Comedian Kathy Griffin clarified that an old image of herself and President Donald Trump sitting amicably next to each other at an event was, in fact, not an AI photo.

Griffin’s Past Relationship with Trump

Griffin confirmed that the photo was real, adding that she previously had a friendly relationship with Trump. She described Trump as someone she used to know but now doesn’t care to know any longer.

Griffin exclaimed, ‘I know, can you believe it? There was a time I knew Donald as someone who would show up at the opening of an envelope, and I would sit next to him sometimes, and he’d laugh at my jokes.’ She also mentioned that she loved one of the images of her, Trump, and financial TV personality Suze Orman, saying it ‘captures the 2000s so much, where I would just run into Donald quite often at events, and he was ever-present.’

Griffin’s Current Stance on Trump

Despite her frequent attacks against Trump, Griffin admitted that she had previously enjoyed his company. However, she has since become a vocal critic of the former president. In 2017, Griffin drew bipartisan backlash after posting an image of herself holding a Halloween mask covered in ketchup that appeared to resemble the severed head of Trump.

Griffin has since retracted her apology for the image, recently claiming that she was ‘proud’ of posting it. She said, ‘People still define me by it. Now, I really own it, and I absolutely lean into it, because I was right, and I was ahead of my time.’

Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.