{"id":2218520,"date":"2026-01-01T05:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2218520"},"modified":"2026-01-01T05:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:13:22","slug":"kathy-griffin-65-reveals-she-fell-in-love-with-a-23-year-old-following-her-divorce-from-randy-bick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kathy-griffin-65-reveals-she-fell-in-love-with-a-23-year-old-following-her-divorce-from-randy-bick\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Griffin, 65, reveals she fell in love with a 23-year-old following her divorce from Randy Bick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kathy Griffin said she \u201caccidentally\u201d fell in love with a man more than 40 years younger than her.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian, 65, revealed her secret romance with a 23-year-old man following <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/14\/celebrity-news\/kathy-griffin-settles-divorce-from-second-husband-randy-bick\/\">her divorce from her second husband<\/a>, Randy Bick.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin said that she felt her much younger beau really saw her for who she was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI accidentally\u00a0fell in love with a 23-year-old. Because of his age, he didn\u2019t have the usual sexism, misogyny, and biases that guys my age tend to have,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/comedian-kathy-griffin-dating-after-60-love-sex-aging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in an essay for the Cut<\/a>, which was published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kathy Griffin, 65, revealed she fell in love with a 23-year-old in an essay she wrote for the Cut. <span class=\"credit\">Chelsea Lauren\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The comedian said she dated the man after her divorce from her second husband, Randy Bick. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic for HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Griffin said she felt extremely comfortable with him, even though it sounded \u201ccorny\u201d and \u201clame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was nice to know that my heart could still feel like that in my 60s, and it was nice to have the universe show me a guy that I really got a kick out of but also respected,\u201d she shared. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was smart,\u201d she added. \u201cI thought he could roll in different worlds. It sounds clich\u00e9, and maybe he was an old soul, but I don\u2019t know, we just clicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Griffin knew their romance couldn\u2019t last, and felt she had too much \u201cbaggage\u201d for him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Griffin said her much younger beau really saw her for who she was. <span class=\"credit\">Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She noted that they just \u201cclicked,\u201d which was extremely rare for her. <span class=\"credit\">4CRNS, WCP \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said she had to \u201cset him free,\u201d even though he told her he didn\u2019t want kids and could be with her forever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really was in love with him,\u201d she stressed. \u201cHe touched my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave it a shot anyway, and we both went with it for a while, and then it came time to go,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe made me feel sexy and special and smart and funny. It had a lot of the elements of what I think would\u2019ve made a real, lasting relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin freely admitted to being a \u201ccougar,\u201d and shared that she hadn\u2019t dated guys her age since she was in her 30s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Still. she said she knew their romance couldn\u2019t last and that she had too much \u201cbaggage\u201d for him. <span class=\"credit\">kathygriffin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>But she made no apologies for dating much younger men, writing, \u201cI can\u2019t let this bangin\u2019 body go to waste.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve only been asked out by younger guys,\u201d she explained. \u201cI kind of am a cougar, which to me just means you have the freedom to choose the person that you want as opposed to the age bracket that society tells you is the only option for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin noted she has always been honest about her age on dating apps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put 64 on my profile, and when I went on those dates, every one of them was at least 20 years younger,\u201d she shared. \u201cWhat am I gonna do? I can\u2019t let this bangin\u2019 body go to waste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin settled her divorce from Bick \u2014 who\u2019s 18 years younger than her \u2014 in January.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Griffin finalized her divorce from Bick \u2014 who\u2019s 18 years younger than her \u2014 in January. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic for HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She told Page Six last October that she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d over their split. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last October, the \u201cMy Life on the D-List\u201d star exclusively told Page Six that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/19\/celebrity-news\/kathy-griffin-admits-randy-bick-divorce-is-mentally-kicking-her-ass\/\">the split had devastated her.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe divorce is what\u2019s kicking my ass mentally,\u201d she shared at the time. \u201cI thought I was going to be with this guy forever. I\u2019m heartbroken, I admit it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI just didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be alone at this stage of the game, but hey, that\u2019s on me. And I guess, I obviously have [to take] full responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy Griffin said she \u201caccidentally\u201d fell in love with a man more than 40 years younger than her. The comedian, 65, revealed her secret romance with a 23-year-old man following her divorce from her second husband, Randy Bick. Griffin said that she felt her much younger beau really saw her for who she was. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2218521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,86662,21913],"class_list":["post-2218520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kathy-griffin","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kathy-Griffin-65-reveals-she-fell-in-love-with-a.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2218522,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218520\/revisions\/2218522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}