live performance organized by the Los Angeles LGBT Center and a 2012 pre-Grammy Awards gala.
In a 2016 look on “Larry King Now,” Griffin recalled trying to Fonda for help following a “really gnarly breakup” with an undisclosed companion.
As for particular recommendation, she stated Fonda had advised her: “Whenever you’ve been through something that really rocks your world, don’t do anything for a year. Don’t buy a house, don’t sell a house, don’t move cross-country, don’t get married. … And she was right.”
