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Kathy Griffin is feeling the heat. (Video still via ABC News)
Via Time: At an emotional, 30-plus-minute press conference alongside her new publicist Lisa Bloom, Kathy Griffin confronted the controversy swirling around the image of herself holding a mask representing the severed head of Donald Trump.
Griffin, who has apologized and stands by the apology, said tearfully:
I don't think I'm going to have a career after this. I'm going to be honest. He broke me. 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.
Saying the photo was meant to parody Trump's grotesque comment that Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” following a feud with Trump, Griffin admitted her old friend Anderson Cooper's condemnation, in particular, “hurt.”
If you don't stand up, you get run over. — Kathy Griffin
She also vowed to make fun of Trump more than ever, and took exception to Melania's suggestion that Kathy may be mentally ill, saying:
I think there's a lot of people in this administration that seem, like, super nuts, and I think it's weird that [the media] or anybody's acting like they're not.
I am still Team Kathy — it's not even close! — but wish she would walk away and regroup for a while so the media can focus on Russia and the Paris Climate Accord and health care. I did definitely appreciate that “super nuts” remark — which is a good observation.
Full press conference after the jump ...
This is the stupidest idea — Kathy Griffin will appear at a press conference tomorrow to respond to “the bullying from the Trump family she has endured.”
I am Team Kathy, and I don't think what she did was the end of the world. It was obviously, obviously crossing the line, and I'm shocked that she was shocked at the outcry from the right and the left, but I honestly think Trump has courted such extreme reactions. He has created an atmosphere of actual violence, so ginning up violent art images should be the least surprising thing he confronts.
I also think he and Melanie grotesquely dragged Barron into this with a fake story about him believing the image was real.
But face it — most people are appalled by the image. She's lost work and fans (she has a large military fanbase along with the gays) over this, and she has abjectly apologized.
Why keep this going? It's only going to suck up attention from the Russia probe and Trump's outrageous rejection of the Paris Climate Accord.
This is just going to come off as attention-seeking, especially since Kathy's entire act — while couched in humor — is soft bullying. She has said mean shit about people, so I don't think most people are going to be sympathetic.
I think the only diehard Team Kathys on this one are going to be those of us liberals who are so goddamned angry we can't stand it. But that's not a majority, and this is just going to backfire.
Team Trump is jumping for joy at this distraction. Annoying.
Again, I am Team Kathy, but I would rather she not insert herself into the Trump narrative.
Everyone can relate to/weigh in on etiquette, but THIS Trump story needed more coverage.
Trump set to violate Constitution on Day One of presidency.
PART-TIME 1ST LADY: Melania and Barron won't live in the White House in January.
Pence & Trump won't rule out torture, but McCain said over his dead body. (Win/win!)
John McCain: “I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do. We will not waterboard.” https://t.co/76dlmuv0mp
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) November 19, 2016
Trump's conflicts of interest regarding his businesses are piling up—something's gotta give.
Seeking the nearest safe space, Twitter users were triggered by Gigi Hadid's Melania impersonation.
Gigi Hadid just did her "Melania Trump impression" #AMAs pic.twitter.com/AYJTMhvCCx
— Jessica Goodman (@jessgood) November 21, 2016