Kathy Griffin held a press conference today with her newly hired attorney, Lisa Bloom, to ““explain the true motivation behind the image, and respond to the bullying from the Trump family she has endured.”
Respond.To.The.Bullying.From.The.Trump.Family.SHE.Has endured. Let that sink in.
I’m starting this post late at night to get the background information up. I hardly know where to start but I suppose Lisa Bloom is as good a place as any. Lisa Bloom is the 55-year-old daughter of Gloria Allred. She shares her mother’s passion for “feminist causes.” She has represented women making claims against Bill O’Reilly, Bill Cosby and President Trump. Her timeline is full of the usual nasty comments about the Trump family that my snowflake friends like to post on Facebook. Including finding Ken Jennings “joke” about Barron hilarious. I’ve added Ken Jennings to the list of people I do not like anymore after this incident.
She seems completely obsessed with Melania and is irked by any positive media coverage she gets.
Oh please. Wake me up when the First Ornament uses her office to do some good in the world. https://t.co/MqF423w5MZ
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) May 29, 2017
So I am going to try to get up early enough to recap the presser at noon normal people time. I presume if Kathy needs to call a press conference to explain herself she isn’t really that sorry anymore. Lisa bloom responded to Kathy’s apology on twitter with, “It takes a lot of class to apologize like this, without excuses or reservations.” And yet, I predict we are about to hear a lot of excuses and reservations and blaming the victim. Lisa Bloom seems to have zero concern for the President’s wife or 11-year-old child. So don’t expect an apology to the family.
In other news even Al Franken who is friends with Kathy has dropped her from his book celebration that she was supposed to host. I love Al Franken. Not because of that, just in general. I fear she is about to make things worse for herself if that is possible.
I had some problems with the audio at first but Bloom is saying that Kathy apologized and that should be enough. Her next point was men do this all time and she lists some bands that have videos with hatred toward Trump. She says that POTUS, Melania and Donald Trump Jr have dared to respond to her while POTUS is ruining the country, Donald Trump Jr Kills elephants and Melania dared to mention her child was upset by her actions despite not saying a word things like healthcare. The Trumps are trying to take down Kathy Griffin! They are bullying her. It is their fault she lost her job and endorsements and concert venues are cancelling her shows. It is the Trumps’ fault she is getting death threats.
Ted Nugent, blah blah blah, first amendment rights blah, blah, blah. The US allows political satire. We are not Russia. Trump is bad.
Kathy speaks next. She is not afraid of Trump. She has dealt with old white men bullying her before. As for as the image, she she meant her apology and realizes she messed up. She says that never in the history of the country has a sitting president tried to ruin someone’s life forever like this. She is being bullied now. She goes into all the death threats she is getting. She is afraid, they are detailed death threats. She is going to stand up for herself for all of the girls in the country. She makes fun of Donald Trump’s hair saying that it looks like a parfait. She cracks a joke about Melania using Nice N Easy on her hair. She says she is going to make fun of the president even more now. She whines about being bullied some more. Then lapses into fake crying about how everyone is turning on her and she is just a 56 year old comedian and is 110 pounds soaking wet.
Q & A
A reporter asks about Kathy saying in her act that she is going after Barron Trump. Bloom steps in and says it is fine for comics to go after children. Then she says she didn’t do it after Kathy admitted to the reporter that she did.
Another reporter asks how she feels about Barron being traumatized. Bloom intercepts again and basically says she doesn’t believe it. Then she reiterates that Kathy’s comedy act is not for children.
Have the Trumps reached out to her outside of social media she said no. Bloom says Trump owes Kathy and apology.
Someone asks if she thinks she has a still has career. She says they have broken her and she doesn’t think so. She thinks her career is over. Cue the tears.
About losing her CNN job, Bloom says it is censorship. Kathy says it is a bunch of old white men trying to hurt her and they did.
The first amendment lawyer says he is representing her in the criminal investigation by the Secret Service. He says she was within her artistic rights and he believes the investigation should be closed. Kathy says this all about old white guys and nothing like this would ever happen to a male comedian.
Someone asks why the white house would take the time to try and ruin her life. She gets very defensive and claims Trump is using her to distract from his political mistakes. Bloom rants on Trump. Kathy is irritated that all of the questions seem to be against her. Bloom says the POTUS is asking for her to be fired from her job. That is not true.
Kathy tries to explain how the video happened. But then she gets sidetracked on her “this is only happening to me because I am a female” rant. Then she lists her accomplishment including this video. She says that she is not a comedian for children. She says that she has done of ridiculous photoshoots with Tyler before. She lists some of Tyler’s other crap. She says she put about five minutes of thought into it. That is bullshit. She talked before about how to make the mask. A reporter asked why she said the stuff about how they might go to prison for this. What did she think the response would be? She basically said she knew there would be blowback, but she didn’t think people would be trying to kill her and she wishes the POTUS would just focus on governing and leave her alone.
That was some bullshit. Kathy Griffin is horrible at fake crying. Like Farrah Abraham bad.
This press conference went on for over half an hour. I tried to hit the lowlights of the entire ordeal. The press questions were extremely harsh. There was one reporter who held up a photo of Kathy holding up the head with a photo of Lisa Bloom on top of it. He seemed like a nutjob. It was all very surreal.
Kathy never apologized to the Trump family or Barron. She did mutter something about not meaning to harm a child while Bloom continuously said it is the parent’s job to shield their children from inappropriate visuals. Both Bloom and Kathy continued to blame the president and old white men for getting her fired when the only person who said anything about that was Donald Trump Jr. This entire circus was an effort to elicit sympathy for Kathy Griffin and I think it only made her look worse.
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I really don’t think what Kathy Griffin did was so bad. Kathy is kvetching that it’s always been “old white men” who control everything and signed her checks. Now she’s bitching that those same “old white men” don’t want to sign her checks anymore. Actions have consequences.
Add you serious?
