"I was punching up...he decided to punch down and use his following to go after me," says Griffin
A year after she sparked widespread outrage for posing with a replica of President Donald Trump‘s bloodied, decapitated head in her hand, Kathy Griffin is reflecting on the controversy.
Overnight Wednesday, Griffin, 57, posted a lengthy Twitter thread titled “Stand Up To Trump,” chronicling the entire saga from start to finish — and repeatedly blasting the president for his “abuse of power.”
Griffin — who, in the wake of the scandal, was fired from CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast, which she had co-hosted with Anderson Cooper for 10 years — began her thread by acknowledging that she’s “in a position of tremendous privilege.”
“I have access to resources that allowed me to deal with this in a way others who aren’t as privileged couldn’t have,” she said. “And that’s exactly why I’m speaking out, I don’t want this to happen to someone who doesn’t have my resources.”