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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Thu Mar 29, 2018, 03:36 PM Mar 2018

Tonight! Kathy Griffin to Play Kellyanne Conway on The President Show

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Kathy Griffin will portray Kellyanne Conway on Comedy Central’s Make America Great-A-Thon: A President Show Special, airing Tuesday, April 3rd at 11 p.m.

The appearance, alongside Anthony Atamanuik’s President Trump, will mark the comedian’s first television role since she became engulfed in controversy last May after posing for a photoshoot with a fake severed head made to look like the president. Trump condemned her by name and Griffin subsequently apologized, but the incident took a major toll on her career, with CNN dropping her from its annual New Year’s Eve special.

Last month, she made a defiant return to TV on Real Time with Bill Maher, announcing that she will be going on tour this summer, including a stop at Carnegie Hall. “I think it’s important to lean into the controversy, because I know so much more about it now,” Griffin told The New York Times on Thursday. “I think now enough time has passed where people are starting see the ridiculousness of what happened to me, and they’re seeing other people that Trump has done it to.” —Matt Wilstein
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kathy-griffin-to-play-kellyanne-conway-on-the-president-show

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Tonight! Kathy Griffin to Play Kellyanne Conway on The President Show (Original Post) DesertRat Mar 2018 OP

Will she be carrying around a severed head? Fullduplexxx Mar 2018 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author DesertRat Mar 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Mar 2018 #3

I think she's a better comic actress than a comedienne. Sticking to a script should be good for her. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2018 #4

I like her acting OriginalGeek Mar 2018 #6

I've also seen her live and agree that she's hilarious DesertRat Mar 2018 #7

Thanks for the heads up! Don't hold back Ms Griffin. Wwcd Mar 2018 #5

Excellent Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #8

Kicking for visibility DesertRat Apr 2018 #9

Can't wait! Thanks for the heads up! crazylikafox Apr 2018 #10

you're welcome! DesertRat Apr 2018 #11

Fullduplexxx

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1. Will she be carrying around a severed head?

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Thu Mar 29, 2018, 03:40 PM

Mar 2018

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Gidney N Cloyd

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4. I think she's a better comic actress than a comedienne. Sticking to a script should be good for her.

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Thu Mar 29, 2018, 04:03 PM

Mar 2018

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

6. I like her acting

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 29, 2018, 04:07 PM

Mar 2018

but I've seen her live and her stand-up show was hilarious when we saw it. We took our daughter for her 18th birthday. that was 10 years ago and our daughter still says it was the best present she ever got lol.