So, Tomi Lahren can put you down as a “no,” Kathy Griffin?
“My Life on the D-List” star Griffin, who made headlines last year by posing with what appeared to be the decapitated head of President Trump, reacted to an offer to be interviewed by conservative commentator Tomi Lahren on Tuesday with a decisive three-word answer.
And those three words weren’t, “Gee, sounds great!”
Griffin shared an offer purportedly made by Lahren’s camp via her Twitter account on Tuesday, along with her reply.
“I am writing to inquire if Ms. Kathy Griffin would have any interest in participating in a sit-down interview with Tomi Lahren for Fox’s upcoming subscription-based, digital streaming platform called Fox Nation,” the request read in part, adding that the topics for the streaming platform “will be on the issues of the day, and we are hoping to have a thoughtful, productive and amicable dialog, all in a relaxed and casual setting.”
Griffin’s response wasn’t particularly amicable, but it was fairly casual.
“Dear @TomiLahren, You and your network told me my career was over and that I was irrelevant,” Griffin responded. “Now you want to interview me. Not only do I not want to waste my time with you, I’m too busy selling out shows on my US tour.”
The comedian signed off, “Go F— Yourself, Kathy Griffin.”
The interview request was apparently sincere — or at least authentic — as Lahren responded to Griffin’s tweet shortly after.
“Thought maybe you’d like to defend and discuss your Trump Derangement Syndrome on the most-watched cable news network. Guess not! Have a nice day,” Lahren wrote.
With banter like that, who wouldn’t have tuned in to a Lahren/Griffin interview?
You and your network told me my career was over and that I was irrelevant. Now you want to interview me. Not only do I not want to waste my time with you, I’m too busy selling out shows on my US tour.
Thought maybe you’d like to defend and discuss your Trump Derangement Syndrome on the most-watched cable news network. Guess not! Have a nice day. https://t.co/7QCpK9IFE5
Kathy Griffin Isn't Alone: 8 Other Celebrities Who've Been Eyed by the Feds (Photos)
Comedian Kathy Griffin, who caught heat last week after posing with a facsimile of President Donald Trump's severed head, said during a press conference Friday that Trump and his family have targeted her for retaliation, and that she is now the subject of a Secret Service investigation over the photo.
While Griffin's attorney, Lisa Bloom, called the situation "outrageous and unprecedented," that's not entirely true -- at least not the "unprecedented part." Read on for other entertainers who came under government scrutiny.
In the '80s, Milt Ahlerich. FBI assistant director of the FBI's office of public affairs, wrote a letter to rap group N.W.A's label Priority Records, saying that 78 police officers were "feloniously slain in the line of duty during 1988 . . . and recordings such as the one from N.W.A are both discouraging and degrading to these brave, dedicated officers," a reference to the N.W.A song "F--k Tha Police."
"I wanted you to be aware of the FBI's position relative to this song and its message. I believe my views reflect the opinion of the entire law enforcement community," the letter continued.
"Rocky Mountain High" singer John Denver was the subject of an FBI file that labeled the folk singer a narcotics user and noted his scheduled appearance a a 1971 anti-war rally in Minnesota.
Ill-fated Playboy Playmate/actress Anna Nicole Smith was investigated by the FBI in 2000 and 2001 over an alleged murder-for-hire plot against E. Pierce Marshall, the son of Smith's oil-tycoon husband J. Howard Marshall, who fought to prevent Smith from inheriting his father's fortune.
Silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin was the subject of a decades-long probe by the FBI, which sought to determine if he was a Communist. The final entry in Chaplin's FBI file was made in 1978, a year after the actor's death.
In the 1960s, the FBI requested to interview actor Rock Hudson, stemming from the belief that the actor had "homosexual tendencies." The interview, the bureau noted, was to be conducted by "two mature experienced Special Agents."
"I Love Lucy" star Lucille Ball earned a place on the FBI's radar because her possible Communist ties. The actress had admitted to the House Un-American Activities Committee that she had registered to vote as a Communist in 1936, saying that she only did so to satisfy her socialist grandfather. The HUAC let her off the hook, but the FBI continued to amass information on her nonetheless.
Thanks to his alignment with the anti-war movement, former Beatle John Lennon was placed under FBI surveillance in 1971, with the INS launching a campaign to deport the musician the following year. The FBI noted that "Lennon should be arrested, if at all possible, on possession of narcotics charges ... which would make him more immediately deportable."
In Mach, after Snoop Dogg released the video "Lavender," which featured the rapper shooting a clown-faced Donald Trump stand-in with a toy gun, a spokesman for the Secret Service told TheWrap that the Service was "aware of" the video, declining further public comment.
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From Lucille Ball to Snoop Dogg, comedian is in good company
Comedian Kathy Griffin, who caught heat last week after posing with a facsimile of President Donald Trump's severed head, said during a press conference Friday that Trump and his family have targeted her for retaliation, and that she is now the subject of a Secret Service investigation over the photo.
While Griffin's attorney, Lisa Bloom, called the situation "outrageous and unprecedented," that's not entirely true -- at least not the "unprecedented part." Read on for other entertainers who came under government scrutiny.