Journalist were beheaded by ISIS.
People are crazy and may think it’s “cool” to copycat and actually behead someone.
That what I thought when I saw the picture. Oh what a cool idea, I think I’ll start beheading people.
Idiot.
millions of normal people may not think that., but there are crazy people out there who may. how about the facts that it was not only in bad taste it was not funny funny
Totally agree. Was it stupid and not fully thought through? Yes. But all day long I hear everyone bash Trump and talk about how dissapointed they are that they voted for him. Kathy is known for pushing the envelope and I’m sorry to say our president acts like a frat boy on rush week. She didnt ask for his head or for someone to assiante him. She took a picture that missed its mark. Love her still and always will.
The secret service is investigating her? That seems a bit ridiculous.
Contrary to what the lawyers said, the SS investigates all threats against a sitting president. Nothing will come of it. She is just being dramatic.
This press conference was the absolute worst attempt at a PR spin ever. Just made things worse.
They certainly investigated Ted Nugent after his little stunts and they actually conduct their investigations and duties independent of what the president thinks or wants.
Exactly. Kathy should have gone away and laid low for six months or so before making a low-key return at small comedy clubs. You know you’ve really screwed up when people are siding with Trump.
She’s clueless. Her career is over. She has no one but herself to blame.
The sane Americans who can’t stand Trump still can’t stand him. This was a dumb move by Kathy. I don’t know why someone didn’t stop her.
NOW she thinks of the consequences and attempts to beg and plead out? Nah. She’s a smart girl, I love her work, but that quest for fame runs deep. This is a “rot ro” episode, and she should seriously look at the group of folks she ran this by for approval. If they all cosigned, she needs a wiser group advising her. Folks will forgive, but, methinks this and next year will be one of those slim and tight years financially.
Oh goody. Dig the hole deeper, Kathy.
Would have been a wee bit more graceful to wait a few more days before trying to milk it for sympathy and publicity. But what am I saying? Kathy Griffin has built a career on being crude, vulgar and abrasive.
The problem with comics who pander to the lowest common denominator like she does is that in order to stay relevant she has to go lower and lower. She is not clever she is not funny and has not been for many years. She is just trashy.
You mean like politicians who pander to the lowest common denominator? AKA our sitting dictator…err president?
No, a little more like commenters who clumsily deflect from the subject with some inanity.
Boom!! Zann ITA with you.
I agree Karen.
I totally agree with you TT. She should have layed low despite DT,Jr’s harassing. And let it blow over. Nobody’s talking about this on CNN or MSNBC. I seems they are making news out of it and bringing more attention to it. Bad move, bad advice. People love to see famous, rich people crash and burn and this spectacle is helping that along. I had to find this press conference on YouTube. Hopefully, it will stay buried and she will have a come back. I’m sure trump haters will make her rise again after a short fall. She’ll probably even get a lot of support. Lay low.
How was Donald Jr Harrassing her? What would you do if someone was poking at your 11 year old brother?
ding ding ding!
More like terrorizing an 11 year old child. Why on earth would this horrible bully of a woman go after a little boy?
Exactly TT
Apparently she has prided herself on coming for a ten year old child at the time for months.
“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.”
Hillary lost, so Barron is fair game.
I tried to find out what she said about Barron in her act. The Chicago Tribune made reference to it after her act earlier this year. They said that her comments about Barron were too offensive to post in their paper.
Thanks for these deets. Quite eye opening.
What a hypocrite Kathy is. To insinuate that she’s being bullied after she is the biggest bully of them all going after an innocent child. I find her actions deplorable. I really used to like her, however this has definitely shed new light on her in my eyes. How she can blame the president and his family for her losing jobs due to her actions is mind blowing!
Seriously, she went after Barron? I mentally burn Trump in effigy each morning while I make coffee but if I’m going to demand we keep our mitts and jokes and slander off of Obama’s girls, I have to demand the same for a child named Barron.
If she had just left “my edge is to go after Barron” but then said NOTHING, it would have been fine. But to direct vitriol at a child is no better, no different than the asshats who photoshopped gorilla pics for 8 years. Hateful. Just hateful.
The same stupidity that led her to that photoshoot is what led her to this dumbass news conference.
Kathy saying in a interview she will go after Barron is different than actually doing it.
She has said things like that for years but usually doesn’t do it.
Go ck out the last 24+ hours of Germany’s papers, magazine front covers. What Europeans think of Trump could not get worse.
TT & others are right, Kathy should had apologized several times and then shut up.
Oops sorry I did not Jathy went after Barron in her act.
You should probably sleep it off before you comment further. Once you do you can tell us where she said she was just kidding about going after Barron. TIA.
PS No one gives a rat’s ass what Germany thinks.
You should because the entire rest of the world agrees with Merkel.
TT I love your comment.
And don’t forget how Kathy kept saying she wanted to get Trump’s attention.
I do not think Trump’s son is harassing her, unless she can prove telephone calls, direct threats from him, etc. I think he is pissed that his youngest sibling, an 11 year old child was terrorized. She put this on twitter, right? She meant for it to be public without censorship. Her career was sinking and she wanted to use politics and her hatred of Trump and his little child to boost her career. Pretty sociopathic if you ask me. I do believe some citizens who lack boundaries may have threatened her life because they like Trump and hate her. At this point her career is over so she needs to see if she can get a job at WalMart. Its fine to disagree and political humor is fine also, but I think some of what is going on today is disrespectful. I did not like the over the line “humor” about Obama becasue he was the president and you have to respect the office, even if you don’t like the person who is president. What she did was over the line and Melania Trump was perfectly on point when she questioned the mental state of a person who would do that. No matter who the president might be, there are boundaries. KG is jsut a person who does not care about boundaries until her blasting through them gets her fired.
Terrorized? I don’t disagree with you, but am getting really sick of the hyperbole. On both sides.
It’s a bit much. Baron didn’t see the picture unless he’s following Kathy Griffin.
