Alec Baldwin Defends Kathy Griffin after Photo Firestorm: ‘F*ck Them All’

Alec Baldwin Defends Kathy Griffin after Photo Firestorm: ‘F*ck Them All’

by Daniel Nussbaum 4 Jun 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/04/alec-baldwin-comes-kathy-griffins-defense-photo-firestorm-fck/

Alec Baldwin has come to the defense of Kathy Griffin following the widespread backlash over a photograph in which the comedian was pictured posing with a bloodied, decapitated head meant to resemble that of President Donald Trump.

Writing on his Twitter account Friday, the 59-year-old actor and Saturday Night Live Trump impersonator reminded Griffin of the backlash he experienced after he made fun of then-Republican lawmaker Henry Hyde during a 1998 appearance on Conan O’Brien’s late-night show.

“Dear Kathy Griffin,” Baldwin wrote in a series of five Twitter messages. “Kathy…baby…I’ve been there. The whole Henry Hyde thing w Conan, where we bring out an oxygen mask at the end? A joke. That’s what I thought. That’s what we intended. No one walked out of the studio and said, ‘No! We’re serious!’ No one.”

“Kathy…F*ck them,” Baldwin continued. “F*ck them all. No 1 believes u meant 2 threaten Trump. Trump is such a senile idiot, all he has is Twitter fights.”

The photo of Griffin sparked widespread backlash after its publication by TMZ on Tuesday. The 56-year-old comedian was fired from her role on CNN’s annual New Year’s Eve Live broadcast, which she had co-hosted for ten years, and saw the cancellation of at least five scheduled performances on her cross-country comedy tour.

An emotional Griffin apologized in a press conference Friday morning alongside her attorney, Hollywood powerhouse lawyer Lisa Bloom, saying that she had not intended to threaten the president but vowing she would continue to make fun of Trump in the wake of the controversy. The comedian also said the backlash would not have been as intense had it been a man who had posed for the photo, and accused the Trump family of “bullying” her and trying to ruin her life.

Baldwin wasn’t the only celebrity to stand by Griffin in the wake of the controversy.

Last week, actor Jim Carrey said people shouldn’t “worry” about Griffin’s joke, and advised the comedian to double down by holding up the president’s “severed leg.”

“I think what happens is, when these extraordinary times politically happen, and we’re going through terror and the fear of the end, comics are the last line of defense,” Carrey told an audience at the premiere of his Showtime series, I’m Dying Up Here. “We tell them the truth, and we make something beautiful out of it.”

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey is an actor in The Cable Guy.

Note: Kathy Griffin is an actor in The Cable Guy, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and her attorney is Lisa Bloom.

Bill O'Reilly is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was a reporter for the CBS News.

Lisa Bloom is a legal analyst for the CBS News, and Kathy Griffin’s attorney.

Conan O'Brien is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was the host for Late Night.

Jon Glaser was a writer for Late Night, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.

Jeff Ross was a producer for Late Night, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.

Barbra Streisand is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and was a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.              

Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.

Alec Baldwin is a director at the People for the American Way.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way, and the Sundance Institute.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.  

Norman Lear is a director at the People for the American Way, the president of the Lear Family Foundation, and married to Lyn Davis Lear.

Lear Family Foundation was a funder for the People for the American Way, and a donor for the Movement Resource Group.

Movement Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy Movement.

Occupy Wall Street is the initial protest for the Occupy Movement.

Lyn Davis Lear is a director at the Lear Family Foundation, married to Norman Lear, a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Barbra Streisand was a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,     is the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.

Margery Tabankin is the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.

Alec Baldwin is a director at the People for the American Way.

Kathy Griffin is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and an actor in The Cable Guy.

Jim Carrey is an actor in The Cable Guy.