{"id":518832,"date":"2026-07-10T06:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518832\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T06:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:10:08","slug":"kathy-griffin-65-launches-new-boyfriend-on-social-media-hes-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518832\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Griffin, 65, launches new boyfriend on social media: \u2018He\u2019s 22\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comedian Kathy Griffin has apparently hard-launched a new relationship on social media \u2013 with a man she says is 43 years her junior.
The Suddenly Susan and My Life on the D-List star, 65, posted a photo of herself hand-in-hand with the unidentified younger man on her Instagram today<\/a>, captioned simply: \u201cHe\u2019s 22. Have at it, internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Confusingly though, this is not the first time in recent weeks Griffin has hard-launched a relationship on social media \u2013 without actually identifying the man that she\u2019s dating. Back in mid-May, she posted a photo of herself with an unknown man who looked closer to her in age, writing: \u201cWe\u2019re insta official. Deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

That past photo has since been deleted, suggesting Griffin and her May boyfriend might have already gone their separate ways.<\/p>\n

Her fans and celeb friends are all for the possible new romance with this much younger man.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll always be hot,\u201d said Courtney Stodden \u2013 herself no stranger to an age-gap relationship, having wed actor Doug Hutchison when she was 16 and he was 51 (the pair later split).<\/p>\n

\u201cEnjoy. Just don\u2019t talk about Tv shows or music,\u201d one fan advised.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet it momma,\u201d another cheered.<\/p>\n

Griffin has been open in the past about dating men who are much younger than her. In December last year, she wrote an article revealing that she had fallen for a 23-year-old following her 2025 split from ex-husband Randy Bick, who at 47 was almost two decades younger than Griffin himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cI accidentally fell in love with a 23-year-old,\u201d Griffin confessed in an article she wrote for The Cut. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of his age, he didn\u2019t have the usual sexism, misogyny, and biases that guys my age tend to have. He seemed to see me. I know that sounds really corny. Oh God, it sounds so lame! But I felt really comfortable with him, and I felt very content just hanging out.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she revealed that the reality of their age-gap meant it was a short-lived romance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI knew he was too young when he told me he never wanted to have kids and that he could be with me forever. And I was like: \u2018You don\u2019t know that. You\u2019re 23. You have no idea,\u2019 \u201c she wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo I had to set that dove free.\u201d<\/p>\n