{"id":917814,"date":"2021-10-24T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=917814"},"modified":"2021-10-24T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:29:26","slug":"how-to-make-a-straight-man-turn-gay-60-year-old-kathy-griffin-ridiculed-after-dancing-topless-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-make-a-straight-man-turn-gay-60-year-old-kathy-griffin-ridiculed-after-dancing-topless-in-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How To Make A Straight Man Turn Gay\u2019: 60-Year-Old Kathy Griffin Ridiculed After Dancing Topless In Viral Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-to-make-a-straight-man-turn-gay-60-year-old-kathy-griffin-ridiculed-after-dancing-topless-in-viral-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=917814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Kathy Griffin elicited ridicule and trended on Twitter after she posted a video of her apparently topless and shimmying at a beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHEY BOYZZZZ,\u201d Griffin posted on Wednesday along with a video of herself, taken from behind, showing her baring her chest and dancing while looking out over a body of water.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HEY BOYZZZZ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e2IPYIHJxt\">pic.twitter.com\/e2IPYIHJxt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathygriffin\/status\/1450894315010473988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video caused her to trend on Twitter as social media users mocked the 60-year-old comedian. \u201cA video posted by comedian Kathy Griffin is drawing comparisons to fellow comedian Scott Thompson, who performs under the name Carrot Top, due to their similar hairstyles,\u201d Twitter captioned the trend.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin responded to the trend the next day, blaming \u201cmagas\u201d for the online mockery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing viral? Look, compared to another video that went viral 4 years ago, this is nuthin but fun!\u201d Griffin said. \u201cThe magas always think it\u2019s this big insult to call me Carrot Top. I love Carrot Top (Scott Thompson) and his audiences adore him and have for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Chrissie Mayr, who is also a redhead, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrissieMayr\/status\/1451052111681179652\">posted<\/a> on Twitter, \u201cPls stop tagging me in this. My people have suffered enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another comedian, Josh Denny, came to the defense of Scott Thompson over the comparisons. \u201cStop comparing this to Carrot Top, everyone. Scott hasn\u2019t been this flabby in decades,\u201d Denny <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshDenny\/status\/1451038515437834243\">said<\/a>, adding, \u201cand yes, I know how fat I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this reverse conversion therapy?\u201d commentator Derek Hunter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1451040353260343303\">joked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didnt realize cancer was contagious but she just gave it to me with this tweet,\u201d podcaster Michael Malice <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelmalice\/status\/1451022242553507846\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Schaffer, a host at The Blaze, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElijahSchaffer\/status\/1451010827201531906\">captioned<\/a> the video, \u201cHow to make a straight man turn gay in 3\u20262\u20261.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin, known for her vulgar stunts, received widespread criticism in 2017 when she posed holding a bloody replica of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s severed head. After initially apologizing for the display, she has since repeatedly stood by it, posting the photo to her Twitter account as recently as November of 2020 on the night of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>When Griffin first posted the photo in May of 2017, the backlash against her was so severe that she later apologized for the display and said she \u201cwent too far.\u201d As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/election-night-kathy-griffin-retweets-infamous-pic-of-her-with-trumps-severed-head\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>At the end of May 2017, she apologized, writing on Twitter, \u201cI am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At the beginning of June 2017, Dmitry Gorin, a criminal defense attorney representing Griffin,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/02\/arts\/television\/kathy-griffin-donald-trump-news-conference.html?_r=1\">protested at a news conference<\/a>&nbsp;with Griffin, \u201cShe<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Kathy Griffin elicited ridicule and trended on Twitter after she posted a video of her apparently topless and shimmying at a beach.\u201cHEY BOYZZZZ,\u201d Griffin posted on Wednesday along with a video of herself, taken from behind, showing her baring her chest and dancing while looking out over a body of water.HEY BOYZZZZ pic.twitter.com\/e2IPYIHJxt\u2014 Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 20, 2021The video caused her to trend on Twitter as social media users mocked the 60-year-old comedian. \u201cA video posted by comedian Kathy Griffin is drawing comparisons to fellow comedian Scott Thompson, who performs under the name Carrot Top, due to their similar hairstyles,\u201d Twitter captioned the trend.Griffin responded to the trend the next day, blaming \u201cmagas\u201d for the online mockery.\u201cGoing viral? Look, compared to another video that went viral 4 years ago, this is nuthin but fun!\u201d Griffin said. \u201cThe magas always think it\u2019s this big insult to call me Carrot Top. I love Carrot Top (Scott Thompson) and his audiences adore him and have for decades.\u201dComedian Chrissie Mayr, who is also a redhead, posted on Twitter, \u201cPls stop tagging me in this. My people have suffered enough.\u201dAnother comedian, Josh Denny, came to the defense of Scott Thompson over the comparisons. \u201cStop comparing this to Carrot Top, everyone. Scott hasn\u2019t been this flabby in decades,\u201d Denny said, adding, \u201cand yes, I know how fat I am.\u201d\u201cIs this reverse conversion therapy?\u201d commentator Derek Hunter joked.\u201cI didnt realize cancer was contagious but she just gave it to me with this tweet,\u201d podcaster Michael Malice said.Elijah Schaffer, a host at The Blaze, captioned the video, \u201cHow to make a straight man turn gay in 3\u20262\u20261.\u201dGriffin, known for her vulgar stunts, received widespread criticism in 2017 when she posed holding a bloody replica of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s severed head. After initially apologizing for the display, she has since repeatedly stood by it, posting the photo to her Twitter account as recently as November of 2020 on the night of the presidential election.When Griffin first posted the photo in May of 2017, the backlash against her was so severe that she later apologized for the display and said she \u201cwent too far.\u201d As The Daily Wire reported:At the end of May 2017, she apologized, writing on Twitter, \u201cI am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong.\u201dAt the beginning of June 2017, Dmitry Gorin, a criminal defense attorney representing Griffin,\u00a0protested at a news conference\u00a0with Griffin, \u201cShe basically exercised her First Amendment rights to tell a joke. When you look at everything in the media, all the times entertainers make videos or express themselves in other ways, you\u2019ve never seen an entertainer, let alone a comedian, be subject to a criminal investigation.\u201d He confirmed an investigation had been commenced.Griffin tearfully added, \u201cI don\u2019t think I will have a career after this. I\u2019m going to be honest. He broke me,\u201d but insisted she reserved the right to continue to mock Trump, adding, \u201cI\u2019m not afraid of Donald Trump. He\u2019s a bully. I\u2019ve dealt with older white guys trying to keep me down my whole life, my whole career.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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