KATHY GRIFFIN ‘I have LUNG CANCER'

THE COMEDIAN REVEALS HER STAGE 1 DIAGNOSIS: ‘I’M A RESILIENT SURVIVOR’

When Kathy Griffin was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer in mid-July, the comedian and actress was in disbelief. “I’m still a little bit in shock, not denial,” she told Juju Chang on ABC’s Nightline, “but once a day I’ll just turn to, like, nobody next to me and go, ‘Can you believe this s--t? Is this a bitch or what?’”

A rep for Griffin confirms she underwent surgery on August 2 to remove half of her left lung and “everything went well”. Griffin, 60, who has never been a smoker, wrote on Instagram that “the doctors are very optimistic as it is stage 1”, a small tumour that hasn’t spread to the lymph nodes. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this, and I should have normal function with my breathing.”