I checked KG’s net worth on Google…it’s 20 MILLION…she isn’t going to ‘starve’. ROFLMAO So no misplaced sympathy due her…just for her net worth alone…not to mention her idiocy..
SMH. I still cannot believe that people actually believe that there are magical places on the Internet that have access to everyone on earth’s financial records that they freely post for out pleasure. There are also people out there who think all the websites on Earth’s pageviews and ad revenue are out there.
Blows my mind every time one of them turns up.
Imagine if you will a comic disparaging the Obama or Clinton children (I think it happened a couple times and the comics were eviscerated for it.) As for “old white men” saying and doing whatever they want and getting away with it, let’s remember that Don Imus lost his job for “nappy headed hoes.”
Amy Carter was brutally mocked by the press during the Carter presidency. It was at that point that the whole kids are off limits thing came into play.
Chelsea Clinton was exposed to a brutal press about her looks as well as her father’s infidelity during her time as First Child. It may be unfair but unfortunately, children aren’t in a bubble especially now with 24 hour news and social media.
It wasn’t the press – it was Senator John McCain. His joke? (I remembered it, but googled just to verify)
“Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father.”
Yup. I wonder if he would have lost his election if social media had been around then. (He did apologize later FYI)
Chelsea Clinton was one of the first to BLAST Kathy Griffin for her inappropriate behavior.
Yep absolutely
This is surely bizarre because what she did is wrong. Naturally there are repercussions. That’s why we encourage people to think before they act.
On another note the comments on both these Kathy Griffith stories goes to show you how truly screwed up the thought process of some people are. Deal with THIS issue! What she did is WRONG but stop pretending that you are clutching your pearls because blah blah blah the left…blah blah if it was Obama. IT WAS Obama for 8 years and you buried your head in the sand.It was him when they paraded mannequins with nooses around its neck, Ted Nungent was applauded for using “free speech” when he suggested he would kill him, his wife was called a monkey, his children were called ugly, they changed the word ‘Hope” to “Rope” on his pictures, Hannity, O’Reilly, Fox and Friends…and the list goes on.
Simply it is ALL WRONG!!! We need to respect Everyone! Not just a chosen few.
It’s scary watching all the hate in this country and it is on display in all it’s glory. We are tearing apart this country. We no longer look for the truth but whatever “facts’ fit our narrative. I use to look at documentaries all the time of the injustices in this country. Not to live in the past but to celebrate how far I believed this country had come. Now it seems that we are marching happily back to those times.
I don’t usually comment much because I’m always so nervous of people getting vicious and destroying one of the few places I come to just relax and be entertained. However, I had to say this…PEACE!!
Thank you, well said. And instead of peace I am saying peace out of here.
Here! Here! Well said RealityTVJunkie… PEACE!
Agree with you 100 per cent. Very well said.
Thank you! Well said.
I agree 100 percent. Kathy was wrong and should not have done what she did. She should have said I am so sorry if Barron saw this and if it caused any upset for his family. I was wrong and feel terrible that he saw it and was upset by it. Then she should have kept her mouth closed. Is there a double standard in this country–yes, but she is not the one to point that out. What she did was incredibly offensive and she and Lisa Bloom are actually hurting people who may have been hurt by a double standard. Kathy was completely in the wrong. She needs to sit down and STFU.
I have a friend who is a reporter who is getting actual death threats because she wrote a factual piece on Trump’s health care bill. The FBI is investigating the threats. She is not the only journalist dealing with this. I am a women who has encountered sexism. If I am going to call that out I am going to be damn sure that my side of the street is clean. Kathy’s side of the street in this situation is a foul sewer and she is in no position to be upset that the proverbial bear is attacking her. She poked it with a giant stick and it’s coming for her.
I have my political point of view but, when someone is wrong I will call them out on it regardless of whether they agree with me politically or not. It’s called integrity. If you have values and you believe in them, you stick with them. Kathy Griffin was wrong and what she did was disgraceful. The people who called Michelle a monkey were also disgraceful as are the folks who think it is funny to have a T-shirt that says “Rope, Tree, Journalist. Some Assembly Required.” They are all disgusting, hypocritical, human beings. I think it is time for average, integrity possessing Americans to speak up and speak out and tell celebrity politicians, comedians, actors, etc. that we try to live our lives with integrity and that maybe they should try it.
That is horrible Alex Quimby, both what is happening to your friend and that t-shirt you describe. Speak up, speak out, it’s our mandate as co-owners of our democracy. Defend our freedoms before they are gone and we don’t know how it happened.
Bravo Alex. I agree with you 100 percent.
Passionately said realitytvjunkie and Peace to you too. You’re not alone in wanting equal integrity across the aisle, btw our citizens, towards each others children. What is unbelievable is how often people can’t make that simple connection. Do unto others … etc.
I’m not down with that whole Golden Rule Bullshit, because no one else is. But going after a CHILD when you are a grown ass woman for shock value comedy is horrendous.
I’m also not down with the conspiracy theory I started posting about earlier tonight regarding Lisa Bloom and Kathy but don’t feel like working on now because I am watching a HOUSE marathon. But they did have a meeting last MARCH. Just about the time Kathy thought this beheading video would be an edgy idea.
I hear you on the golden rule; it is a pipe dream but at least puts some guidelines out there. You stop on red, I stop on red….
Wrote a similar sentiment as you, earlier in the thread, about how I may hate Trump but his child gets my defense, same as Obamas kids. But this notion of a conspiracy, early planning — that would be next level indefensible.
Enjoy House binging. I had to stop binging Homeland, was enjoying the dark, twisty themes too much. Which is why I’m f’ing awake!!
Preface what KD was wrong.
Another example was Trump at one of his rallies stating if anyone would like to express their 2nd amendment rights towards Hillary. Absolutely appalling.
