Kathy Griffin loses CNN deal over decapitated Trump photos

It was too late for Griffin to apologize.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 31, 2017 20:55

Updated: JUNE 1, 2017 08:39

Griffin loses CNN deal after photos with fake severed head (credit: REUTERS)

LOS ANGELES - CNN said on Wednesday it has terminated comedian Kathy Griffin's deal to appear on the network's annual New Year's Eve broadcast in the wake of controversy over her posing in photographs with a likeness of President Donald Trump's head.

Kathy Griffin "beheads" Trump in gory photo https://t.co/qxSnV27QXc pic.twitter.com/vkAiWmu4Pw
— The Hill (@thehill) May 30, 2017

The decision was announced by CNN in a Twitter post from the network's public relations department hours after Trump said in his own tweet that Griffin "should be ashamed of herself" for the photos showing her with a replica of a severed, bloodied head resembling his.

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

Griffin apologized for the image on Twitter, saying "I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. It wasn't funny. I get it."