Whoa! Kathy Griffin and Don Cheadle went AT IT on Twitter late on Monday night, publicly fighting into the early morning for the whole world to see.
At issue was the comedienne’s long-standing Donald Trump controversy — when she held a fake version of his severed, bloody head for photos — and how the comedian felt her peer didn’t actually come to her defense at the time of the controversy.
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The tweet-war started innocently enough late last night when Don posted a pic of himself wearing a Sleeping Giants hat (below):
https://twitter.com/DonCheadle/status/1085074904242782208
Clearly miffed at what she thought was a political post from Cheadle — Sleeping Giants is an activist organization that fights against bigotry and sexism through brand advocacy and social media campaigns — Griffin responded quickly, calling out the actor for perceived hypocrisy:
Oh GREAT Don. I will never forgive you for your nasty tweet the day my smear campaign started. You know it was a fucking smear campaign and you have never taken a moment to apologize. Some liberal you are. Yes, my memory is long my ex friend. Shame on you. I kept a list. Fear me.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 15, 2019
Um…. that escalated quickly!!
After Griffin’s public call-out, Cheadle initially played coy — or, perhaps truly didn’t know what was going on — and only responded with a wimple “huh”?
That’s when Kathy struck hard, calling the Hotel Rwanda actor a “d**k in real life” and doubling down on her earlier statement:
Huh? You’re a dick in real life, but believe it or not I truly hope what I went through never happens to you. Never. And if it did I would be the first in line to stand up for you, get my ass on television and do everything I could to defend you & the 1st amendment. It’s easy don
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 15, 2019
Uh, whoa! This came comparatively out of nowhere, didn’t it?!
But when Cheadle logged back on early Tuesday morning, he opted to set the record straight in his own Twitter thread about the brouhaha (below):
https://twitter.com/DonCheadle/status/1085175321479983104
https://twitter.com/DonCheadle/status/1085175323673559040
https://twitter.com/DonCheadle/status/1085175324793462785
All in all pretty decent as far as celeb feuds go!
One thing is for certain by the end of that, though — don’t come for Don Cheadle!
War Machine WILL stand up for himself!!
[Image via WENN.]
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