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Posted on 06/10/2017 11:25:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
HBO host Bill Maher said Friday that Kathy Griffin made a mistake but "should not go away" following the furor over her joking about beheading the president.
Maher delivered a fierce defense of making mistakes as a comedian "going for a laugh" on his show this week.
He said that comedienne Griffin owes him "a fruit basket for getting her off the front page" after he caused an uproar for using the n-word on his HBO program the prior week.
Griffin was fired from her annual New Year's Eve co-hosting gig by CNN last week after holding up a bloodied severed head that strongly resembled President Trump in a photoshoot.
“Look at what happened to my friend Kathy Griffin,” he said. "As much as I hate Trump… that’s wrong. You don’t do that to whoever the president is. But she was going for a laugh, and I understand that. We do sometimes cross the line.”
However, he said, Griffin shouldn't consider this the end of her career.
“Kathy Griffin should not go away," he said. "You make a mistake, you don’t have to go away. Everyone makes mistakes.”
Maher's comments came after Griffin initially apologized for the gory photo, but said at a press conference a few days later with lawyer Lisa Bloom that the Trump family was trying to ruin her.
"I don’t think I’m going to have a career after this. I’m going to be honest, he broke me," Griffin said while in tears. "A sitting president of the United States and his grown children, and the First Lady, personally, I feel, are trying to ruin my life forever."
Maher and Griffin should BOTH go away.
Griffin can be is House Gingger
I agree with him.
As long as she stays around, we and everyone else will be reminded of how nasty the Left are and that they are complete hypocrites.
Griffith will perform at a college campus in the fall and receive a long standing ovation. There will be plenty of cameras and a dvd will be made of it. She’ll have to hire a writer or 2 to make herself funny. That’s the way it works. Oh, what a country!
They want to play by the old permissive rules...
while making US play by the NEW IMPOSSIBLE rules.
Yes, she should. She stopped being marginally amusing and cogent years ago.
Much like you, Bill.
Well she could always go on tour with the dixie chicks.
Remember Michael Richards, “Cosmo Kramer” on the Seinfeld show?
He disappeared beneath the tsunami after his “mis-speak” and did not surface again for years.
NOBODY accepted his apology at the time.
That was about eleven years ago, and he is only barely making a restart now.
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Your right, Mahr. She doesn’t need to go away.
Instead, she needs to go to JAIL....and YOU right along with her as her nice new cellmate.
Once you’ve Dixie Chicked yourself, you need to look at alternative careers.
I’d piss on her grave too, but I’m saving myself for Fonda.
I beg to differ. Let them shoot off their mouths. It only helps our side.
Ha! They both need dirt naps!
What is Mahers claim to fame other than a bit part in the movie D C Cab.
“A” college campus? No, she will perform on many college campuses. She lost some great gigs, but she won’t be hurting for jobs or money for years to come. She is a hero to the Left. And unfortunately, there is no shortage of leftists, especially on college campuses.
Hey Maher...you guys never go away...even when you promise you would
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Not everything can be called a joke.
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