Kathy Griffin Accuses Stephen Colbert Of 'bulls-- Ambush' Over Infamous Trump Severed Head Photo

Kathy Griffin accused Stephen Colbert of conducting a "bulls-- ambush" successful a 2018 question and reply connected "The Late Show" wherever nan late-night big grilled nan comedian astir her arguable photograph holding up a prop made to look for illustration nan bloodied decapitated caput of President Donald Trump in 2017.

In a video posted to her YouTube transmission connected Tuesday, titled "Stephen Colbert made maine cry!", nan comedian recalled her December 2018 "The Late Show" appearnce, which took spot astir 18 months aft nan Trump photograph controversy.

Griffin said that erstwhile booking nan question and reply she requested that Colbert not bring up nan Trump photograph arsenic she was tired of talking astir it and a shaper agreed. However, soon earlier she was group to spell connected stage, she says nan aforesaid personification told her Colbert was going to inquire her astir it.

Griffin said she wasn’t happy astir it but decided she would effort to distract Colbert successful bid to alteration nan subject. But she said she was shocked by really he kept pressing her connected nan Trump photo, comparing nan acquisition to being grilled connected "60 Minutes."

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Comedian Kathy Griffin blasted comedian Stephen Colbert for pressing her during a 2018 question and reply astir her arguable photograph holding a clone bloody caput made to look for illustration President Trump successful 2017. (Getty Images)

"It was a statement of questioning wherever I retrieve thinking, ‘Wow, he has measurement much of a bias against maine and my correct to return that photograph than I imagined successful my worst-case scenario, that I had imagined erstwhile I couldn’t slumber nan nighttime earlier because I was half frightened and half excited,'" she said.

Griffin said she fought backmost tears during nan question and reply successful bid to hide her distress from nan audience.

"What was really happening was a bulls-- ambush" that was "laced pinch misogyny," she said, claiming Colbert wouldn’t person grilled a antheral comic successful nan aforesaid way.

She accused Colbert of utilizing his level to punch down against a "D-list" celebrity.

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Comedian Kathy Griffin accused late-night big Stephen Colbert of grilling her astir nan fallout from nan infamous Trump decapitated caput photograph successful a 2018 question and reply connected "The Late Show." (Screenshot/Colbert)

While she said she utilized to person precocious respect for Colbert, nan acquisition soured her connected nan comedian.

"For him to beryllium coming astatine maine that measurement and to spot maine almost suffer it…I person specified a debased sentiment of Stephen Colbert correct now," Griffin added.

"What a d---," she said.

CBS did not return a petition for comment.

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Griffin addressed really her profession was impacted by nan arguable Trump photo. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images | Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

In the 2018 interview, Colbert spent astir 10 minutes asking Griffin astir nan photograph and nan backlash she knowledgeable from it.

"60 cardinal Americans thought I was a personnel of ISIS," Griffin said during nan interview. She explained really her master profession suffered and she was allegedly put nether national investigation for conspiracy to assassinate nan President of nan United States.

She besides defended her right to return nan photograph nether nan First Amendment, which Colbert pushed backmost on.

"There are limits, though, to what you tin opportunity astir nan President of nan United States, having specifically to do pinch harm against nan President of nan United States," Colbert said.

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Kathy Griffin slammed "Late Show" big Stephen Colbert for a 2018 question and reply wherever she claims he "ambushed" her by questioning her astir nan infamous photograph of President Trump's head. (Getty Images)

"Right, which I did not do," Griffin replied.

"Well, you were holding up a severed caput —" Colbert disagreed.

"No, no. It was a mask. A Halloween disguise pinch ketchup," Griffin objected. "Where would I get a severed head?"

"It looks for illustration a severed head. It has humor connected nan neck," Colbert added.

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