Kathy Griffin Wishes She Could Make Fun Of Trump Accross US “Without Getting Shot”

Comedian Kathy Griffin, who ran into trouble some weeks ago after posting a picture of her with a prop severed head of president Trump, said abroad she has received a warm welcome, but here in the U.S. she wishes she could tour without getting shot.

“They were thrilled to have someone come over and make fun of Trump,” said Griffin, who recently finished up a 15-country world tour, during an interview with Politico published Wednesday.

“I wish I could tour in the U.S. without getting shot — I know I can’t. I was in the middle of a 50-city tour when the tweet happened. It was canceled in 24 hours.”

For good reason Americans don’t want to see Kathy Griffin on tour. At the time of her prank involving Trump’s head, Trump tweeted that she should be “ashamed of herself” and that his children were having a “hard time” with it.

Griffin has since apologized for the sake of her career, but the damage has been done. Griffin has lost numerous sponsors and gigs across the country.

Griffin told Politico that Trump’s frequent tweeting is the “greatest programming director ever.”

“The minute he tweeted that tweet about me, it was literally breaking news on every channel,” she said.

She accused Trump of using her as a “tool” to distract from “his bad news of the day.”

“After that, I had to go offline because of the death threats,” she said. “He didn’t use my handle in his tweet, so he didn’t have my followers coming after him.”

Still, she said her answer is to “keep producing funny stuff.”

“My YouTube [channel] is lit. I really do have a real story to tell. In my live act, I talk about the interrogation with the feds and how everybody turned on me on every platform,” she said.

“I still can’t tweet a picture of my new puppies without getting all hateful responses in broken English.”