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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on Kathy Griffin (all times local) : 1: 45 p.m. CNN says it has cut ties with Kathy Griffin after she posted a video that showed her holding a likeness of President Donald Trump’s severed head. The network says it has terminated its agreement with the comedian to appear on its New Year’s Eve programs. For a decade she had co-hosted the annual special with CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper. Her future with CNN had been in doubt since the video appeared on Tuesday. CNN initially called it « disgusting and offensive. » In addition to her losing the CNN job, a New Mexico casino said it was canceling a July live engagement, and she has lost a commercial endorsement she landed just weeks ago. Griffin has apologized for the video. ___ 7: 34 a.m. President Donald Trump says celebrity Kathy Griffin « should be ashamed of herself » for appearing in a video holding what looked like Trump’s bloody, severed head. In a post on his Twitter account Wednesday morning, the president says, « My children, especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick! » Griffin, who helped with CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage, has apologized, saying that the brief video was « too disturbing » and wasn’t funny. « I went too far,  » she says in a second video. « I sincerely apologize. » Many people online called for Griffin to be jailed. The first video showed a straight-faced Griffin slowly lifting the bloody head. She originally described the project with photographer Tyler Shields as an « artsy fartsy statement » mocking the commander in chief. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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