What a moron. If she had just apologized and laid low for a while she could have come back. That press conference just obliterated what was left of her career. She can dish it but she can’t take it. Frankly I thought the Trump response was quite measured- especially coming from them.
TT- this press conference did it for me. The forgiveness I spoke of in earlier posts? Dwindled to about .01%. The press conference….I just can’t. KG….I just won’t. Done. Door closed. Lock turned. Deadbolt thrown. Buh bye KG.
I mean. What did she think would happen? That is OUR PRESIDENT. No matter how much she hates him. Presidents get assassinated. That’s not a joke. That was disgusting. Now it’s poor her. Screw her!
Perfect recap and I am appalled at Lisa and Kathy’s pleas for compassion and forgiveness for Kathy- yet they are quick to scoff at and dismiss the idea that this image affected Baron in a negative way. Baron is a child and regardless of how anyone feels about his father he does not deserve their attitude and cruel treatment. This clown show of a press conference will definitely make things worse for her.
Probably not a popular opinion, but Why can’t we the people decide who stays or goes? For example if we don’t like celebs then don’t buy their wares or tickets. I’m over people, including regular folk getting fired for stuff they say on social media. As for Kathy she went to far but if you know her as a comic you would know it was a joke in very poor taste. Yet some how the kardashians are still around I just don’t get the society we have become.
People in elected positions should be fired as they are paid to represent all their constituents so insulting remarks about a group means you should no longer represent that group. People who are hired to serve the public should be fired if they refuse to serve segments of the public based on personal views. Kathy is not obligated to serve anyone’s viewpoint. She is a personal option so if you don’t like her viewpoint don’t support her shows. CNN did not like her viewpoint so they decided not to support her. Like Trump, her base will still support her after this little mea culpa passes cause some of them probably thought it was funny or “got it”. No accounting for why people support other folks just because you don’t. ?
I am so disappointed! I expected (no snark being 100% honest) to see a woman be contrite and offer an apology to the children of the President – you can’t unsee this shit. Children are children – no matter who your parents are, how do you help a child deal with this behavior of a 56 year old human – who eagerly states I will continue to do this!
I also expected her to own up to inadvertently to offending the military families that she insulted via this specific type of picture. I expected her to approach honesty and acknowledge that a mock beheading is considered an attack on the safety of the person mocked.
It is disappointing that she blames Trump for “breaking her” – she made the choice and she approved the picture after asking for their input, hmm let’s see you asked 4 people on your payroll if you fucked up – what could their response be?
I really didn’t expect any genuine heartfelt apology. Unfortunately, this is the mindset of many in this country. It is so sad. And Lisa Bloom defending her? Honestly, that doesn’t surprise me either. This just makes me so sad and to know that there are so many folks who will agree with them causes my heart to break. Why can’t we get it together? Cause some folks just don’t want it…
Absolutely. It saddens me that all of us don’t see the wickedness of this whole situation. Like him or not that is not the point. This was SO offensive on so many levels I can’t even begin to acknowledge. Then to say I am sorry (not sorry) because I went to far (but look at all the attention it got me…whoops bad attention). I wish we could all just agree this was not ok. She is not a victim she chose this and now she should pay for the consequences. Maybe it will be a lesson to others and we can stop all of this and get on with becoming the UNITED States of America.
In her defense, I don’t think her face is capable of producing tears anymore. She’s a poster child for bad plastic surgery. Farrah should pay attention.
She never struck me as a stupid person. I stand corrected.
I wish she would fade into the background. In just a few days Trump will say something insulting, stupid or completely absurd and her stunt wouldn’t be newsworthy anymore. It would be a footnote *. A “remember when” moment to be dragged out by the right like Ted Nugent is drug out by the left. Lisa Bloom is not who she needed for this crisis.
Why the f*ck would she hold a press conference? She should have stopped at her apology and just kept trucking along accepting the backlash and get some more security. Does she not have a PR team? Couldn’t they send her to a girls orphanage to feed children, show her donating to the ACLU, feeding the homeless?! Anything but this excuse filled rant.
She’s trying to get her delusional “supporters” to back her, that’s all she’s doing. She’s trying to fool them into believing there is lucidity and validity in her behavior. Lord help us!! Courses in Critical Thinking should be mandatory.
Yes ma’am! You said it straight out!
Well I agree with her on one account: Her career is ruined.
That, plus the priceless publicity. Suddenly millions of people who never heard of her, have. She’ll keep this going as long as possible. And she’ll have plenty of defenders, unfortunately. You know Hollywood,
well Ted Nugent is not Hollywood, yet Trump defended Ted’s hateful coments towards Obama as artistic. That said, I was happy when she apologized but now she has only made it worse.
Why in the world would anyone think that holding up a severed head (in jest) was a good idea? She insulted the families of the american families who lost family members murdered in such a brutal fashion.
Honestly KG needs to go to the middle east if she hates the Trumps and America so much.
I hope in 10 years Barron becomes a comedian. Hollywood provides so much Joke material..
Exactly. I keep thinking about the innocent families that she has hurt by making this “joke”.
It’s a shame she had to go this far. I like her, I never agree with her politically and sometimes it makes her hard to watch. Just like Actors they tend to say their “feelings” as if they are fact. They are opinions typically or twisted version. But, I always thought she was funny and have been to a show of hers. I think you should have more respect for the POTUS. You can hate him, not like him, whatever, but this is not okay. Of course the SS has to investigate, just like Child Services. What if they didn’t and something went wrong? Anyways, I think this would have blown over eventually the left will forgive her and the right will not forget, the middle will forget soon enough. She made this worse for herself, but that is kinda her thing. She gets in trouble and doesn’t shut up about it. Her stance about being Bullied is so ridiculous. I would be so embarrassed to behave this way. I don’t know how she could stand there and play the victim.
I would be more than happy to buy her a ticket if I can choose the country, kayleigh823.
