Tech: 'I went way too far': Kathy Griffin apologizes for photo shoot that featured bloody Trump head

Kathy Griffin posed for a photo that features a mock bloody, beheaded Donald Trump, and critics are slamming her online.

Hours after the provocative comedian Kathy Griffin raised eyebrows with her photoshoot of her holding a decapitated and bloody mock head that resembled President Donald Trump, Griffin issued an apology, saying that she "went way too far."

"I sincerely apologize," Griffin said in a video. "I am just now seeing the reaction of these images."

"I'm a comic, I cross the line, I move the line ... I went way too far," continued Griffin. "I made a mistake, and I was wrong."

Griffin also stated that she would ask the photographer to "take down the image."

TMZ leaked the photo and reported that Griffin posed for it during a shoot with the photographer Tyler Shields. The outlet also posted a video of the shoot.

The photo quickly trended online, and Griffin began to gain heat on social media.

Representatives for Griffin and Shields did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Hours after TMZ posted its story, the US Secret Service touted on Twitter its "robust protective intelligence division that monitors open source reporting & social media to evaluate threats."

"Threats made against Secret Service protectees receive the highest priority of all of our investigations. #ProtectionNeverRests," the agency said in a follow-up tweet.

Griffin later responded: "OBVIOUSLY, I do not condone ANY violence by my fans or others to anyone, ever! I'm merely mocking the Mocker in Chief."

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