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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKathy Griffin is taking back her apology to Trump and his family
Comedian Kathy Griffin is making a comeback after the controversy surrounding her photo of her holding a bloodied head of President Donald Trump.
While Griffin made apologies for what she thought was funny and ironic given years of similar attacks on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, now shes taking back that apology.
Yeah, I take the apology back. F*ck him, she told the hosts of The View Monday. And Don Jr. and Eric, or as I call them Eddie Munster and Date Rape. Im not holding back on this family. This president is different and I have been through the mill and so now Im back on the road. I sold out Carnegie Hall in less than 24 hours.
She explained that her mother, who watches Fox News and thinks that its real, was afraid that her own daughter had been recruited by Al-Qaeda or ISIS. I had to tell her, I dont think theyre taking 57-year-old red-haired Irish-American comedians today.
When asked if she regrets apologizing, Griffin said she did.
I mean, Im not kidding. Ive performed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two places Trump has never been and cant find on a map, she continued. If course with my connection with the military I thought of literally Daniel Pearls mother and so I thought, OK, obviously not very many people literally witnessed that horrendous event but when I thought of her I thought, OK, apologize. And then when I found out that I was really just kind of part of the Trump wood chipper which Michelle Wolf is in now and, you know, I didnt know they had this apparatus already set up before my silly picture of a $5 halloween mask and ketchup and wanted to make a statement about what a misogynist he is.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/kathy-griffin-taking-back-apology-trump-family-fck-im-not-holding-back/
Eliot Rosewater
(31,134 posts)FUCKING A as they used to say
MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)And, I am with you. Gloves off on telling the truth and if it's funny? Bonus. We either laugh or cry at this point and I'm done crying.
SWBTATTReg
(22,201 posts)it's unfortunate, for I love her and humor! Wonderful!!!
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)Franken was a victim of that, too...
SWBTATTReg
(22,201 posts)Mr. Franken, he came clean, apologized, let's move on to those folks out there who insist that RUMP and his crony family are truly innocent too, eh? Hypocrites.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,578 posts)As for those that gag was aimed at - and I have NEVER used these words so truly and pointedly - fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Even if they sometimes can, fuck 'em anyway.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)erronis
(15,460 posts)I'm hoping that Michelle Wolf (didn't know her either) and Kathy Griffin and lots of other people with a voice tell it like it is.
And this is corruption at the highest levels. It is not some dumbbell that waltzed his way into the election. This is a premeditated way to eviscerate our freedoms.
Kathy - please find some more bloody skulls to hold up. And make them real.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Kathy has always had a sailor's mouth trash talking celebrities. From the Joan Rivers School of Comedy. Not everyone's cup of tea, but lord she's never been afraid to put herself on others' shitlists. The decapitated head photo incident was very strange; she was legit afraid for her safety unlike any point in her career.
As for Wolf, I'm there with you. Hadn't heard of her before the WHCD, but she's been on Comedy Central's Daily Show since years ago. Apparently no one learned their lesson from when they invited Stephen Colbert during the Bush years. They aren't exactly friendly towards conservative regimes on Comedy Central. Pulling from that talent pool is either not paying attention at all or knowing EXACTLY what you're doing.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)No more apologies.
No more playing softball with them.
I'm damn glad our side is finally hitting back on the same field. If the Con's, and especially the tRumpublicons ever get their heads out of their collective asses and start the conversation back to a more civilized manner.
They don't get to call our female leadership "fat" "pig" "ugly" "crazy looking" "bleeding from her facelift" "Can't satisfy her husband" etc.. etc.. etc.. and we get slammed for smoky eye and lies comment.
Support our press, support our comedians, and ffs support our Democratic Party Leadership!!!!
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:31 PM - Edit history (1)
She has been through Hell because of the BS from the GOP and media. I hope Michelle doesn't have to go that crap too.
not fooled
(5,805 posts)and the "head" in the photo looked like a papier mache pumpkin. Quite obviously a joke.
pukes erupted in their typical faux outrage meant to take out another sane voice.
Go Kathy!
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)to a different standard than Trump.
Trump can go on a twitter tirade or call up Fox News and have an unhinged meltdown for 20 straight minutes bad mouthing everyone and everything imaginable, and nobody calls him out on in, but as soon as someone else says even one thing about Trump the media is all over them, and that is the real problem here, trump has programmed the media to normalize his behavior while acting outraged when anyone else does it, the media needs to be taken to the mat for this, especially people like Andrea Mitchell.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)I agree with everything. Sending death threats to her family is crossing the line. Her sister was battling cancer (and lost) and that was just uncalled for. My gawd those dumpster fire people sicken me. I really despise those folks. fuck em.
marble falls
(57,479 posts)Bucky
(54,094 posts)Jeezus... if you're trying to be the voice of reason, you can't flake under pressure in the first place and you can't play take-backsies when you change your mind. Not for Maher and not for Griffin. If you're the voice of reason, as all satirists by definition strive to be, you can't flap with the wind.
Entertain me, rally the voters to the good cause... but don't flip flop on your own comedy material and then pretend you're still a leader.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Fuck Trump and fuck CNN for firing her!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,116 posts)Way past time for playing nice.
TheBlackAdder
(28,252 posts)mountain grammy
(26,666 posts)It was a fucking joke for goodness sake.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)Happy to see she she came to her senses.
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)Forget it.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)ridiculous what the media can do..