9 Things You Didn't Know About Joan Rivers

4. She Insulted Many Famous Celebrities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6el0PM0elA €œ free enough to have her fat ass on display, why isn€™t she free enough to have a f*ck*ng salad once in a while?€ Joan Rivers on Lena Dunham The above comment was far from an isolated attack, and there were many victims besides Dunham. Rivers was angry with the Girls creator and star after what she perceived as her unmerited boasting about being a female pioneer following an awards win, and was never one to hold her tongue. Rivers claimed to be a fan of Dunham but still lambasted her tendency to bear all on the hit show, remarking that if she had to see the actress€™s naked bits again, she wanted HBO charged with crimes against humanity, and commenting that her tattoos looked like Michael J Fox drew them and Stevie Wonder filled them in. Dunham was by no means the only victim of the acid-tongued comedienne €“ as a regular presenter of pre-awards-ceremony red carpet walks, Rivers found plenty of targets for her venomous wit and was provided with additional means by which to vent her anger through the explosion of social media. Friends were singled out as often as enemies: Oprah Winfrey was labelled a €œlesbian€, Barbra Streisand criticised for being €œso f*ck*ng ugly€, Kate Winslet was told that if she lost a few pounds €œthe Titanic would never have sunk€, and Elizabeth Taylor €“ a frequent target €“ came in for particularly cruel treatment: Rivers remarked that €œElizabeth Taylor was so fat that whenever she went to London in a red dress, 30 passengers would try to board her.€ She also had a high-profile Twitter row with Rihanna among others, but to be insulted by the comedienne was practically a badge of honour €“ Katy Perry recently tweeted: €œWhat's the point of wearing all these dumb costumes if Joan's not here to rip them apart?€
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