Kathy Griffin is once again dragging her years-long feud with Elisabeth Hasselbeck back into the spotlight. And honestly, she did not hold back. In a new YouTube video posted this week, Griffin revisited her infamous 2010 clash with the former The View cohost and absolutely roasted Hasselbeck while reflecting on their chaotic on-air argument. Griffin referred to Hasselbeck as an “indignantly stupid pain in the ass” before taking things even further.
“Some of you young folks might not even know who she was,” Griffin joked. “You heard me: was.”
That one line alone pretty much summarizes the energy of the entire rant.
The feud between the two dates back more than 15 years and has become one of Griffin’s favorite recurring comedy topics during her stand-up tours.
Back in 2010, Griffin appeared on The View and ended up in a tense confrontation after Hasselbeck accused her of making untrue and insulting jokes about the show’s cohosts in her stand-up routines.
Instead of backing down, Griffin famously fired back live on air.
“Actually, this moment is what I live for, so bring it,” Griffin said during the original exchange, while the audience erupted into applause.
Now, Griffin says she is still shocked the crowd sided with her.
“Even the home audience of The View, who showed up not to see me but to see the ladies of The View, applauded,” she recalled in her new video.
“She was very thrown that the audience went with me. I was very thrown.”
Griffin also mocked Hasselbeck’s recent temporary return to The View earlier this year, where she filled in for co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin during maternity leave.
“I didn’t watch any of it,” Griffin said. “I just thought the whole thing was funny.”
The comedian then doubled down on her criticism, saying she still jokes about Hasselbeck regularly because the former cohost “tried to one-up” her during their televised argument years ago.
The renewed feud comes during a period where Griffin has increasingly leaned back into celebrity and political commentary after years of controversy and public backlash following her infamous 2017 Donald Trump photo scandal. Recently, Griffin has also taken aim at other conservative television personalities, including former The View cohost Meghan McCain, whom she called an “annoying c—” in another online rant.
Meanwhile, Hasselbeck herself has largely stayed away from mainstream entertainment headlines in recent years compared to her peak View era during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Still, the internet immediately started debating the revived drama.
Some viewers praised Griffin for remaining unapologetically chaotic and funny, while others felt the jokes came off unnecessarily bitter many years later.
But regardless of where people stand, one thing is very clear: Kathy Griffin absolutely has not forgotten that 2010 moment.