Kathy Griffin reveals past suicide attempt, pill addiction amid lung cancer diagnosis. Kathy Griffin revealed she struggled with pill addiction and thoughts of suicide after receiving backlash for a controversial photo shoot in 2017. The comedian, 60, who revealed she is battling stage one lung cancer on Monday, sat down for an interview with ABC News in which she detailed the past four years and the spiral her life took after facing immense backlash after posing with a bloodied, severed head with the likeness of then-President Donald Trump.  After an apology and a subsequent rescinding of that apology, Griffin embarked on the cheekily titled "Laugh Your Head Off" tour in 2017. She noted that it was around that time that she was introduced to pills, leading to a behind-the-scenes battle that would ultimately lead to a suicide attempt.  Check out the link to read more about this.