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Kathy Griffin is definitely not a cutting edge of modern stand up comedy ... "
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin


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06-01-2017

Stand up comedian Kathy Griffin fucked up

A day after Griffin released a picture holding a mock "decapitated" head of President Trump shot by self-proclaimed "provocateur" photographer Tyler Shields, CNN announced Wednesday that they have terminated their decade-long contract with the comedian to appear with Anderson Cooper on New Year's Eve.

"CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year's Eve program," spokesman Shimrit Sheetrit confirmed to USA TODAY in a statement Wednesday.

The network used even stronger language a day earlier: "We found what she did disgusting and offensive," read a statement sent to USA TODAY Tuesday night by Sheetrit. "We are pleased to see she has apologized and asked that the photos be taken down."

Although he's ushered in many a new year alongside the comedian, Cooper would not defend his co-host's actions. "For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in," he tweeted Tuesday night. "It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate."


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cutting edge

adjective form of "the Cutting Edge."

When something is "cutting edge" is  at the current limits of scientific/technological/artistic progress. The newest and most advanced.

In 1903, the Wright Brothers used what were then cutting edge techniques, such as a wind tunnel, to design their plane.

This magazine is so cutting edge! It's so much cooler than those conservative, out-of date newspapers.

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Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French pronunciation:( 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out death penalties in France, as a less painful method of execution. While he did not invent the guillotine, and in fact opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. The actual inventor of the prototype was Antoine Louis.