US President Donald Trump has said a comedienne who posed with a fake decapitated head resembling him is “sick”. “Kathy Griffin apologised after the photo provoked outrage from left and right.
In a video message posted on Twitter, she “begged” for forgiveness and said she had “crossed a line”. The 56-year-old Emmy award-winner said she was asking celebrity photographer Tyler Shields to delete the photo from the internet.
The gruesome image brought a storm of online criticism, including from Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Mr Trump’s 2016 election rival Hillary. She called the image “vile and wrong”. Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Mr Trump’s son, Donald Trump Junior, also criticized the image.
CNN said it was evaluating its New Year’s Eve coverage, which Griffin has co-hosted, and called the picture “disgusting and offensive”.
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