Tag Archives: Joan Rivers

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: InfoWars broadcaster and Donald Trump ally Alex Jones is back to claiming that First Lady Michelle Obama is secretly a transgender woman, but this time he’s adding a new twist to his conspiracy theory: that Obama had comedienne Joan Rivers killed after she joked about the first lady being trans. Jones told his …

Broadway stars Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald performed as did the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. The eulogy was delivered by Howard Stern.

“When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything’s in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action. I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t want some rabbi rambling …

From Karen Ocamb at Frontiers Magazine: “Joan Rivers was not only pro-gay – she was out in front raising money for people with AIDS very early on – when many were still terrified of the disease. She was featured on the cover of Frontiers Magazine promoting an AIDS fundraiser at Studio One in March 1984 that raised $45,000 for APLA, …

NBC News reports: Joan Rivers, a pioneering female stand-up comic and the queen of “Can We Talk?” gossip, has died. She was 81. Rivers was undergoing surgery on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York City on Aug. 28 when she stopped breathing and had to be transported to Mount Sinai Hospital. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, and her …

Doctors at Manhattan’s Mt. Sinai Hospital have placed Joan Rivers in a medically-induced coma after the comic suffered cardiac arrest yesterday while undergoing outpatient surgery on her vocal cords. A picture of health only the day before, Rivers accepted a bouquet of flowers from a fan as she finished her stand-up performance at around 9.30pm on Wednesday. The entertainment legend …

Numerous outlets are reporting that Joan Rivers is in critical condition after she stopped breathing during outpatient surgery on her vocal cords. TMZ has some details: We’re told an emergency call was placed to 911 at 9:39 AM ET and the caller said, “We have somebody in either cardiac or respiratory arrest.” Joan Rivers was rushed to a hospital in …

Tea Party outlet PJ Media says Michelle Obama should be proud to be a transgender woman and should post selfies from a men’s urinal.

Tea Party hero and conspiracy theory crackpot supreme Alex Jones yesterday declared that the First Lady is a transsexual. Joan Rivers talked about it the other day, and now it’s an international news story. The question is, ‘Who is Michelle Obama? Is she really a woman? Is she a man?’ Now, I’m not drawing any conclusions here. but I know …

“I think it’s a compliment. She’s so attractive, tall, with a beautiful body, great face, does great makeup. Take a look and go back to La Cage Au Follies (sic). The most gorgeous women are transgender. Stop it already … and if you want to talk about ‘politically correct,’ I think this is a ‘politically incorrect’ attack on me because …

Via the Advocate: In a brief video reportedly shot earlier this week in New York, 81-year-old Joan Rivers calls First Lady Michelle Obama “a transgender,” joking that this makes Barack Obama the first gay president. After being asked about the U.S.’s likelihood of having either a woman or a gay president in the near future , Rivers replied, “We already …

The writers of Fashion Police, which is co-hosted by Joan Rivers and produced by her daughter, Melissa, have filed a claim against against the  E! Network for $1M in back wages according to a complaint filed with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The complainants say that “Fashion Police” ignores state laws that require an employer to pay hourly …

After signing autographs for fans, today Joan Rivers handcuffed herself to a Costco shopping cart in protest that the discount giant has banned her new book due to naughty language on its jacket. Police were called to remove Rivers from the premises. “Costco, who sells condoms by the pallet, who sells Paula Deen books and – which is not good …

“You know that cute Asian boy who plays a freshman? In real life he’s a thirty-year-old man and he’s upside down on a mortgage in Burbank. The only way Lea Michele is in high school is if she’s part of some bizarre religious cult and she’s come back to school with bombs strapped to her boobs. The only true character …

Joan followed up that tweet with a message that she was headed to God’s Love We Deliver for her “favorite part of the holiday,” delivering Thanksgiving meals to homebound HIV/AIDS patients. Below is Kylie’s performance in the parade. (Video tipped by JMG reader Fritz)

“If you’re going to be a romantic idol and try to get every teenage girl to love you, then you’d be an ass to come out and say you’re gay. That’s why Ricky Martin was so smart — he did what he did, he made his millions, and then he said, ‘Guess what, everybody? I’m gay, I’m having this life, …

“I’ll tell you how I want to go. On stage in the middle of a set. I just want to fall off the stool in the middle of a one-hour routine. I have written instructions that I am not to be resuscitated unless I am capable of doing 60 minutes of stand up. Oh wait. I should fall off the …

“If I were going to make up an alias, I wouldn’t pick Rosenberg. I’d pick Jolie or Pitt…Do terrorists wear Manolo Blahniks? I can tell you Donna Karan does not make anything that hides a bomb…I tried the tears; they didn’t work. I tried reasoning. I couldn’t bribe because I didn’t have any money. I said ‘I’m going to have …