Comedian Kathy Griffin issued an apology Tuesday evening for her controversial photoshoot in which she holds the likeness of Donald Trump’s bloodied, severed head.
“I sincerely apologize. I’m just now seeing the reaction of these images. I’m a comic, I crossed the line, I moved the line, then I crossed it. I went way too far,” Griffin said in a video she posted on Twitter. She also promised to ask the photographer, Tyler Shields, to take down the photo.
I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017
Griffin faced significant backlash from both ends of the political spectrum. Chelsea Clinton tweeted that the photo was “vile and wrong.” Mitt Romney wrote, “Our politics have become too base, too low, & too vulgar, but Kathy Griffin’s post descends into an even more repugnant & vile territory.”
Trump himself blasted the comedian, saying she should be “ashamed” of herself.
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
Oh please. It was a dumb thing to do, but the idea that the children are struggling with this is precious.
If I wanted a D-list celebrity to represent my opinions I would have voted for Donald Trump.
I had to google who this person was.
Dumbass does dumbass thing, apologizes for being a dumbass. World pauses, hesitates, reconsiders, continues to turn.
Who cares what Kathy Griffin does or says? The country’s burning down.
None of the cretins who are attacking Griffin had anything to say about hanging Pres. Obama’s effigy and/or setting (him) it on fire.
I’m not agreeing with Griffin at all. But I’m not going to rail against her after what Obama went through for eight years.
And if Rump has a problem with his son seeing that image, tell him to speak with either Sasha or Malia to get their unvarnished opinion.