Kathy Griffin says Samantha Bee shouldn't apologize for using a derogatory slur against Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpSpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report Trump, Biden vie for Minnesota Trump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report MORE on her TBS show on Wednesday night.

The comedian shared a message on Twitter on Thursday with her more than 2 million followers, writing:

. @iamsambee please do not apologize. — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018

Bee ignored Griffin’s advice, apologizing for calling Trump a “feckless c---" in a statement on Thursday afternoon.

“I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it,” Bee said.

Also supporting Bee in the controversy was liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who said the Trump administration was faster to denounce the profanity than it was Roseanne Barr's racist tweet earlier in the week.

Ha! The White House today, still not denouncing Roseanne’s racism, tries to confuse the issue by going after Samantha Bee’s brilliant rant against Ivanka last night. Watch it here: https://t.co/Y6yZVG6AjF SAM BEE: TRUTH-TELLER! — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) May 31, 2018

Griffin's tweet came just moments after the White House said in a statement to The Washington Post that Bee's "disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast."

The statement from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also said, “The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling."

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In a segment on “Full Frontal” focused on separating migrant children from their parents at the Mexico-United States border, Bee blasted Trump for a recent tweet showing the White House senior adviser embracing her young son.

“You know, Ivanka, that’s a beautiful photo of you and your child, but let me just say, one mother to another: Do something about your dad’s immigration practices, you feckless c---," Bee said.

Griffin, 57, faced her own media firestorm last year after posing for a photo shoot with a prop made to resemble President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's decapitated head.

As controversy over Griffin's snapshot erupted and she was fired from an annual New Year's Eve hosting job on CNN, she apologized in a hastily arranged video message and press conference. Griffin later retracted the apology, saying she was "no longer sorry."

"The whole outrage was B.S., the whole thing got so blown out of proportion and I lost everybody," Griffin said in an interview last year.

Updated at 2:18 p.m.