![]() There are many, many comedians, you know, that at some point will do something that is half-statement, half-joke. So when people first came out - stay in your lane, tell your jokes - I'm like, hold on. GRIFFIN: In my opinion, it is within my lane. SANDERS: And Kathy Griffin sees that as her role. Like.įOX: But the ability to just do the job, to show up and say the president is bad, is very important as a stabilizing factor of our society, to be reminded that we are allowed to do that. JESSE DAVID FOX: Comedians feel about joking about Trump like a couple who the love is faded feel about having intercourse on their anniversary, where, like, no one wants to do it, but everyone feels like they have to go through the motions. He also hosts the comedy podcast called "Good One." Fox says Griffin's story shows how hard it is right now to make good jokes about President Trump. SANDERS: Jesse David Fox is a senior editor at. Oh, they can, and they did at LAX, at London Heathrow. People have a myth - they think, oh, they can't take your phone and SIM card. And that is something I want people to know. GRIFFIN: I was detained at every single airport. Griffin says when she was taken off the no-fly list. ![]() GRIFFIN: The no-fly list, like a terrorist. Federal officials threatened to charge her with conspiracy to assassinate the president. SANDERS: Kathy Griffin lost work immediately. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Kathy Griffin fired by CNN over that photo of her holding a bloody Trump head. SANDERS: In the picture, Griffin holds up a Trump mask covered in ketchup. And I said, just bring back anything, like, America/Trump-y (ph). GRIFFIN: No joke, like, I sent a friend of mine out to, like, a party store or, like, a Halloween store or something. SANDERS: So Griffin wanted a photo of a bloody Trump. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her - wherever. SANDERS: Griffin said she was mad at Trump for what he said about Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host, after she grilled him in a presidential debate in 2015. GRIFFIN: I did say, I want to do some kind of a picture to shame Trump. And it was pretty nonsensical, except for one photo. SANDERS: Griffin says the whole shoot took 20 minutes or so. SANDERS: You just post them online, or what? Like, I - when we had done the photo shoot before. SANDERS: Where were the photos supposed to go? And on that day - no joke - I had done a photo shoot. KATHY GRIFFIN: In between, like, gigs, I will just do a million crazy things to try to make you laugh. SAM SANDERS, BYLINE: The thing that almost killed Kathy Griffin's career, it actually happened during some downtime. But now, Kathy Griffin is trying a comeback. Comedian Kathy Griffin posted a photo of herself holding up a Donald Trump mask made to look like a severed head.
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