She was wrong. Lisa Bloom needs to take a seat. I am so sick of everything being blamed on everyone else. What she did was hideous and I don’t care if you like DTJ or not. He IS the president. It was wrong when things were done to Obama and it is just as wrong now. Her whining and claiming to be a victim is turning my stomach. Grow Up.
Really Kathy, This second press conference is just fanning the flames from the first one. Everyone knows this POTUS is so easily offended, he doesn’t forgive at all. Look at Roasie O’Donald. Me thinks Bill Maher will be next in the line of fire. He will be all over this. Trump has already sued him once and I have seen Bill Maher in stand up. It was on my husband’s bucket list to see a comedian routine before he passed. Bill Maher came to town. His comedy is just a copy from his show. It was a waste of money to me. He had nothing fresh, plus no pics were allowed and they searched my handbag. My inner voice is screaming he will come to Kathy ‘s defence because he wants attention no matter the cost. We shall see. Liza, I feel like you to a degree. Not a Kardashian fan either. Will they ever go away? Proves some people love to watch a train wreck.
Kathy, don’t you see that Lisa Bloom is using you?
Lisa, like her mother, loves the spotlight.
Yes, Kathy, you also love the spotlight, but this was not the right time to seek attention and certainly the wrong person to represent you.
I wonder if Anderson Cooper likes being called an old white man?
Seamonkey, that is so funny about Anderson Cooper! An “oldish” white man who was signing her checks!
This is all just a big publicity stunt by a woman who’s career has been making fun of celebrities and politicians. I quit watching her years ago. While she has a quick wit her comedy was getting too mean spirited for me.
Colbert basically got a pass for his cock holster comment so she probably thought she would get the same reaction.
People keep referring to Ted Nugent comments but I would like to remind folks that a documentary was made about assasinating G W Bush.
People burning figures in effigy has never bothered me and that happens with political figures worldwide.
I have no problem with jokes being made about politicians but in recent years they have taken a nasty turn on both sides. With all the bullying PSAs that are around how do you expect to teach kids it’s wrong when people think it’s ok to say horrible things about people that have different political beliefs?
Wonder how many “old white men” will ever write her a check again? She absolutely made it worse with this press conference. Someone should have asked Lisa Bloom how she felt when she first saw the photo.
Gimme a break. She effed up so what? There are worse things going on the world. Of course Trump, the Republican machine and those that hate Kathy are going to milk this for all it’s worth and claim that this is the worst most horrible most despicable thing any human being has done to another human being in the whole history of the world and the entire universe.
I think something happened between Kathy and Andy Cohen. He had her talk show on Bravo and they once seemed close. Maybe that also explains why Anderson Cooper, who is super close to Andy and touring with him this Summer, was pretty quick to condemn what she did. I mean besides the fact he is on CNN. Actions have consequences, welcome to them Kathy.
She fucked up, so she lost a lot of jobs, that’s the so what. Clearly. Barron;s parents and his brother responded on Social media where she put the information out. That’s to be expected. The only person keeping this story alive is Kathy with here unbelievable fake crying jag about how she is being bullied because she is a woman. None of the Trumps are bullying her, they are calling out her vile behavior just as Chelsea Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Al Franken and many others from both sides of the aisle have done.
Today she was a shitty role model for “the 12 year old from wherever” she said she wanted to be a role model for while alternately screaming that Barron’s parents should be tasked with keeping him away from her vitriol because “she is not child friendly.” What she taught that 12 year old girl is not to accept consequences for her behavior, to blame the victim, to claim you are bullied, and worst of all, play the feminist card with wild abandon and say you are just a 56 year old woman who only weighs 110 pounds as if that has anything to do with anything.
Please, could she just STOP?
She made shock art. Ok. Then she should defend or stand by the work. By slinking around and snivelling, she is embarrassing herself.
She is milking this fame for all it is worth and it disgusts me.
So I watched 3:27 of the UTube video of Kathy Griffin talking. I was unable to get past the constant laughing by Lisa Bloom as if they were having a roast or something. Very odd, and doubt I missed anything but expected jokes by Kathy Griffin. She did not seem apologetic, which I thought you start off with, when doing a press conference.
kg is probably sitting at home, having bottles of champagne with her paid minions. All are probably congratulating each other on her free publicity. . She has had her 15 hours of fame…. no mas please!
I guess I’m looking at this completely differently. I think she wanted to be bullied, fired and the like. I think she did all of this on purpose. Think about it, how much have we heard about Kathy Griffin lately? She hasn’t done a special or been seen on Bravo or HBO for a long time. I think her career was already over and she did this to rev things up. There are more people talking about her right now than ever before in her “career”. I think it was a crude, cruel and disgusting thing to do, but I don’t think she is at all surprised by the backlash. I think she is reveling in it.
However, I don’t think even Kathy thought it would go this far and if she doesn’t STFU and lay low now, I think she will be sorry about it later.
Agreed 100%
Great post, Mary
If you think she wanted to get fired, you clearly don’t have the facts. Kathy IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE TOUR that was doing well. Nearly 100 cities. They are cancelling them now. You really think she wanted to lose the biggest gig she has, the NYE deal with Anderson Cooper? She wanted to lose her gig with Al Franken? Nope. She loves touring and has gigs several nights a week throughout the summer.
She did what she did because of her documented hatred toward Trump and Melania and oddly Barron.
It was a hatefilled hissyfit resulting from the mass hysteria some liberals are in the throws of because their candidate lost the election. Plain and simple.
Wow…when all of this started I said that Kathy should apologize and then lay low and stop running her mouth…she has brought this all on herself.
When I saw the picture I immediately thought about all the beheadings of soldiers we’ve seen. My hubby is a soldier as his father & grandfather were before him. So we’ve seen more coffins of young men than the every day citizen. My eyes welled up with tears when I first saw her holding that mask. Then I thought about Baron. I realize the public can’t imagine the depth of emotions and life long scars something so graphic can have on a child. That is why we don’t let our young children see the video clips of ISIS conducting their atrocities. Kathy’s act is pure evil to me. If there was any justice for her it would be that she is forced to attend every soldier’s funeral for a year. She would also have to sit with each family as they mourn the loss of a life that was willingly given for freedom.
