Kathy Griffin has issued a full-on apology for a recent photoshoot, in which she was captured holding the fake disembodied head of US President Donald Trump, after being absolutely pilloried online.
The comedian took to her social media channels to deliver the hurried response, begging for forgiveness and calling the Tyler Shields shoot “too disturbing” and a “mistake.”
I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017
That statement comes after she copped flak from a couple of familiar names. Donald Trump Jr. had a crack at the whole deal, saying it was “disgusting but not surprising.”
Disgusting but not surprising. This is the left today. They consider this acceptable. Imagine a conservative did this to Obama as POTUS? https://t.co/QdghcbIjS7
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 30, 2017
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary, also probably has a lil’ experience with people legitimately wanting her parents dead. She called it “vile and wrong.”
This is vile and wrong. It is never funny to joke about killing a president. https://t.co/zIiuKoMyFw
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) May 30, 2017
However, it seems most likely that Griffin’s about-face was brought about by none other than the Secret Service. Shortly after the footage went live, they went ahead and provided this lil’ subtweet commentary:
On it! @SecretService has a robust protective intelligence division that monitors open source reporting & social media to evaluate threats
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) May 30, 2017
Threats made against @SecretService protectees receive the highest priority of all of our investigations. #ProtectionNeverRests
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) May 30, 2017
Trump Supporters are giant hypocrites they are freaking out at Kathy Griffin when they did the same thing to obama #KathyGriffin #trump pic.twitter.com/aOJiLevzvt
— Thomas (@dreambig0319) May 30, 2017
Source: CNN.
Photo: Tyler Shields / YouTube.
