Kathy Griffin Shaved Her Head: Here"s Why!

Kathy Griffin has been more than a little controversial over the course of her career, but her most recent move has been something that everyone can support.

The actress and comedian has shaved her head, for a very meaningful reason.

And no, it has nothing to do with Trump.

A writer who contributes to multiple news outlets shared a pair of photos of Kathy’s freshly shaved head over Twitter, explaining in the caption:

“In solidarity with her sister, who is going through chemo, @kathygriffin shaved her head.”

That is so heartbreaking to read about Kathy’s sister, Joyce Griffin.

It would be about anyone, of course.

But cancer is especially personal to Kathy and her family.

Kathy Griffin’s older brother, Gary, died in 2014 after losing his battle with cancer.

In the first photo, Kathy poses topless, running a hand across her now bare scalp in wonder at a sensation that people never feel in their lives.

In the second photo, we see Kathy’s mother, Maggie Griffin, respond.

Kathy Griffin’s mother is nearly as famous as she is, for her role on My Life On The D-List and for Kathy’s stories about her mother shared during stand-up comedy.

Maggie is quite a character herself, as you know if you’ve ever heard anything that she’s said.

Maggie quoted the tweet and added her own comment:

“My daughter Kathleen Mary is a wonderful human being.”

Look at how cute Maggie looks in the photo!

Of course, Kathy Griffin is still reeling from the overblown backlash over that controversial photo she made with Tyler Shields.

You know, the one where she’s holding up “Trump’s head” as if she’s just decapitated him.

Like … it was in poor taste, absolutely.

And she shouldn’t have done it.

But the blowback on it would have been comical if the consequences for it hadn’t been so serious.

Kathy Griffin lost multiple jobs over it in the ensuing outrage.

Of course, the Trump team capitalized on it immediately, with the orange man himself making the ludicrous claim about his young son, Barron.

Barron is arguably the only innocent among the Trump children (like Donald himself, we don’t really want to talk about Tiffany right now).

So he was perfect for Trump to point to and say that Barron believed that the photo was real when he saw it.

First of all, chances are pretty good that Barron didn’t see it at all.

Second of all, Barron is 11, not 4.

Pretending that he’d gone into a parent at the thought of his father having been murdered by a comedian that the tween had almost certainly never heard of was nothing short of absurd.

But Kathy Griffin shouldn’t have posed for the photo.

(She knows that and apologized as soon as it leaked)

If she hadn’t, the Trump team couldn’t have used up to stir up their followers like they did.

Brace yourselves, because someone will inevitably call this a “publicity stunt.”

They’ll accuse Kathy of doing this to get back into the public’s good graces.

She did this because her sister has cancer, you guys.

There’s no conspiracy behind it.

Just love. And solidarity.

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Ariel Winter: Wanna Bite My Peach?

Ariel Winter doesn’t just use Instagram to share embarrassing throwback photos — Most of the time, the photos that she shares are fresh and gorgeous.

Whether she’s hanging out in daisy dukes or wearing a bikini and posing on a pizza, Ariel Winter’s entire Instagram is pretty much one elaborate thirst trap. And she’s just added some more.

This time, it takes the form of an Instagram story, a skimpy bikini, and a very appropriate use of the peach emoji.

So, given context and Ariel’s “before and after” caption — followed by the peach emoji, it looks like these three photos are a behind-the-scenes look at a photoshoot of hers.

In the first photo, Ariel herself is off to the side.

(Don’t worry, she’s featured much more prominently later)

She’s wearing a super skimpy bikini.

Like, the bottom is just an elaborate thong.

A friend of hers or member of her entourage leans in to get a picture.

(Almost upstaging Ariel with those very deliberate slashes in their own jeans — that’s a good look)

Ariel is sitting down, which puts her butt at a great angle to be photographed for maximum flattery … as you’ll see below.

But first, Ariel shares this photo of the kind of look that she was serving for this photoshoot.

Her body is mind-blowing.

Like, we already knew that, but it’s good to be reminded sometimes.

We don’t know what kind of filter that pic was using, but the effect gives everything a dreamlike quality.

Not like a real dream, but like how dreams look on television.

The effect, with the lights reflecting in the water, makes a great backdrop.

Ariel Winter’s skin is positively glowing and her hair is catching the light.

Even though these are behind-the-scenes shots, she still looks amazing.

And yes, it’s definitely Ariel Winter even though we don’t see her face.

First of all, this story is on her Instagram.

Second of all, in that pic of her from the front, you can see what is clearly Ariel Winter’s butt tattoo.

This one reads: “Love is everything and asks for nothing.”

But third of all … remember when we mentioned how appropriate the use of the peach emoji was?

Yep.

Ariel Winter’s butt is unmistakable.

It’s like a fingerprint, but better.

The peach emoji, of course, represents butts.

Particularly excessively shapely ones — like Ariel’s.

Now, look, there is so much more to Ariel Winter than her badonkadonk.

She’s a brilliantly well-spoken young woman, she’s courageously overcome so much, and she’s a talented actress.