Joan — your thought was my thought as well and I avoided really looking at the pic because once I read about its content, it immediately made me think of the people lost to such an act.
I think in an odd way, some of this proves one of Kathy Griffin’s points; we don’t let children watch ISIS clips and like she said, children should be kept from being exposed to her non-PC material. Sadly what is lost on her is that emulating such a vile, inhumane atrocity is not humor.
Some who were killed this way were also journalists and volunteer medics, on the ground, in theatre.
And the right wing whackos tweeting shit like that is why I am not sleeping. I could do without beheading photos on my timeline. Call me crazy but I have an anxiety disorder and it kind of freaks me out subconsiously apparently.
She tried in every way possible to blame the victims. A typical abuser move. She and Lisa Bloom are totally disgusting. Now I hope the secret service goes after her — following this twisted press conference, “bucket full of dicks” move — which only shows she was never sorry at all. She is milking this for all it is worth. And she did traumatize 11 year old Barron Trump and did not have the. human decency to apologize to him and to his mother. Nor did she apologize to the families who have had their sons and husbands beheaded at the hands of Isis – like Daniel Pearl. Shame on Kathy and Lisa Bloom– they are despicable and tried to play us for idiots. They really are intolerably arrogant, disingenuous, manipulative and self-intitled.
This is definitely overblown and odd. While I agree, Trump is a bully, and I think it’s a silly question for someone to ask “why would the WH take the time to bully you, ruin you, etc.” when Trump and his admin have found time to do far lesser things far beneath his office, it is definitely NOT unlike him to spend time on such things/people, I don’t think she is owed any apology, for christ sake.
I do agree there is a double standard her vs. Nugent, and I do think the jokes would’ve been received differently were she a man, i don’t agree she has any leg to stand on here as far as fighting those points. She went rather far and if she feels it was too far, as many do, she should make her apology and let that be that. Let it be. I also am not crying for Melania or Barron, because let’s face it, Trump has said and done far worse to disturb and upset them than this. Doesn’t make what she did right, just in the grand scheme of things, I don’t think this is going to dramatically affect anyone in the Trump family.
Regardless, if you are sorry, you say so and mean it unconditionally. Do not qualify the apology or demand one in return.
People have honestly come back from worse, it doesn’t need to be the end of her career. Hopefully this asshole is out of office sooner rather than later and you’d be surprised how little anyone will care then.
I should clarify, I meant Griffin has overreacted, not that the media or Trump has made the situation overblown/odd. It’s out of proportion on her part and definitely odd.
I know!! The fact she hasn’t apologized to Barron just blows me away. And Lisa Bloom is no better. Hopefully she is digging herself into a hole also. She lost all credibility with me years ago.
Oh Kathy! I used to think you were so smart and I’ve always thought you were funny.
All you had to do was lay low and this would have blown over. Now, any sympathy you’ve gotten has been blown to smithereens.
Maybe you should start listening to your mother.
That is EXACTLY what I just told a friend, JoJo. Sheesh, Kathy.
In 2008, when my grandson was 14, he and a couple of other boys spent the night at a friend’s for New Year’s. That night, the boy whose party it was, made a Facebook entry listing his “New Year’s resolutions.” As a (very bad) joke, one of his “resolutions” was to kill the newly elected Pres. Obama. When they went back to school after the holidays, Secret Service agents were there to question them all. They take it all very seriously.
Kathy had two options after the backlash.
Option 1
Fuck yeah I said it. If he can say it to Meghan Kelly, talk about grabbing pussies, and insult women, minorities and immigrants then he doesn’t deserve the office of the presidency. What goes around comes around motherfucker. FIGHT THE POWER! And start selling merch. Sure this would have eliminated half of her fan base, but whatever. She’s a shock comedian,
Opton 2
Retreat. Apologize as sincerely as she can. Lay low. Get caught on camera doing something good. Don’t hold a press conference with fake remorse. Behave yourself for a few months. Pray you keep your jobs. Sure this would have eliminated half of her fan base, but whatever.
There is not option three. There is know try half of option 2 followed by half of option one. That just pisses off EVERYBODY. There is no saying this is only happening because I am female. Tell that to Billy Bush. He would have been a good example to follow in this situation. Billy Bush paid the same price for much less.
I think she should have went with option one which is what I expected from her. The video of her apology was weird. The press conference was….she lost me completely after that. Throw down your “victim” act Kathy. That was disgusting. You dish it, you OWN IT OWN IT OWN IT. The meeting she had with Bloom in march feels like she kind of saw this coming and had a plan just in case and worse…it could be a publicity stunt. #gross Kathy…wow (I supported her up until this point)
And another thing, I was typing and listening live. Then I actually watched her dried eyed cry while Lisa Bloom stood there alternately looking at her like a lover and laughing at her situationally inappropriate jokes.
There could be no worse person to have participated in this debacle with Kathy other than Lisa’s mother. The feminist crap was nauseating.
The problem is , when you have no one to blame but yourself …Hit everyone else with everything you can come up with…deflect and deflect. Pathetic!
As a life-long liberal-progressive type, I am absolutely gobsmacked by Kathy G’s idiocy. And her refusal to shut up. She’s lawyered up, and is trying to make excuses for imitating the people she condemns? Whoa.
It’s not just tactically stupid, it contradicts core libtard ethics: we’re supposed to be nonjudgmental almost to a fault–because, guess what?–“Liberal” is supposed to be synonymous with generosity (with our own and other peoples’ resources). If she’s so horrified by 45’s overweening self-interest, and the way he fosters the ignorance and bigotry of his fans, sorry; going all Mme DuFarge on his rear is just as vile as last year’s “lock her up” chants and Hil-in-handcuffs memes. Griffin, her crazed defenders, and their adversaries need to all shut up, and go away on a long, long, long vacation.
