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I will state right up front that I have never been a fan of Joan Rivers. She has made quite a career out of acerbically denigrating others. While I agree she can be funny, I mostly find her simply cruel. Her slams may be clever but that doesn't excuse the fact that she has caused many people humiliation, embarrassment and outright pain. I find it hard to get past. Your mileage may vary and that's just fine.
Her latest outburst really cheesed me and I'm calling foul. After officiating a same sex marriage at a New York City bookstore, a reporter following her asked if she thought there would ever be a gay U.S. president. She proceeded to put her Manolo Blahnik clad foot right in her mouth.
Reporter: Miss Rivers, how are you? You made the Sunday news officiating the wedding in New York yesterday. Is this like a new cottage career move for you?
Joan Rivers: I am so excited. And I should do very well because I don't charge.
Reporter: And do you think that the country, the United States will see the first gay president or the first woman president?
Rivers: We already have that with Obama. So let's just calm down.
Reporter: Got it.
Rivers: You know Michelle is a tranny.
Reporter: I'm sorry. She's a what?
Rivers: A transgender. We all know.
Reporter: Oh my gosh.
Rivers: Oh gosh. It's okay.
Hardy friggin' har, Joan.
This was a banner day for her. She managed to insult the President, our First Lady, and the trans community all in one quick shot. There is biting humor and then there is just plain unacceptable crassness. She may be an 81 year old wise-cracking diva thinking she is above being called out for her shit, but she is not. It is time she learns it.
Rivers has never been one to apologize for the vicious things she says and it is apparent that she will not in this instance either. She had a rep release a statement to CNN and it's pretty much what we've come to expect from her.
"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 I'm old, Jewish, a woman and a 'hetty' -- a heteosexual ... and I plan to sue the reporter who, when he turned off his camera, tried to touch me inappropriately on the a** - luckily he hit my ankle. Read the book ... if you think that's silly, wait to (sic) you see what I say about FDR and Eleanor!"
Oddly enough, even Breidbart
thinks Rivers was out of line penning an article wondering if her career may have taken a big hit.
Her latest shock tactics, though, may have crossed a line created when Barack Obama took the oath of office in 2009.
This week Rivers called President Obama "gay" and dubbed First Lady Michelle Obama a "tranny."
Crude humor, no doubt. And hardly funny. But while President George W. Bush was fair game for comedians who could call him anything they wished, the same rules haven't applied to this First Family.
Emphasis mine.
Whether or not her career really will be impacted remains to be seen. However, I can pretty much guarantee that she lost more than a few fans over this and rightly so. It may be time to take her tired old schtick home.
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July 6, 2014
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2) It's a sad situation. The disfigured teen is ... by peacestpete — 101
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6) The beauty of this comment by Mindful Nature — 79
7) Fellow lawyer here by PurpleElectric — 76
8) Which every semi-educated, non-lawyer could see by 4CasandChlo — 72
9) Still waiting for Texas by US Blues — 73
10) Near as I can tell, the Israeli government by prettymeadow — 71
11) Oh Hai Whoknu! Sekritarmy, To Hobby Lobby... by leonard145b — 70
12) In the spirit of dialogue, I first ask that those by David Harris Gershon — 69
13) And the hits just keep on coming... by reflectionsv37 — 69
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17) yeah by live1 — 65
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22) Did Alito forget to exclude foreigners? by emorej a Hong Kong — 63
23) I was just writing this diary .... LOL by koNko — 62
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25) Of course Israel has the right to defend itself by SaoMagnifico — 61
26) "Sad" does not begin to describe Israel and what by Keeping it Simple — 60
27) According To the New York Times Article by unapologeticliberal777 — 59
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