Kathy Griffin and boyfriend Randy Bick split after seven years

The couple first met in 2011

Published

8 years ago

November 9, 2018

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Kathy Griffin (Submitted photo by Tyler Shields)

Kathy Griffin and her longtime boyfriend Randy Bick have ended their seven-year relationship.

The comedian, 58, announced the news on Twitter on Thursday.

“God help me, but I¹m gonna be one of those people who announces a break up.
After 7 years, Randy and I have decided to part ways. It’s not acrimonious and I will always adore him,” Griffin tweeted.

She also threw a bit of shade at TMZ writing, “There, now those jerks at TMZ wont get the story first. Go back to your bootlicking, @HarveyLevinTMZ.”

God help me, but I¹m gonna be one of those people who announces a break up.
After 7 years, Randy and I have decided to part ways. It’s not acrimonious and I will always adore him. There, now those jerks at TMZ wont get the story first. Go back to your bootlicking, @HarveyLevinTMZ

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) November 8, 2018

Griffin and Bick first met at a food and wine festival in 2011. In 2016, she told People she never expected their romance to go further than a one-night stand because he is 18 years her junior.

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