Twitter can be useful and amusing, but stuff like this makes me hate it.
This completely sums it up for me. I couldn’t have stated it better. My political slant is as yours and I can’t get over the hypocrisy of it all. It completely blows me away.
Uh, huh; and it especially hurts if you’re into Michelle O’s “they go low; we go high” thing. But when thirsty eedjits like KG go nuts like this, forget twitter; I’d love to see ’em subjected to a best-of-RealityTV RuPaul/Tyra come-to-Jesus type smackdown.
To be honest, though, i don’t think Michelle’s philosophy was ever meant to be applied to comedians, but more leaders and everyday people. I don’t think comedians would do very well if they were forgiving and pc, always taking the “high road”. They’re meant to be provocative.
That doesn’t mean stoop to any old low, or that there is no line of decency, but you know what I mean. They’re meant to push the envelope in ways politicians and regular people are not, it’s their job.
You lost me at libtard. you maybe right about this woman but you are no better.
I have no words for her.
But my mind is spiraling with…
?this is is the end, my only friend, the end…?
…and for so many reasons. Very very sad.
No facts. No nothin’.
Always thought she was a POS and she proved me right.
She needs to go on a vacation far away and disconnect from media let this crap calm down
She made a bad decision so “own it” and move on please.
Oooh. Can we create a go-fund “You need to Go Away On Vacation NOW–for a very long time” page? Problem is, the number of people who should be sent on an enforced GAOVN platform is overwhelming. And, okay; I don’t have a source of income at present. But, still!
I’ll never forget how Kathy was also part of the whole Zendaya thing on Fashion Police yet somehow she ran away and left a big pile of shit to Giuliana to handle it. Her career should be over.
Eh. She’s probably secretly loves all of the attention. I do think it was wrong and I don’t think she’s sorry. I’m not the biggest Trump fan, but HRC wouldn’t have been much better and the general public would have DEMANDED that she receives everyone’s respect. The left has fully disappointed me after the presidential election. I am/was a delegate in my area and am sadly working (my office is closed) during our next convention.
I agree, this put her in the spotlight like she’s never been before. This seems like its being filmed for a yet-to-be announced reality show too. I mean just the notion of second press conference show is hysterical and shows that its a silly gimmick for attention.
She just can’t get out of her own way. She screwed up doing the photo shoot (probably heavily encouraged by the photographer with his own agenda) and then rightly apologized for going overboard. In time, things would have died down and she would’ve most likely have regained jobs that were pulled. Then she follows up with the press conference where she pulled out the overused bully card, and it was over. She put the final nail her coffin. Kind of sad actually. I enjoy her comedy. Without rushing into doing the press conference, I think she could have recovered from this rather quickly. Unfortunately I think a lot of people are getting sucked into the Internet and cable news vortex of 24/7 fear mongering. The media is over saturated with fear, fear, fear. Each and every day brings more fear, which perpetuates anxiety, which often exacerbates rash decisions. I tell anyone I know who seems unusually anxious to turn of the news and avoid the Internet. At present, a lot of what’s out there isn’t good for people who can’t compartmentalize media fear mongering from their own, day to day lives. Right now, it seems a lot of people can’t do that.
So I looked into her tour. I thought she say 100 cities. I went to her site an it said 50 still a very high number! Then I went a site that lists her prior events and there were about 25 since the year began. She put out a book just ahead of the tour, the tour was to sell books. When she pulled her stunt, there were seven left. They have all cancelled. Al Franken had invited her to promote his new book, that is cancelled (the citizens of MN pressured him into it, not Trump). She has had a LOT of decent hosting jobs things like Daytime Emmys and some music awards very regularly. Nope not any more. And CNN Obvi. I doubt her book is selling but I’ll watch to see if it tanks. Unless the book tanks, she has lost all of her revenue streams including her endorsements.
I also saw the behind the screens with Kathy and Tyler where she said “We need to flee to Mexico before this comes out. We are never going to survive this.” Tyler seems to be surviving it just fine. He’s not crying and blaming the victims. He’s just off doing his next really irresponsible photo shoot. Because he sorta seemed like a sociopath on that TV show he was on.
Minnesota is so Liberal it hurts. I was shocked when Franken canned her. I remember being in high school and everyone being amazed about Ventura being in office.
I saw better acting from the Kardashians than what Kathy did with her lawyer. She’s ruined, mob mentality, they spun it around on her…back peddle much?
I can’t. Just can’t.
Tamara, if you had seen the post I had made on social media about how we should forgive quickly what Kathy did. How I was so tired of outrage. You could see how embarrassed I am to have taken a stand with my friend and family against both sides for the sake of forgiveness.
Then, this. I’m exhausted by celebrities these days. If Kathy’s career is over, then Kathy should take inventory. That is all.
Thank for having the stomach to posting this. I wouldn’t have known because I have been avoiding “news” as of late. She is a perfect example of the why.
I haven’t watched her press conference yet cause I know I’m gonna be furious. I’ve seen her a few times when the casino gave me FREE tickets but I wouldn’t go near her now. She’s truly disgusting. It’s not the Trump family complaining that caused her to lose her job it was all of us who voiced our disgust loud and clear. My Gawd POTUS is mocked on SNL almost every week. This was a pathetic attempt to impress yet another younger guy she’s banging. Her marriage broke up when she caught her husband making ATM withdrawals. Well she won’t have to worry about that anymore. Why in the world she would spend her future cat food money on Lisa Bloom is another bad decision. What she should’ve done is make an attractive head to put on her 110 lb body she’s bragging about. I only hope her mother Maggie has enough boxes of wine to get thru this mess. Also agree she screwed Giuliana Rancic and the beloved Joan Rivers over. Somewhere Melissa Rivers is smiling.
