Kathy Griffin split from husband Randy Bick after he became too much of a ‘homebody’ and stopped sharing her enthusiasm for life, insiders have claimed.
Griffin, 63, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court last Thursday citing ‘irreconcilable differences,’ three years after the now-estranged couple tied the knot on New Year’s Day 2020.
The pop-culture personality reportedly felt divorce was the only option if she was ever to feel like herself again after ‘growing apart’ from Bick, 45.
‘Kathy was in love and is still in love with her ex and as heartbroken she is with how this all has turned out, Kathy loves living life,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.
Kathy Griffin, 63, is said to be ‘heartbroken’ after filing for divorce from marketing executive Randy Bick, 45
‘Kathy hates that it has ended this way but she needed to be Kathy again, and this was the only way she was going to get there,’ a source told DailyMail.com
‘She always wants to have fun. She wants to travel and do things with a man she loves who has the same aspirations.
‘Kathy is just over 60 but still feels in her thirties and wants to enjoy life and has a fun and focused outlook on life and Randy did share that with her.’
However, the source added: ‘As of late, Randy was more content with being a homebody and instead of growing together, they started growing apart.
‘Kathy hates that it has ended this way, but she needed to be Kathy again, and this was the only way she was going to get there.’
Griffin first met the marketing executive – who is 18 years her junior – at a food and wine festival in 2011 before getting married in 2020 at a ceremony officiated by fellow comedian Lily Tomlin.
News of their break up was announced last week, with Griffin listing their date of separation as December 22, 2023.
On December 29, TMZ broke the news that she had filed for divorce.
She corroborated the report via her Instagram, with a post that simply read: ‘Well…s**t. This sucks. – Kathy Griffin.‘
Kathy Griffin turned to her friend Jane Fonda, 86, for support in the wake of her split
Griffin and Bick tied the knot on New Year’s Day 2020 during a ceremony officiated by Lily Tomlin, 84
She was clearly struggling with the split during the New Year celebrations on Sunday, telling her social media followers that she had turned to friend, and actress, Jane Fonda, 86, for support.
Alongside a picture of the pair, she wrote: ‘My girlfriends are going to get me through this. Last night I had to use the bat phone. Me…“Fonda, it’s Griffin. My heart is broken. I can’t eat I can’t sleep.” Jane…”Come on over kid. I’ll make you something. You’ll eat and I’ll listen.”’
Griffin has talked openly about her relationship with Bick, and previously revealed she did not think it would amount to anything more than a one-night stand.
Speaking to People in 2016 she revealed her first impression was that he was a ‘man-w***e.’
The pair – pictured in November 2022 – met in 2011 at a food and wine festival, with Griffin convinced they would be no more than a one-night stand
She added: ‘He’s like a regular guy, you know, he’s like a real guy. He’s not like a Hollywood guy.’
The divorce comes on the heels of a major health scare for Griffin.
In August 2021, she announced that she’d been diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer, despite never having been a smoker.
Thanks to speedy surgical intervention, she was reportedly cancer-free by November of that same year.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Griffin and Bick for comment.