Kathy Griffin has officially been fired by CNN.
The comedian has had a long term deal with the channel for their New Year’s Eve show, co-hosted with Anderson Cooper, but terminated their agreement after a Donald Trump joke went really wrong.
Kathy had posted a photo holding a fake “decapitated” head of U.S. president Trump, shot by well-known photographer Tyler Shields.
“CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program,” a spokesman said the following day.
“We found what she did disgusting and offensive,” another statement read. “We are pleased to see she has apologized and asked that the photos be taken down.”
Even Anderson Cooper couldn’t defend the comedian, writing on Twitter: “For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate.”
Trump himself took to Twitter to air his anger at the photo.
Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
The First Lady also released a statement.
“As a mother, a wife, and a human being, that photo is very disturbing,” Melania said.
“When you consider some of the atrocities happening in the world today, a photo opportunity like this is simply wrong and makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it.”
Later Kathy also took to Twitter to apologise.
“I crossed the line,” she said. “I went way too far. The image is too disturbing, I understand how it offends people. It wasn’t funny. I get it. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career, I will continue to. I ask for your forgiveness.”
I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017
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