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Scandal Kathy Griffin to Address Photo, Alleged Trump Family 'Bullying' at Press Conference Today
Fox News ^ | Published June 02, 2017 | staff report

Posted on 06/02/2017 8:03:41 AM PDT by drewh

Kathy Griffin is set to explain the reasoning behind her controversial photo shoot with a bloodied mask of President Trump and respond to alleged bullying from the Trump family on Friday.

Griffin and attorney Lisa Bloom said in a joint news release they will hold a press conference in Woodland Hills, Calif. 12 p.m. It will be the first comments Griffin has made since she was relieved of her duties as CNN’s New Year’s Eve host.

Griffin received major backlash after the photo was published on Tuesday of her holding a bloodied mask that resembled President Trump. She apologized for the photo shoot and YouTube video later, acknowledging she "went too far." However, by Wednesday morning, her attempt at a joke clearly fell flat among the public.

Donald Trump Jr. called for CNN to drop Griffin as a commentator shortly after the image went viral. "Dear CNN, I must have missed your statement banning your commentator #KathyGriffin from future shows. Please resend. Thx," he tweeted.

Both the president and first lady also called the photos "disturbing," Trump adding that the photo took a toll on his youngest son, Barron.

Griffin has co-hosted CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” with Anderson Cooper since 2007. Cooper criticized Griffin's actions as "disgusting."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bullying; kathygriffin; trumpfamily
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To: mewzilla
I can’t wait to hear Bloom’s defense for threatening a child with a “beat down”.

Wouldn't that necessitate an actual intelligent question by the media to elicit an answer?

41 posted on 06/02/2017 8:21:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Unless Bloom is doing this pro bono. Good news, her client is screwed either way.


42 posted on 06/02/2017 8:22:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

:)


43 posted on 06/02/2017 8:23:03 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: drewh

I refer you to Rush Limbaugh’s Undeniable Rules of Life #24...


44 posted on 06/02/2017 8:24:12 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: drewh

Ginger ISIS.


45 posted on 06/02/2017 8:24:42 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
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To: 1Old Pro

Hopefully someone with a brain and/or a conscience will sneak in. Those 2016 comments about Barron Trump have bugged even some hardened and hard-hearted lefties.


46 posted on 06/02/2017 8:24:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: drewh

Hopefully this will be widely televised.


47 posted on 06/02/2017 8:25:13 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: drewh
Here is an earlier article documenting what filthy, mean-spirited scumbag Griffin really is:

"Kathy Griffin Thinks Comedy Should Go All Out on ‘President Piece of S**t’ Donald Trump"

http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/kathy-griffin-comedy-should-go-hard-on-trump.html

Dec 9, 2016
By Shira Levine

It’s a question a lot of comedians are asking themselves lately: What should comedy look like during the Trump presidency? “Now more than ever we must absolutely go for all the absurdities,” Kathy Griffin told Vulture at the Equality Now Gala Tuesday night.

“For me, that’s Trump and all things Trump. It’s not about trying to be an equal-opportunity offender anymore because Hillary got such a beat down. It’s his turn. So I’m happy to deliver beat down to Donald Trump — and also to Barron. You know a lot of comics are going to go hard for Donald, my edge is that I’ll go direct for Barron. I’m going to get in ahead of the game.”

So, of course, Griffin supported Rosie O’Donnell when she tweeted a video asking if Barron Trump, 10-year-old son of Donald and Melania, was on the autism spectrum. “After the beat down he gave her, she can say whatever she wants to say to that piece of s**t,” Griffin said before correcting herself. “Oh, that’s President Piece of S*t.”


48 posted on 06/02/2017 8:30:17 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Takeover - Have Big Families)
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To: drewh
Donald Trump Jr. called for CNN to drop Griffin as a commentator shortly after the image went viral. "Dear CNN, I must have missed your statement banning your commentator #KathyGriffin from future shows. Please resend. Thx," he tweeted.

LOL! I guess they just can't help themselves - he didn't "call for her to be dropped", he merely pointed out that they hadn't seen fit to do it.....

49 posted on 06/02/2017 8:34:31 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: euram

“If the gop were smart, they would now make Griffin and the black uniformed, masked rioters the face of the democrat party. Feature them both in every ad between now and 2020.”

She is in the latest anti John Ossoff ads.


50 posted on 06/02/2017 8:36:15 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: mewzilla

Lisa Bloom and Gloria can’t do everything Pro Bono, which is how it always looks.


51 posted on 06/02/2017 8:40:19 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Well, I was just checking out CA’s stalking and cyberstalking laws. Those 2016 comments sure look criminal to me.


52 posted on 06/02/2017 8:44:15 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: drewh

Her attorney should be advising Griffin to hide under a rug for a couple of mos instead of pouring gas on a fire.


53 posted on 06/02/2017 8:45:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: mewzilla

Q: Anyone know where Griffin was when she gave that 2016 interview, in which state? Does that matter, especially since the interview was available online? Would federal laws on stalking/cyberstalking apply? Paging any FReeper legal eagles. :-)


54 posted on 06/02/2017 8:48:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

The Real Kathy Griffin
Without The Bondo® and Industrial Grade Wall Spackle


55 posted on 06/02/2017 8:58:27 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Takeover - Have Big Families)
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To: drewh

The reason she did it was to try and be edgy. Period. There was no further thought involved.


56 posted on 06/02/2017 9:03:18 AM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: mykroar

LOL! Watching the presser, they are trying to say it was a “parody” of Trump’s “Blood coming out of wherever.” comment about Meghan Kelly, and not a depiction of violence.

No sale!


57 posted on 06/02/2017 9:08:27 AM PDT by Carlucci
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To: Carlucci

More details please! Can’t find it online.


58 posted on 06/02/2017 9:12:12 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: Rebelbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAUrwoMEnHk

All in on blaming Trump. Kathy speaking now...


59 posted on 06/02/2017 9:13:08 AM PDT by Carlucci
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To: Rebelbase

She’s telling jokes. I’m about to puke.

Says no one has ever been persecuted by a sitting president for exercising 1st amendment rights.

Uh, what about that video that allegedly sparked the Bhengazi attack? Guess we’re supposed to forget about that.


60 posted on 06/02/2017 9:17:15 AM PDT by Carlucci
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