BREAKING: CNN Fires Kathy Griffin From New Year's Eve Show For Trump 'Beheading' Photo
CNN just announced that Kathy Griffin will no longer appear on its New Year's Eve show in the wake of her shocking photo shoot involving a replica of President Donald Trump's bloody, bodiless head.
The 56-year-old comedian has co-hosted the network's "New Year's Eve Live" coverage with Anderson Cooper since 2007," as the New York Post pointed out.
“CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program," the network said in a statement Wednesday.

According to AdAge, Griffin has also lost her endorsement deal with the toilet stool company Squatty Potty because of the disturbing image.
"We were shocked and disappointed to learn about the image Ms. Griffin shared today," said Squatty Potty CEO Bobby Edwards in a statement. "It was deeply inappropriate and runs contrary to the core values our company stands for. In response, Squatty Potty has suspended its ad campaign featuring Ms. Griffin."

Both liberals and conservatives denounced Griffin's photo after it was leaked by TMZ Tuesday.
For his part, Cooper said he was "appalled" by the image, which was taken by controversial celebrity photographer Tyler Shields.
"It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate," Cooper said on Twitter.
Griffin had originally tried to justify the photo by comparing it to Trump's "blood coming out of her wherever" remarks about Megyn Kelly's period.
"1/ I caption this 'there was blood coming out of his eyes, blood coming out of his...wherever' Also @tylershields great Photog/film maker," she wrote in a since-deleted tweet.

"2/ OBVIOUSLY, I do not condone ANY violence by my fans or others to anyone, ever! I'm merely mocking the Mocker in Chief," she added.
But Griffin ended up apologizing for the image Tuesday evening, saying in a video statement posted to social media that "I went way too far."
"(I am) taking down the image," she explained. "I am going to ask the photographer to take down the image, and I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I made a mistake and I was wrong."
Shields has since removed the photo from his website but has not issued an apology for the incident.
Shields had defended his photo as a form of artistic expression earlier Tuesday, telling BuzzFeed that "I like to make things and let people make up their own minds about it."
"But I understand with this that some people will praise it and some people will absolutely hate it," he added.