Kathy Griffin reflects on 2017 Trump photo controversy and its aftermath

Comic Kathy Griffin displays on the response to her controversial 2017 photograph depicting a pretend severed head of President Donald Trump, which sparked nationwide outrage. She stated her outlook has modified because the incident, and that she now even considers some Trump supporters pals.

“I feel I’ve spent numerous my life, whether or not romantically or career-wise, pondering that somebody would change or that perhaps I might distort somebody’s perspective,” Griffin told People at Out Journal’s Out100 celebration.

“And look, consider it or not, I’ve fairly just a few Trumper pals,” she stated.

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Kathy Griffin attends the 2025 Out100 Celebration in Los Angeles, California, on November 21. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Photos for Out.com)

Griffin posted a photograph on-line of herself holding a Halloween masks lined in ketchup that resembled Trump’s severed head.

Her photograph was condemned and criticized by members of each events for encouraging violence in opposition to an elected official. Griffin was additionally investigated by the Secret Service as as to whether the picture posed a risk to the president.

The comic has spoken out about her subsequent firing as co-host of CNN’s New Yr’s Eve broadcast and the problem of reserving gigs afterward.

Regardless of the fallout, Griffin instructed Folks that she now “finds it essential to be round individuals who have totally different opinions,” and says she has discovered to take care of them.

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Comic Kathy Griffin smiles as she accepts the Advocate of the Yr award on the Out100 Celebration in Los Angeles. (River Callaway/Selection by way of Getty Photos)

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Griffin additionally spoke about how individuals nonetheless affiliate her with the Trump picture.

“There are some Trumpers who actually set off me due to the Trump head photograph. So to this present day I nonetheless get confronted with that photograph and complimented on that photograph. However I get each,” she stated.

Griffin was honored Saturday as Out Journal’s “Lawyer of the Yr.” She stated she nonetheless believes it is very important be outspoken about political points, regardless of the adversity she faces.

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“This administration is admittedly coming for the LGBT group,” Griffin stated.

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“I feel it is essential for everybody to remain politically concerned, even when politics is not your factor, as a result of homosexual rights are civil rights,” she added.