After a lengthy, unplanned hiatus, comedian Kathy Griffin is hitting the stage again. “It’s been too long, it’s been like seven years since I came to Pittsburgh,” Griffin said in an interview. She will perform at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead on Oct.

I’m glad to be here. We have a lot to laugh about,” Kathy Griffin says at the top of her triumphant return to The Last Laugh podcast after a very eventful five years since her last appearance.In this episode,

I’m tellin’ ya it’s all on the table. I’m actually going to make fun of my own complex PTSD because you gotta laugh at everything, but I promise there’s a lot

Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

Comedian Kathy Griffin made headlines seven years ago when she posed for a bloody photo containing mock-severed head of then-President Donald Trump. After taking serious heat, for a good reason, Griffin eventually deleted the post and apologized for making it in the first place.