Kathy Griffin and Don Cheadle declare peace after Twitter feud

Comedian Kathy Griffin and actor Don Cheadle have made peace one day after she lashed out at him for failing to publicly support her during her 2017 public relations crisis after she posed with a mock "decapitated" Donald Trump head.

After a heated back-and-forth Twitter argument that saw Griffin declare him an "ex-friend" and Cheadle say they were never actually friends, he wrote another post to clear the air for anyone following the feud and especially those who fanned the flames.

"Tweeps, i don't hate @kathygriffin or harbor any ill will, irrespective of the narrative several places are currently running with," he wrote. "i didn't attack her before or since and don't consider her an enemy. i'm not sure how/why this all bubbled up over a cap but let's dead it."

Griffin replied, "Thank you for this, Don. I have a lot of respect for you and I know we are of like mind politically. I'll admit I am still frustrated that 17 months after the Trump pic I still don't have a significant public advocate. Sometimes these frustrations bubble up unexpectedly." 

The squabble began Tuesday when the "Hotel Rwanda" star posted a photo of himself in a hat bearing the logo of Sleeping Giants, a campaign that aims to "make bigotry and sexism less profitable." Griffin then accused him of being a faux liberal in a pair of NSFW tweets.

"I will never forgive you for your nasty tweet the day my smear campaign started," she wrote. "You know it was an (expletive) 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."

Griffin, 58, went on to refer to the actor as a slur for male genitalia, adding, "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 (expletive) on television and do everything I could to defend you & the 1st amendment."

Cheadle, 54, began his multi-tweet response by saying that in his estimation, they were never actually friends.

He wrote, "We had one conversation on a flight about our mutual disgust for individual 1," referring to President Trump by the designation used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  He continued, "I don't 'friend' that quickly so we can't really be 'exes.' "

If they had been friends, Cheadle said he would have advised her against posing with the bloodied Trump mask in the first place.

"Had i been your 'friend' and you had asked my opinion, i would have said, 'kathy. for you own sake, please do NOT (depict) yourself holding the bloody, severed head of the president, evoking daesh, daniel pearl and every other painful, disturbing memory associated with it, your first amendment rights notwithstanding.' " he continued. "And had you said, '(expletive) you, i'm doing it anyway,' i would've said, 'well girl, be prepared to have the dogs sicced on you. the secret service doesn't play around with (expletive) like that no matter WHO the president is. you're also risking your career for what i see as zero upside.' "

Cheadle also said that defending her does not require him to defend the photo.

"Taking every opportunity to oppose him and support those looking to unseat him, IS defending you albeit not your personal, cringe-worthy photo-op," he wrote. 

He did extend an offer to speak offline and expressed some sympathy for her, however.

"I'm sorry that you're still dealing with the aftershocks of your actions," he wrote. "It's egregious."

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