The One Major Hollywood Event The Obama’s Were BANNED From
in Entertainment, News, Opinion / by Amanda Shea / on September 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm /
One celebrity event Michelle Obama did not attend was Joan River’s funeral — because she was banned, along with other Hollywood leftists such as pop star Adele and US talk show host Chelsea Handler.
Rivers had the foresight just weeks before her sudden death to note by name the individuals she wanted barred from attending her memorial service, which was held in the showbiz veteran’s native New York this past Sunday, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The red carpet comedienne died on Thursday last week, days after suffering a cardiac arrest during a routine throat procedure.
Her funeral attracted a galaxy of stars including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly Osbourne, and Sarah Jessica Parker. But mysteriously missing from the star-studded event was the First Lady, the reason for which just emerged this week. Rivers had previously drawn up a wish-list of famous faces who should stay away.
In a final interview Rivers gave The Sunday Times Magazine just weeks before her surprising death, she said that those she wanted not just off the guest list, but prohibited all together from attending her funeral included Michelle Obama, who she branded “a tranny”, Adele for being “fat”, and Handler, who she dubbed “drunk” and a “whore”.
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Known for her sharp wit and comedic genius, Joan Rivers also amassed over $1 billion in sales with QVC over the last 24 years.
Joan Rivers, the entertainer, seemed to spend as much time on the QVC home shopping channel as she did telling jokes and critiquing celebrity fashion. For years, she ceaselessly hawked her line of jewelry, clothing and beauty products on television.
It worked. In 24 years of appearances on the channel, she managed to sell over $1 billion in merchandise, according to QVC.
Rivers died at 81 on Thursday after complications from throat surgery. To many, she’ll be remembered for her fashion legacy as much as for her comedy.
In the year before her death, Rivers sold an impressive 1.2 million products through the shopping channel. Over time, her line included over 6,000 items including brooches, scarves and dresses.
Rivers first appeared on QVC on September 29, 1990 as part of a three-hour premier of the Joan Rivers Classics Collection. To celebrate her fifth anniversary in 1995, QVC went all out by hosting an international simulcast celebrating the entertainer and her merchandise.
If Rivers had lived, she would have made her next QVC appearance on September 12 and then taken to the air again on September 26.