If Kathy had left it at the video apology it would have blown over. Personally I think the photo was disgusting and I don’t see how it was supposed to be funny or ‘art’ but whatever. And I really don’t think Trump or Melania said anything outrageous in response — actually I think they were both pretty measured in their response.
Which makes me wonder why the press conference? The story would have been forgotten in a week. After this pathetic performance, though, Kathy’s career may very well be over. And she has no one but herself to blame.
It is beginning to look like Andy Cohen may be Anderson’s choice to replace Kathy.
ugghh..I just threw up a little!
You nailed this one, Tamara! Love it! From start to finish this entire debacle from Kathy Griffin has been a shameless attempt at recognition, good or bad. Very much like a toddler throwing a tantrum. But Kathy crossed a very big line. No coming back. Making even subtle references to ISIS atrocities… Nope. And You DO NOT go after children. And then to go on a lawyer driven defensive??? What a POS this woman really is… TY TT for putting out the truth.
How quick we are to turn on someone who has made her career making us laugh over politicians and celebrities. I wish she wouldn’t have apologized. I think she did so out of fear. Everyone should take a long, hard look at the butt of this joke and then question if we should even be talking about Kathy’s stunt. Focus on the real, sick joke that Trump is making of the USA. #teamkathy
Thanks for your vote. I think there are three of you now, please sit in the padded area and keep your hands off other commenters
Awe… you’re so cute. Don’t flatter yourself. I don’t put my hands on others much less fake ass haters who make their living off of drama like you. Not that I need your permission or direction, but a padded area or even the piping hot embers of hell are more appealing than sitting with the likes of you.
Actually, Joel, You do need my permission, I have reseated you in the WIndow Licking Section, where you will be sitting your ass down and shutting the fuck up.
You forgot like everyone else forgets Snoopy stinky dog and how he pointed a gun at the head of a clown faced trump in dogs video. Nobody gave a shit about that nor did he apologize. He said fuck trump. His friends said it was artistic expression. And that was that.
She’s a total moron. Just watched her press conference (a little late to the party) and am fascinated by the lengths these people will go, or should I say depths. She’s lucky she’s alive. Some nut job might blow her away.
Why does anyone care particularly what some talentless hack thinks? Because he’s president unfortunately and we have to care.
We don’t have to care what the talentless hack named Kathy Griffin thinks about anything. Best to ignore the faux-rage.
And what would be the fun in that? Don’t you have a Live Aid Concert to go to or summat? 🙂 xo
Am I the only Jeopardy junkie here? Can we not discuss what a cunt Ken Jennings is? Who knew? That seems to be lost in everything.
OK, I keep seeing the fool’s name pop up with something stupid behind it so never bothered to actually pay attention to any of it. This is the guy from Jeopardy?? WTF?
It takes very little time & research to find the direction careers went that even the lowest D list celebrities who made the faux pas of criticizing Obama and/or his family in the last eight years. Jokes are included.
It ran the gambit of IRS audits, being fired & being arrested by a law twisted to magically include something the offender had done 20 years ago.
However, I’m a firm believer I may hate what you’ve said but I’ll fight to my death your right to say it.
In my past days I was a Jeopardy- aholic. Ken Jennings. He was the guy who won the most money and went on forever ( it seemed) SO, what’s up with him now? Yeah, I can google him. But Google has no sense of humor.
Sometimes while reading replies in my emails I start to wonder if I left something out. Did I not post the Ken Jennings tweet? So I come over and take a look at the post, and THERE IT IS, right there in the post where it belongs. So if you google, there is a good chance you will be sent here.
She was wrong full stop. All children should be off limits and as far as I’m concerned spouses as well. All of this distracts from important things happening in the world. Like the withdrawal from the Paris accords. You should care what Germany thinks because the entire rest of the planet agrees with Merkel. Trump has resigned as leader of the free world. Call us when you get rid of this clown and just maybe the rest of the world will forgive you… or not. America first. Isn’t America on this planet?
Years ago, during the Reagan Admin, my step father was “visited” by suits after sending letters – angry letters. My mother was freaked out a little but then again, my step father was an angry ex alcoholic with mental health issues, (but a nice guy) so I suppose they were just checking to see if he was any kind of threat. For me, talking or inferring that a sitting president should come to harm is over the line. It deserves a backlash, I don’t care what party they voted for. People are quick to accuse and condemn for so called “hate” talk, but when it truly does cross the line into violent speak or expression IT SHOULD be condemned. Sorry, but Kathy Griffith didn’t waste anytime after her faux apology saying she wouldn’t stop making fun of the prez…which is fine, but in the next breath says her career is now over because of the prez. Which is it? She either has one or she doesn’t. There are people who have done less and have lost much more. Her “career” is only jeopardized by the glaring hypocrisy of her words and actions more than anything else which has embarrassed her corporate backers. It took all of 20 mins for Lisa Bloom to get involved and Kathy-crocodile-tears Griffith and Bloom are now looking for a pay-out.
I had a friend.. no longer one now, but this friend told me she called the White House all the time to complain and bitch about him and called him horrendous names. I was worried because I knew she had mental health issues.. But no “suits” showed up. So I realized she was lying. She would never do anything as egregious or public as KG.
PS SHe worked for the government numerous times.
My first thought seeing Griffin’s display was about American families of captives of ISIS who were beheaded. I didn’t automatically recognize the fact that the “head” was made to resemble the President. I assume that’s because I’ve become immune to “celebrities” sneering and smearing President Trump, that
when one of them opens their mouth, I expect some excrement to spew out. Then, I wondered what Griffin was trying to accomplish. Did she wish President Trump dead? Would she be pleased if he were beheaded? Or was the entire thing just a big ol’ publicity stunt with the aim of breathing some life back into her career? Hard to tell about these “tolerant” lefties.
36% approval rating. It’s more than celebrities genius.
This creatures career can be summed up in one word- vile.