Joan Rivers is senile.
There are jokes and then there are tasteless jokes. Does Rivers seriously think she's being funny?
The comedian known for
her lack of self-censoring recently officiated a same-sex wedding and
was asked by a photographer if she believed the United States would ever
see the first gay or female president. Her response was typical Rivers.
"We already have it with Obama, so let's just calm down," she said. "You know Michelle (Obama) is a trans."
When asked to further explain Rivers said, "A transgender. We all know it."
Joan Rivers storms out of CNN interview
A representative for Rivers released the following statement to CNN from the comic about her remarks to the photographer:
"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!"
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Rivers is no stranger to controversy. In March 2013 she refused to apologize for a joke she made about the dress "Project Runway" host Heidi Klum wore to the Academy Awards.
"The last time a German
looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens," Rivers
said while appearing on the E! channel's "Fashion Police" show.
The Anti-Defamation
League slammed Rivers, calling the remark "vulgar and hideous," but she
said it was her way of getting people to talk.
"It's a joke, No. 1. No.
2 it is about the Holocaust," she told HLN's "Showbiz Tonight. "This is
the way I remind people about the Holocaust. I do it through humor."
Of course, this latest
dust-up coincides with Rivers' book, "Diary of a Mad Diva," which was
released on July 1. Rivers' representative told CNN, "These are all
funny jokes. The book is hysterical. The prologue says if anyone takes
anything in the book seriously (he or she) is an idiot. And (Rivers)
says if anyone has a problem with that, they can feel free to call her
lawyer Clarence Darrow."