"You’re full of crap."

That escalated quickly.



Embattled comedian Kathy Griffin got into a heated exchange with journalist Sam Armytage during Tuesday's episode of Sunrise after she was asked about a controversial photo of herself holding a fake severed head of US President Donald Trump.



The comedian gave the interview via a live cross from Los Angeles and was scheduled to promote her upcoming Australian tour, which begins in October. Sam asked if Kathy wondered if she had gone too far with the photo, which was released in late May.



"You’re full of crap," Kathy said. "Stop this. You know this. Stop acting like my little picture is more important than talking about the actual atrocities that the president of the United States is committing."





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"I'm going to meet you in an alley. No, I got it. I got your number," Kathy continued. "You're like a white Trump voter in America. I got your thing."

The controversial photo in question spurred intense backlash on social media and caused Kathy to lose her longtime hosting job with CNN. She called the uproar "BS" and said the situation was exaggerated when Donald Trump himself tweeted about the picture.



Kathy previously issued an emotional apology video following the incident. However, she told Sunrise that now, she is not sorry.



"No, I don’t apologise for that photo anymore and I think the outrage is complete BS because we have real things to deal with," she addressed Sam. "But I’m in trouble according to you, Sam. Way to have my back, girl."



In a separate interview with TODAY on Tuesday, Kathy got real about the scrutiny she felt after the photo.







"Everyone turned on me. My mother turned on me. She came around, I gave her a box of wine," she joked.



She also called the president "embarrassing", adding: "It looks like he's a Nazi."