article_snippet: The 54-year-old comedienne announced abruptly on Thursday with a lengthy Twitter message that Griffin was abandoning the post Griffin had filled following the death of legendary host Joan Rivers in September.
article_snippet: : Critics have pointed out the comedienne has never been shy about laughing at other people's physicalities .
article_snippet: What the comedienne said: Griffin wrote a lengthy letter explaining the comedienne . '
article_snippet: XXOO, Kathy Griffin'.
article_snippet: the comedienne wrote on Instagram, along with a TMI picture of the former co-hosts licking each other's tongues.
article_snippet: xox'; while actress Alexandra Wentworth told actress Alexandra Wentworth 'You go funny lady'; and Rosie O'Donnell simply said 'Proud of U!!!'
article_snippet: Comedian Billy Eichner saw the funny side, tweeting: 'I love Kathy and I've seen every episode of Fashion Police but somewhere Joan Rivers is cackling', before following it up with: 'THOU SHALL NEVER CROSS THE ALMIGHTY ZENDAYA AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE!
article_snippet: Fellow comedienne Margaret Cho meanwhile saw it as an opportunity to throw Fellow comedienne 
article_snippet: I actually make clothes @e_FashionPolice #StraightOuttaTheSweatshopAndIntoYourHeart so you should have me host x,' Rosie O'Donnell joked.
article_snippet: Ironically, one of the few times Kathy Griffin's's ever made me laugh. '
article_snippet: Indeed, Washington Post style blogger Stephanie Merry pointed out that Kathy Griffin's has never been opposed to cruelly making fun of celebrities' physical appearances before, compiling an extensive list of Fellow comedienne Margaret Cho's stand-up routines in which Kathy Griffin's makes much more pointed barbs than anything that would be uttered on Fashion Police.
article_snippet: Seeing the funny side: Billy Eichner and Margaret Cho cracked jokes about Kathy's exit .