Kathy Griffin Opens Up About Her 'Fashion Police' Exit

Kathy Griffin steps out in New York City after making an appearance on The View to discuss her Fashion Police exit on Monday (March 16).

“I did a statement because I felt like Fashion Police just wasn’t the thing for me. My style is improvisational and off the cuff, and they have a formula that worked so well with Joan [Rivers], and so well for so long, and it just didn’t fit my thing. And after a while, I kind of felt like I was being forced to comment about pictures of beautiful women in perfect dresses, and say kind of bad things. … As a feminist and a comic, it just didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” Kathy said. “It’s a little different than what felt to me sort of like a dog-pile. I was hoping we could talk about the events themselves and the shows, so I didn’t want to say that Meryl Streep didn’t look great, because she looked great. So sometimes it felt disingenuous to me. … But certainly, in my repertoire, I’ve said heinous things – I’m well aware of that, trust me!”

Kathy also mentioned that Lena Dunham wrote her original statement to announce she quit. “I was going up against a big corporation, and I’m scared and I’m nervous… it’s a male-dominated industry.”

Kathy also went on Howard Stern‘s show that day as well. Listen to the interview below..