Kathy Griffin claims Dave Grohl snubbed her after Donald Trump photo backlash

Kathy Griffin has claimed "former friend" Dave Grohl once ignored her at an airport.

In the latest video for her YouTube series, the comedian reflected on encounters she has had with a variety of celebrities.

Gesturing to a photo of Grohl, Griffin asserted that she used to be "kind of friendly" with the Foo Fighters frontman.

"Then my scandal happened with the Trump photo, and I ran into (Grohl) at JFK (International Airport). It was at the newsstand, and I didn't want to initiate a conversation because I was so used to celebrities not wanting anything to do with me, or wanting anyone to even see them standing next to me, and telling me so," she said. "And then, Dave acted like he didn't know me. Now, maybe he didn't see me, because I'm so hard to miss in a newsstand. He was like two seats away from me on the plane. Then I thought, 'Well, maybe I should just go up to him.' And I thought, 'No, if he's being like this because of the Trump head picture scandal, it's just going to be awkward.'"

Griffin didn't disclose when the snub occurred.

In 2017, the My Life on the D-List star received backlash for posting a video showing herself holding "a mask styled to look like the severed, bloody head" of U.S. President Donald Trump.

She apologised for the incident, with the controversy becoming the basis of her 2019 project, A Hell of a Story.

"And so, that's why I say my former friend. But still an A+ musician, but, you know, has some issues as being the only nice dude in rock and roll. Maybe," the 65-year-old continued.

In addition, Griffin argued Grohl could do with some positive press, following his announcement in 2024 that he had fathered a daughter outside his marriage to wife Jordyn Blum.

"It was just a bummer for so many of us chicks that are used to dudes in rock and roll being douchebags. It seemed like Dave Grohl was the only good one," she added.

Representatives for Grohl, 57, have not yet responded to Griffin's comments.