“Gloves off” (exclusive)

Kathy Griffin doesn’t hold back her upcoming comedy tour.

The 64-year-old comedian writes new material for upcoming comedy tours, new faces and new tours, and tells people that he’s “gloves off” as he kicks off and runs in Las Vegas in May 2026.

“It was a night with Kathy Griffin and I’ve been touring for so long, I don’t think I’ll be able to act like I’m not aware of cursing like crazy, I’m going to say something inappropriate,” says Griffin. “I go out to celebrities and talk about things that exist in the pop culture era.”

“People who come to my show will say they know what they are for,” she continues. “I’ve heard everything and I call the audience extremely shocking. This time I’m saying something even worse.”

Griffin also promises that it will be another act each night on her tour.

“I start with local ingredients,” she says. “If you’re in Tampa, I’ll talk about what celebrities are from Tampa. I had to run out of theaters after the show because I found it interesting to read the names and addresses of the town’s sex offender list aloud.”

When Griffin saw the response to her revealing she had got her third facelift in August, she knew she had to hint at it in the name of the tour.

“I got a facelift. People seem to be fascinated by it. I want to say I don’t know why, but it cracks me,” she says. “I’ve done some political interviews that have done all this research, so I’m laughing. So I know it’s part of the story, and I thought it was okay with that, I thought the new tour was interesting enough.”

Eight years after she sparked national controversy when she posted a photo of herself holding a ketchup-covered President Donald Trump’s Halloween mask, Griffin says she still has “very grateful” to do what she loves most.

“I have to tell you. I’m still shocked to be able to do my last tour and do 75 cities, including Great Carnegie Hall and the Great Boston Symphony Orchestra,” she says. “And I’m not going to sell out all the shows. I wish I’d be Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock and I would have said I’d be selling out all the shows, but I was surprised that these offers were coming.”

More recently, Griffin says he has received an offer to do a show in Richmond, Virginia.

“My answer was, ‘Are you alright?'” she says with a laugh. “That means so much to me, because I’ve always played Deep South with ketchup in pictures before the Trump Halloween mask. It’s such a pleasant surprise to be back in these markets.

Griffin says the “best compliments” she gets recently comes from people in her social media comments telling her she’s “resurrected from the ashes.”

“I feel so lucky, I survived the last few years and now I have a new face, a new tour lined up. The audience says, ‘come to my town.’ “I just put it all there.”

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Tickets for Griffin’s Comedy Tour, New Face and New Tour are currently on sale.