{"id":114941,"date":"2017-08-30T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T04:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114941"},"modified":"2017-08-30T00:29:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T04:29:18","slug":"whos-sorry-now-not-kathy-griffin-over-trump-photo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/30\/whos-sorry-now-not-kathy-griffin-over-trump-photo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s sorry now? Not Kathy Griffin over Trump photo, video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The comedian condemned Trump’s pardon of former Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio and the president’s call for a ban on military service by transgender people. (Photo<\/a> by Kathy Griffin\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES\u2014 Kathy Griffin retracted her apology for a gory image of a fake Donald Trump head, saying anger against her was overblown and should be directed at Trump and his administration.<\/p>\n

A feisty Griffin, interviewed Tuesday on Australian TV in advance of an international comedy tour, slammed the president and his actions as she reversed course from her tearful mea culpa in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the picture happened, the outrage was ridiculous, I made an apology, and now in light of all the crazy stuff that he (Trump) and this administration are doing….. He’s unhinged,\u201d she said on the morning show \u201cSunrise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedian condemned Trump’s pardon of former Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio and the president’s call for a ban on military service by transgender people. She also referred to Trump as a \u201cfool,\u201d among other derogatory terms.<\/p>\n

One \u201cSunrise\u201d host pressed her on whether it was out of line to pose for photos and a video with a mask of Trump covered in tomato sauce to simulate blood from a severed head. Griffin pushed back.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop acting like my little picture is more important than talking about the actual atrocities that the president of the United States is committing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Griffin said she lost friends and work, and received death threats during the uproar.<\/p>\n

She had quickly apologized in a video in which she called the Trump image \u201cdisturbing\u201d and also during a tearful news conference, but was fired from her most high-profile job as co-host of CNN’s New Year’s Eve Celebration. Comedy gigs were cancelled.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for her to realize that what was happening to her could be the basis of laughs, Griffin said during a satellite interview, and she decided to embark on the \u201cLaugh Your Head Off\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

She’s also on \u201ca mission to tell people, honestly, if it happened to me, as big mouthed and obnoxious as I am, it can happen to you,\u201d said Griffin.<\/p>\n

Griffin spoke this week by satellite to \u201cSunrise\u201d and another Australian show, \u201cThe Project,\u201d to promote her upcoming appearances there. She’ll also be on stage in Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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