‘My Life on the D-List’ Star Kathy Griffin’s New 22 Year Old Boyfriend Has The Internet Buzzing Over Their Wild Age Gap
Kathy Griffin has never been shy about turning her personal life into a punchline, and this week the comedian gave fans a whole new chapter to dissect. Best known for the self-deprecating Bravo show that delighted fans from 2005 to 2010, Griffin has spent decades being open about the messier parts of her life, including her love life.
That openness extends to her marriages. She married Matt Moline in 2001, a man almost a decade younger than her, before the pair split after Griffin reportedly caught him stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her private bank accounts. She remarried in 2020 at age 59, this time to Randy Bick, who was 42, and the couple divorced five years later in 2025.
That backstory sets up what happened on Thursday, July 9, when Griffin posted a photo of herself holding hands with a mystery man on Instagram and let her caption do the talking. She wrote that he is 22 and told the internet to have at it, punctuating the announcement with a couple of playful emojis for extra flair.
The shots were reportedly taken during a night out in New York City following a Broadway show on June 18, with Griffin wearing a black deep V midi dress while her companion sported a matching black polo and trousers. In the pictures, the young man can be seen opening her car door for her, a small gesture that quickly became a talking point online.
Fans flooded the comments with a mix of humor and genuine support for the apparent 43 year age gap relationship. Plenty praised the mystery man’s manners, and jokes about generational differences poured in almost immediately, with the overall tone landing far more supportive than scandalized.
This is not new territory for Griffin. In a personal essay published in The Cut in December 2025, she reflected on a previous romance with a 23 year old man, explaining that she appreciated what she felt was a lack of the biases she had often encountered from older partners, and that the relationship made her feel genuinely seen even though it ultimately did not last.
She also teased a different, since deleted romance back in May, hinting at a man who looked closer to her own age before this latest reveal took over the conversation entirely. Between the marriages, the essay, and now this very public hard launch, Griffin has made her romantic candor as much a part of her brand as her comedy.
Whatever comes next for Griffin and her 22 year old companion, she has already proven she is not interested in hiding the relationship from anyone. With the internet still buzzing over the photos, it feels fair to ask fans directly, does this new romance change how you see Kathy Griffin’s love life, or is this exactly the kind of headline you expected from her next.
