After posing and sharing a photo of herself holding a fake severed Donald Trump head and promptly igniting the internet on fire on Tuesday, Kathy Griffin has managed to lose an endorsement deal, apologize profusely and get fired from her CNN gig in less than 24 hours. In a tweet on Wednesday afternoon, the network wrote, “CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program.”CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year's Eve program. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017Many called for the always outspoken comic’s firing from CNN’s New Year’s Eve special, which she has hosted annually with close friend Anderson Cooper since 2007. But Cooper also blasted Griffin’s photo in a tweet on Tuesday, writing, “For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate.”And Trump himself commented on the controversy early Wednesday, writing, “Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself.

Source: National Post May 31, 2017 17:48 UTC