Accompanied by lawyer Lisa Bloom, the comedian will hold a press conference on Friday, June 2 to explain why she shot the photo and to respond to the Trump family's alleged bullying.
- June 2, 2017
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Kathy Griffin seemingly is feeling victimized after she appeared in a controversial photo shoot, in which she held Donald Trump's fake severed head. She claims that she has been bullied by Trump family. Thus, the comedian has enlisted celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom to explain why she shot the controversial photo as well as to respond to the Trump family's alleged "bullying she has endured."
Bloom tweeted on Thursday night, June 1, "Proud to announce that I represent Kathy Griffin." She also announced that they would be holding a press conference on Friday morning, June 2. The celebrity lawyer, who represented women who accused Bill Cosby and Bill O'Reilly of harassment, also posted an image which contains the details of the press conference.
Proud to announce that I represent Kathy Griffin. We will be holding a press conference tomorrow morning. Here's the details. pic.twitter.com/1FejPNGzoV
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 2, 2017
Kathy landed in hot water after she tweeted the photo on Twitter on Tuesday, May 30. "I caption this 'there was blood coming out of his eyes, blood coming out of his...wherever,' " she captioned the photo. The gruesome photo soon got her facing backlashes from people all over the Internet.
The POTUS took to Twitter to blast the comedian and wrote, "Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!" Meanwhile, first lady Melania Trump said in a statement, "As a mother, a wife and a human being, that photo is very disturbing. When you consider some of the atrocities happening in the world today, a photo opportunity like this is simply wrong and makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it."
Kathy later tweeted a video in which she apologized for the image. She said in the video, "I sincerely apologize. I am just now seeing the reaction to these images. I'm a comic. I crossed the line. I move the line. Then I cross it. I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. It wasn't funny. I get it. I've made a lot of mistakes in my career. I will continue." She concluded the video by saying, "And I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far, I made a mistake, and I was wrong."
