i'm going to clarify, i'm not an actor. >> reporter: for the record, the answer to his question is april 1865 when actor john woux booth killed abraham lincoln. he's far from the other celebrity to engage in these kind of comments. yes, hollywood has long tended to that, but this kind of extremist talk is new. madonna said this in washington. >> yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. but i know that this won't change anything. >> reporter: in snoop dogg's video for "lavender" he shoots a cloud version of the president with a mock gun. and kathy griffin made her interpretation and cost her a