The backlash continues: venues cut Kathy Griffin shows after faux Trump beheading photo scandal

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 18: Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper attend the 2014 CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on November 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

0 Votes

Backlash against Kathy Griffin continues to grow with at least four venues announcing that they had canceled her performances after the comedian posed with a likeness of President Donald Trump‘s severed head.

Videos by Rare

RELATED: ‘D-list’ celeb Kathy Griffin issues a challenge for comedians to take no prisoners during the Trump administration

Venues in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have canceled shows. The Community Arts Theater in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, posted on its website that the show had been dropped “due to the recent controversy surrounding Kathy Griffin and the concern for the safety and security of our patrons and staff.”

Earlier this week, CNN said Griffin would no longer co-host its live New Year’s Eve special from Times Square and another show was canceled at a New Mexico casino. An endorsement deal with Squatty Potty also ended.

Griffin, 56, apologized within hours of the images appearing online Tuesday, but they were met with swift and widespread condemnation.

Trump later tweeted that Griffin “should be ashamed of herself” for posting the images.

What do you think?

0 Points
Upvote Downvote

Olivia Newton John’s daughter is getting off social media after a barrage of cruel comments

She uses these two all-natural ingredients to degrease her kitchen cabinets in seconds