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Trump Blasts Kathy Griffin for Beheading Images

President says comedian should “be ashamed of herself”

President Donald Trump says comedian Kathy Griffin’s recent photo shoot upset his children. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
President Donald Trump says comedian Kathy Griffin’s recent photo shoot upset his children. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

President Donald Trump blasted comedian and actress Kathy Griffin for participating in a photo shoot where she appeared with a bloodied prop of his severed head.

The president tweeted Wednesday that Griffin “should be ashamed of herself,” adding that his children were “having a hard time with this.”

On Tuesday, Griffin apologized in a video posted on Instagram and Twitter for the photo shoot and asked the photographer to remove it after many public figures criticized the images.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, who has previously defended Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway and his son Barron Trump, tweeted that “it is never funny to joke about killing a president.”

Griffin’s New Year’s Eve Live CNN co-star Anderson Cooper tweeted that he found the shoot “disgusting and completely inappropriate” and said he was “appalled” that Griffin took part in it.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, tweeted that Griffin’s actions descend politics “into an even more repugnant and vile territory.”

Here’s her 30-second video apology:

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