Posted on 05/31/2017 8:49:03 AM PDT by drewh
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper weighed in on Kathy Griffin’s now-famous photograph in which she posed with a fake, bloodied, decapitated head of President Donald Trump, saying the photo was “disgusting” and “inappropriate.” “For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in,” the Anderson Cooper 360 host wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday evening. “It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate.”
Cooper and Griffin have co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live since 2007.
CNN said in a statement Tuesday that it was “evaluating” Griffin’s future role in the broadcast, but said it had not yet made any decisions.
“We found what she did disgusting and offensive,” the network said in a statement, according to the Hill. “We are pleased to see she has apologized and asked that the photos be taken down. We are evaluating our New Year’s Eve coverage and have made no decisions at this point.”
The photo, first published by TMZ Tuesday morning, caused a firestorm online, as the comedian’s name became a trending topic on Twitter with thousands of people taking to the service to express their shock and disgust. Meanwhile, Facebook users flooded the comedian’s official page with calls to boycott her upcoming cross-country comedy tour.
Griffin apologized later Tuesday for the photo, which was taken by Los Angeles-based photographer and artist Tyler Shields, and asked that it be taken down.
“I’m a comic. I cross the line. I move the line, then I cross it. I went way too far,” Griffin said in a 30-second video posted to her Twitter account. “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.”
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Neither is an “artist” but a a couple of hyped out frauds.
This translates as "No harm, no foul, nothing to see here; can we move on please?"
Yeah right... and behind closed doors this pervert is giving that skank high fives...
“It is clearly disgusting”...of course she is Anderson, but what about the bloody head.
Two douchbags!
A most insincere apology, if apology it was at all. Mary Kathleen Griffith shall only be lying in wait for the NEXT opportunity to taunt, belittle, make fun of, or just get all scary in-your-face with her favorite targets.
Which include all the usual suspects, that is, anybody to the right of Hillary Clinton.
Her name is all over the news this morning.
As the old axiom goes, there is no such thing as bad publicity. Trump-hating comedy club owners will be ringing her phone off the hook. Mission Accomplished.
In my opinion, that was no apology...She only said she was sorry it caused such an uproar...
She did NOT say she was sorry for the impression it left...
In my opinion, this was an implied threat of assassination...
I held my nose and navigated to ‘democrat underachievers’ to see what was being said there. A few comments about the pics being poor taste, more comments about giving the right ammo for future condemnations, but mostly dumping on Anderson Cooper for his comments about the stunt. It would appear that AC not supporting this event is bad juju and will be punished.
The left is well and truly nuts.
Baron thought it was his dad...up on drudge
The classless bimbo didn’t even apologize to Donald Trump and his family.
Melania is probably finding out if she can sue over what it did to barron since he thought it was real
Yep...Some in here said they thought it was fake news about Barron...I don’t...
An 11 year old is impressionable and if he saw that on TV before being told about it, it would be horrible...
Griffin should be sued out of existence for this act....
I’ve been appalled at them both for years. They’re both disgusting and a waste of oxygen.
One might consider that the possibility that the gravity of Ms. Griffin's crime prescribes at the very least, permanent residence on the "no fly" list, and potentially some sort parole agreement that means she must constantly disclose here whereabouts to the authorities.
brought to you by Anderson pooper...the desk crapper journalist
what a bunch of hypocrites
cnn sucks
If I was a muslin, I would view this attack by this woman as a direct insult to Allah.
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