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http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...wyer-respond-bullying-trump/story?id=47781843

Kathy Griffin enlists lawyer to address Trump family 'bullying'

Just as the controversy surrounding the image of Kathy Griffin holding what appears to be a bloody fake severed head of President Trump appeared to be dying down, comes word that the comedian has enlisted celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom to explain why she shot the image and to respond to the Trump family's alleged bullying.

Bloom, who has represented women who have accused Bill Cosby and Bill O'Reilly of harassment, tweeted Thursday night, "Proud to announce that I represent Kathy Griffin. We will be holding a press conference tomorrow morning."

 

[Deepwater]

she shouldn't have apologized

 

[HStallion]

she shouldn't have apologized

She should have launched it over the White House fence like a Hail Mary pass.

 

[F0rneus]

she shouldn't have apologized

Yep

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

lol @ bullying

 

[MisterHero]

The decapitated head was a bit much but free speech is a good thing

 

[Jawbreaker]

she shouldn't have apologized

I have to agree.

 

[Merchandise]

She f*cked up. Hold that L honestly.

 

[Tranqueris]

she shouldn't have apologized

Yep. Trump shouldn't get to decide when shit like the rules of decency and respect suddenly apply. They sure as fuck didn't when he was making fun of that disabled reporter.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

she shouldn't have apologized

Absolutely, should've just used a choice retweet:

 

[CitizenCope]

she shouldn't have apologized

I'm guessing it was only because people around her told her to do it for safety reasons.

 

[johnsmith]

She should have just waited until today to release that pic

 

[One Eyed Willy]

She f*cked up. Hold that L honestly.

This

 

[TestOfTide]

she shouldn't have apologized

Eh......She probably HAD to because what she did led to a secret service visit.

 

[wenis]

first wrong step was apologizing over nothing, second was giving him any more attention with a press conference... let's see what that third L will consist of Kathy. go for that turkey.

 

[studyguy]

Her agent still getting paid it seems.
Most attention Griffin has probably gotten in a decade.

 

[Elwood Blues]

For the folks at home who don't know who Kathy Griffen is, Here's a little background info.

 

[tuxfool]

Absolutely, should've just used a choice retweet:

It was just a visual metaphor. It just shows the anger people have towards Trump-

 

[Lord Fagan]

The problem is what she did went beyond outrageous into offensive.

Putin's cock holster? That's funny.

A bloody decapitated head? Best bet she's got is feigning shock at the guy's family dogpiling her.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Accusations aimed at the 1st family will be shielded by that photo. I really feel for her if these fucks have gone after her, but putting that photo out before this conference won't help her...and announcing the presser too.
You just know 4chan, Reddit and the Putin bots are already 2 steps ahead of her before she's said anything.

 

[Oblivion]

Absolutely, should've just used a choice retweet:

But it's totally different:

https://twitter.com/Xenos_RIFS/stat....*******.com/forum/index.php?topic=44608.7110

 

[SenjutsuSage]

What she did was stupid and threatens to bring sympathy to that jackass in the White House. If only for that reason alone, I completely despise her actions. And then after you already did it, apologizing is even worse because now they have that to hold over her head and to keep this going.

Dumb airhead looking for attention got it, so don't complain now.

 

[old manatee]

Apparently you can simultaneously take both the low road and the high road.

 

[EatinOlives]

What she did was stupid and threatens to bring sympathy to that jackass in the White House. If only for that reason alone, I completely despise her actions. And then after you already did it, apologizing is even worse because now they have that to hold over her head and to keep this going.

Dumb airhead looking for attention got it, so don't complain now.

Regardless of how you feel about the original image, the mere fact that the presidential family is bullying a private citizen for exercising her free speech is not okay.

 

[metalslimer]

Unless it comes to physical violence he doesn't deserve an apology for anything

 

[Nickle]

Trump deserves far worse then a silly rubber decapitated head.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Regardless of how you feel about the original image, the mere fact that the presidential family is bullying a private citizen for exercising her free speech is not okay.

Here is the problem they are human beings with rights also. They can, and will, drag her over the coals for doing what she did and milk it for everything it's worth. And guess what? They have all right to do so because she completely brought it on herself.

She, by doing what she did, allowed them to gain a moral high ground of sorts, and they will take advantage of that as much as possible until they destroy her. And here's the thing: it isn't even the Trump family that has successfully destroyed her. She did this to herself. CNN wasn't going to keep her around after that, and many others weren't going to either. They will feel the pressure from knowing that what she did, regardless of who is President, was very wrong, and a lot of people will not want to be associated with it.

