Larry King Rips CNN for Firing Kathy Griffin Over Decapitated Trump Photo

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Good news, Kathy Griffin; at least you can depend on Larry King for support in your times of trouble.

Former longtime CNN personality King took his ex network to task for giving Griffin the ax, after she posed for a photo depicting her holding the decapitated head of President Donald Trump.

While acknowledging that the photo was in “terrible taste,” King said Thursday that he wouldn’t have 86’ed her, and neither would CNN founder Ted Turner.

“I feel sorry for Kathy. She’s my friend, she apologized, let it go,” King offered, in video published by TMZ.

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Asked if CNN was right to terminate her, King replied, “I wouldn’t have fired her, Ted Turner wouldn’t have fired her.”

“They’re jumping all over her now .. I would have kept her,” King continued. “It was a terrible mistake, no one feels sorrier than her, she’s apologized. CNN shouldn’t have let her go.”

CNN severed ties with Griffin on Wednesday after the photo, taken by photographer Tyler Shields, stirred widespread outrage.

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“CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program,” a network spokesperson told TheWrap in a statement.

Griffin had co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve program with Anderson Cooper — who also criticized the photo — for a decade.

The termination came after Griffin offered an apology for the photo, acknowledging that she went “way too far.”

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“I crossed the line,” Griffin said in a video post via Twitter. “I went way too far. The image is too disturbing, I understand how it offends people. It wasn’t funny. I get it. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career, I will continue. I ask for your forgiveness. Taking down the image. I’m going to ask the photographer to take down the image. And I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I made a mistake and I was wrong.”

Shortly after the photo surfaced, toilet stool company Squatty Potty announced it was dumping Griffin from its recent ad campaign.

10 Stunning Pieces of Anti-Trump Protest Art, From LED Signs to Paintings Made With Blood (Photos)

Donald Trump has funneled life-blood into a fervent new protest art movement. Artists and photographers are speaking out against Trump's comments and policies with paintbrushes, cameras -- and even bodily fluids. From LED signs to paintings made with human blood, here are 10 thought-provoking pieces of protest art that have emerged since Trump announced his candidacy for president.
Portland-based artist Sarah Levy painted this portrait with her own menstrual blood. The piece, titled "Whatever," is a response to Trump's comment that Fox News host Megyn Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever."
Sarah Levy
As part of a series called "#SignedByTrump," Aria Watson snapped this photo for a final project in her Intro to Photography class at Clatsop Community College in Oregon. Models posed partially nude with Trump quotes written on their skin.
Aria Watson
Indira Cesarine, founder of The Untitled Space art gallery in New York City, posed in front of pieces from the "Uprising/Angry Women" exhibit. The exhibit premiered in January and featured works by women artists.
The Untitled Space
This piece by Julie Curtiss, titled "Hot Heels," was featured at the "Nasty Women" art exhibition in Queens, New York. According to co-director Jessamyn Fiore, the exhibit was "a message to Trump and the government that you can’t roll back women’s rights without a fight."
Julie Curtiss
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, created this image for Inauguration Day as a way to "reject the hate, fear and open racism that were normalized during the 2016 presidential campaign." The woman pictured is 33-year-old Muslim-American, Munira Ahmed.
Shepard Fairey
An NYC grassroots campaign called "Resistance Is Female" utilized telephone booths to showcase protest art and to encourage people to "keep fighting, keep speaking up, persevere."
@mythny for Resistance is Female (Instagram)
Continuing the bloody trend, Los Angeles-based artist Illma Gore collaborated with the artist collective, Indecline, to create this mural. The mural, titled "Rise Up Thy Young Blood," was painted with human blood from 50 donors and recalls Henry Mosler's 19th-century painting, "The Birth of the Flag."
Illma Gore/Indecline
Inspired by cardboard protest signs, artist Andrea Bowers made this sign as a "feminist gesture." According to Bowers, "I feel outraged that Donald Trump was elected after what he said publicly about women."
Andrea Bowers (Photograph by Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects)
The anonymous street artist known as Bambi painted this parody of the movie "La La Land" in Islington, North London. In lieu of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, the work shows Donald Trump dancing with U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Bambi
New York-based illustrator Daniel Pagan created this piece, called "Tweeter in Chief." In an interview with Fusion, Pagan described Trump's election as "'sheer fuel' for his art."
Daniel Pagan

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President Trump’s election sparks a worldwide resurgence of artistic expression

Donald Trump has funneled life-blood into a fervent new protest art movement. Artists and photographers are speaking out against Trump's comments and policies with paintbrushes, cameras -- and even bodily fluids. From LED signs to paintings made with human blood, here are 10 thought-provoking pieces of protest art that have emerged since Trump announced his candidacy for president.

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