Ariel feels confident in her amazing body and clearly enjoys showing it off, on her terms.

She wants people to appreciate how she looks — again, on her terms.

We don’t know exactly what photoshoot this is from.

We imagine that her face was cropped out of the photos that she shared in order to not spoil the entirety of the photoshoot.

In fact, there might even be video taken from that night.

We’ll have to keep an eye out on Ariel Winter’s Instagram page and elsewhere to see when the official photos from that night crop up.

Ariel Winter is such a gift.

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"Cash Me Outside" Girl Danielle Bregoli Sentenced to Five Years Probation on Multiple Charges

The “Cash Me Outside” girl will NOT be going to jail after pleading guilty to multiple charges last month … ‘cause the kid struck a plea deal and got probation instead. Danielle Bregoli, who’s 14, was sentenced to 5 years probation Tuesday in…

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Billie Lourd Recalls Final Time She Saw Carrie Fisher

Billie Lourd has given her first interview since she suffered not one, but two unimaginable losses in the span of just over 24 hours last December.

First, the young actress said goodbye to her mother, beloved Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher.

Then, the very next day, Lourd’s grandmother (and Fisher’s mother), Debbie Reynolds, also passed away.

Lourd, best known in the entertainment world for her role on Scream Queens, has commented here and there about the tragic deaths via her Instagram page.

But she opens up in major detail for the first time in this Q&A with Town & Country.

Speaking to American Horror Story star Sarah Paulson for the latest issue’s cover story, Lourd contrasts life with her organized father against that of her famously chaotic mother.

“He gets home at the same time every day, and we eat dinner together, we do homework together, we watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and cry, and then go to sleep,” Lourd explained of living with her dad.

“At Mom’s it was like, ‘Let’s put Christmas lights in the palm trees at 2 a.m.’

“Do you remember when Sharper Image was 24 hours? We went there all the time, 1 a.m. or 3 a.m., just picking up little trinkets… as if that was what you do!”

Both Fisher and Reynolds became household names in the entertainment industry, but Lourd says neither wanted her to follow in their acting footsteps.

“I think in a normal family they would have looked at me and been like, ‘Hey, this kid’s a performer.’ But I was so scared. I was embarrassed, honestly,” she tells the publication, adding:

“Because they were like, ‘This is going to be a really s–tty lifestyle, and everyone’s going to be scrutinizing you deeply and constantly.’

“My mom wrote five books and a one-woman show; they didn’t want more things for people to be able to Google about me.”

Fisher was known for being outspoken. At absolutely all times.

Lourd says she was initially turned off by just how honest and raw her mother was – on stage, writing in books or when speaking to reporters – but she eventually came to admire it.

Now, Billie says she wants to emuluate Fisher.

“Looking back and watching her interviews, I try to model what I do after her. She was so good at it. She would get so annoyed with me if I ever did a fake interview.

“She’d say, ‘Tell the real story."”

Billie says she surprised everyone (including herself) with how comfortable she felt on the set of her first film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and her family quickly became supportive of her burgeoning career at this small role.

“Debbie was still encouraging me to put an act together. Literally three days before she died, she was like, ‘What numbers are you going to put in your act? Who are you going to impersonate?’

“I said, ‘I don’t think people do acts as much anymore,"”

“And she came back, ‘That’s why if you do one you’ll be more successful than anyone else. The act is a dying art, and someone needs to revive it.”

Elsewhere, Lourd says she’s keeping her mother’s compound (“It’s so magical.”) and that she relied on humor to get her through the hardest week of her life:

“If life’s not funny, then it’s just true – and that would be unacceptable,” she says, quoting her mom.

“Even when she died, that was what got me through that whole thing.

“When Debbie died the next day, I could just picture her saying, ‘Well, she’s upstaging me once again, of course – she had to.”

View Slideshow: Carrie Fisher: Mourned, Honored by Hollywood

Billie, of course, would give anything to have her loved ones alive and back in her life.

But there’s an opportunity now for her to become more independent.

“I’ve always kind of lived in their shadows, and now is the first time in my life when I get to own my life and stand on my own,” she says.”

“I love being my mother’s daughter, and it’s something I always will be, but now I get to be just Billie.”

When was the last time she saw her mom alive? What does she think her mother would say to her now?

“The last time I saw her in person, this episode of Scream Queens was on, and it was a big episode for me.

“I had tons of scenes, and I was so hard on myself about it – I hated how I looked, hated my performance. I was really frustrated. She told me, ‘Come over right now. I want to watch this with you.’

“And she made me sit down and watch it, and she forced me to see the good parts. She was incredible like that.

“But she was really hard on me, saying, ‘Shut up. You’re great in this. Have faith in yourself. Be more confident."”

View Slideshow: Debbie Reynolds: Mourned, Honored by Hollywood

In conclusion, Lourd is in as much awe of her late mother’s honesty as any Star Wars fan out there.

“It’s good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it’s not helping other people, then don’t do it.

“There were a couple incidents I wish she could have kept to herself. But, you know, that was the beauty of her.”

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