 

[Amalthea]

If I were her I'd step to the podium with a body bag on my shoulder and say "I'm sorry..." dumping Trump's headless bloody dummy on the floor, "...I'm sorry I didn't bring the rest of that puppet the first time around"!

 

[Game-Biz]

Trump deserves far worse then a silly rubber decapitated head.

Agreed.

 

[painey]

If I were her I'd step to the podium with a body bag on my shoulder and say "I'm sorry..." dumping Trump's headless bloody dummy on the floor, "...I'm sorry I didn't bring the rest of that puppet the first time around"!

Well she is a lousy comedian, so this would be right up her alley.

 

[Escape Goat]

Baron Trump keeps hacking her computer and Eric just sends dick pics.

 

[Amalthea]

Well she is a lousy comedian, so this would be right up her alley.

Eh, can't be as lousy as me.

 

[Astral Dog]

Agreed.

A whole rubber body with Melania too

 

[Jawbreaker]

Trump deserves far worse then a silly rubber decapitated head.

 

[TuXx]

Bullying?

She's a standup comic. All she does is make fun of people.

 

[Dead Man]

Bullying?

She's a standup comic. All she does is make fun of people.

Ummm... I think you might have a rather narrow view of stand-up.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

She's clearly doing all of this for attention as a celebrity nobody cares about and people keep indulging her.

Also, some of you might want to stop talking violence since that can get you into actual trouble.

 

[nelchaar]

Just take the L Kathy.

 

[Dysun]

Still trying to grab some attention it seems, take the L and move on

 

[poppabk]

Still trying to grab some attention it seems, take the L and move on

No, everyone knows that if you fuck up, you don't just keep your head down until it blows over, you have to double down on your fuck up. Really highlight it.

 

[TuXx]

Ummm... I think you might have a rather narrow view of stand-up.

In terms of her material, no not at all.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

she shouldn't have apologized

Yeah I don't know why she did.

The problem is what she did went beyond outrageous into offensive.

Offensive to who?

 

[sazzy]

she shouldn't have apologized

Yep.

Something along the lines of "Following the example set by our President, I refuse to apologize for anything" would've sufficed.

Personally, I think she went overboard. But once she did, she should've stuck with it.

 

[IaN_GAF]

I don't know why everybody is assisting in what seems to be a rather sad attempt to become relevant again by this woman.

 

[manfestival]

I don't know why everybody is assisting in what seems to be a rather sad attempt to become relevant again by this woman.

I came here to post this. This just screams an attempt of redemption after natural selection has occurred.

 

[EatinOlives]

Here is the problem they are human beings with rights also. They can, and will, drag her over the coals for doing what she did and milk it for everything it's worth. And guess what? They have all right to do so because she completely brought it on herself.

She, by doing what she did, allowed them to gain a moral high ground of sorts, and they will take advantage of that as much as possible until they destroy her. And here's the thing: it isn't even the Trump family that has successfully destroyed her. She did this to herself. CNN wasn't going to keep her around after that, and many others weren't going to either. They will feel the pressure from knowing that what she did, regardless of who is President, was very wrong, and a lot of people will not want to be associated with it.

The highlighted is extremely problematic given the position that the Trump family holds at the moment. No, as a presidential family, they don't have the right to bully a private citizen just because she said something they don't like. This is an actual textbook definition of a violation of the 1st Amendment. "She brought it on herself" is disgusting victim blaming for bullying from people of a much, much higher position of power.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Also, some of you might want to stop talking violence since that can get you into actual trouble.

Who is talking violence?

 

[Media]

I actually wonder how many ss visits results from the massive amount of people burning, hanging, etc of Obama in effigy. Appare fly not enough enough because I still see threat via bumper sticker everywhere.

 

[Zelenogorsk]

Kathy Griffin should just fuck off into oblivion.

 

[antonz]

She should not have apologized even though I disagree with what she did.

And a lot of people on gaf need to wake up and realized they got played by the Trumps. They do not give a shit about this. This is just free publicity to their stupid base that they will milk.

Poor Barron saw it on tv and thought his Daddy was killed. Bullshit. None of these fuckers gave a shit what Sasha and Malia were seeing on TV. Hell The very man who is now President was dehumanizing their Father for years