Author: DAVE ITZKOFF / Source: New York Times
Almost a year after Kathy Griffin appeared in a widely condemned photograph that depicted her holding the severed head of President Trump, this comedian and actress is making a TV comeback of sorts.
Ms. Griffin will appear on Tuesday in a special episode of the Comedy Central series “The President Show,” in which she will play Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, the network announced on Thursday.
“I am kicking the hornet’s nest, as much as I can,” Ms. Griffin said in a phone interview.
“I think it’s important to lean into the controversy, because I know so much more about it now,” she added. “I think now enough time has passed where people are starting to see the ridiculousness of what happened to me, and they’re seeing other people that Trump has done it to.”
“The President Show” stars Anthony Atamanuik as a satirical version of Mr. Trump hosting a late-night program from the Oval Office. It has also featured other comedians playing members of the Trump family and administration, including Peter Grosz as Vice President Pence, Adam Pally as Donald Trump Jr. and Mario Cantone as Anthony Scaramucci.
This will be Ms. Griffin’s first television role since the incident last May in which she posed in a photograph while holding a blood-smeared representation of Mr. Trump’s head. (She has appeared on talk shows since then, including )
Ms. Griffin was swiftly rebuked by Mr. Trump, who wrote on Twitter that she “should be ashamed of herself.
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