CNN 'terminates' Kathy Griffin's hosting duties on New Year's Eve program on its network

CNN announced on Wednesday that the network will be ending Kathy Griffin's hosting duties for its New Year's Eve program after the comedian's disturbing photo shoot with a bloodied Trump mask that has led to public outrage. 

"CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year's Eve program," the network announced Wednesday on Twitter. 

Anderson Cooper who has co-hosted CNN's "New Year's Eve Live" with Griffin since 2007 criticized Griffin's actions as "disgusting."

"For the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely," Cooper wrote Tuesday on Twitter.

Shortly after the image went viral, Donald Trump Jr. called for the network to drop Griffin as a commentator. 

"Dear CNN, I must have missed your statement banning your commentator #KathyGriffin from future shows. Please resend. Thx," he tweeted. 

Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump has both criticized the disturbing images with the US president saying that the photo took a toll on his youngest son, Barron.

Meanwhile, Melania Trump fired back at Kathy Griffin on Wednesday, questioning the comedian's "mental health."

"As a mother, a wife and a human being, that photo is very disturbing. When you consider some of the atrocities happening in the world today, a photo opportunity like this is simply wrong and makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it," Trump said.

Griffin has since received major backlash for the images. She later apologized for the photo shoot in a YouTube video, acknowledging she "went too far."

Griffin also lost her partnership with Squatty Potty, which designs bathroom products.

"We were shocked and disappointed to learn about the image Ms. Griffin shared today, it was deeply inappropriate and runs contrary to the core values our company stands for," CEO Bobby Edwards wrote in a statement sent to Fox News.