Trump apology retracted. Kathy Griffin back on the road, headed to Miami's Arsht Center
Comedian Kathy Griffin, whose career crashed a year ago, is back on the road and headed for Miami.
Hours after the Adrienne Arsht Center announced Griffin will perform there Sept. 12, Griffin appeared on TV's "The View" and retracted an apology she made after publishing a photo of herself holding up a bloodied severed Donald Trump head.
“What a year it’s been. By the way, I take the apology back. F-- k him. And the sons, Don Jr. and Eric or as I call them, Eddie Munster and Date Rape,” Griffin said on the ABC daytime talk show.
The “My Life on the D-List” star explained that while she does regret issuing an apology, it was the mother of murdered, beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl that prompted her to say sorry in the first place.
“I do [regret apologizing] because that apology was … I performed in Iraq and Afghanistan, two places Trump has never been and can’t find on a map,” she said. “Of course because of my connection with the military I thought of Daniel Pearl’s mother and … when I thought of her I thought, ‘OK, apologize.’”
This weekend, Griffin cheered fellow comedian Michelle Wolf, who is under fire for brutally roasting members of the Trump administration during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday night.
"The Daily Show" contributor took the most heat for her comments about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, making fun of her smoky eye makeup and likening the spokeswoman's looks to that of a softball coach and villainous Aunt Lydia in "The Handmaid's Tale."
Griffin was quick to tweet out her approval of Wolf's "hilarious and confident" act.
A year ago, Griffin lost nearly all her domestic bookings, including her annual New Year's Eve gig on CNN with Anderson Cooper. Now, she's back on tour including a sold-out gig at New York's Carnegie Hall on June 26.
"Buy a ticket for one of these tour stops and I promise you won't be disappointed," said Griffin in a statement. "You're gonna get the whole story. We will talk about THE photo that sparked a conversation around the world."
This story was originally published April 30, 2018 at 10:47 AM with the headline "Trump apology retracted. Kathy Griffin back on the road, headed to Miami's Arsht Center."