Kathy Griffin Says Her Mom And Sister Received Hate Calls After Trump Scandal

Kathy Griffin is never going to escape the 2017 photo of her holding a bloody Donald Trump mask, which nearly ended her career. Now she’s opening up about it with People magazine.

In case you forgot, the photo ended up costing the comedian endorsement deals, a comedy tour, and her longtime gig as the co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper.

“I was like, ‘This will maybe show up on some blog,’” she told the mag. Not only did she receive death threats from Trump supporters but so did her 97-year-old mom Maggie and her sister Joyce, who died of cancer in the midst of the scandal.

“My mom had an old-timey answering machine — not even voice mail — and people would leave the most vitriolic hate,” Kathy explained, adding that her sister received notes “telling her to go to hell” up until the day she died.

Read more at People.