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Kathy Griffin Loses Job

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Yes, she does look scary in her apology video. It's amazing what make-up (or lack of) can do to someone's face. 

CNN cuts ties with Kathy Griffin amid controversy over comedian’s gruesome anti-Trump photo

 

Kathy Griffin continues to drown in backlash over a gruesome photo shoot that enraged President Trump, drew widespread bipartisan criticism and has now cost the comedian her longtime New Year’s Eve co-host job with CNN.

Griffin’s firing by CNN came hours after she apologized for the shocking picture in which she was seen holding a prop of Trump’s bloody, severed head.

In a video posted Tuesday night on social media, Griffin said she crossed the line and that the image was too disturbing.

“I sincerely apologize. I am just now seeing the reaction of these images,” the 56-year-old comedian and reality TV star said of the picture.

Trump, returning from his “covfefe” break Wednesday morning, attacked her over the widely denounced image, which the president called “sick!”

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