Joan Rivers doesn t hold back in new book or her everyday life
Even though comedienne Joan Rivers says it s no surprise Kim Kardashian and her sisters are patagonia shoes kidsamong the favorite targets included in her new book, Diary of a Mad Diva, (July 1 Berkley Press $26.95), she admits there s also some brains among that bunch.
First of all, my new book isnot real, it s my musings, said Rivepatagonia better sweater small0rs, 81, who was in Chicago last month for a cocktail reception at The Standard Club to talk about her latest tell all tome.
I don t want pepatagonia new backpackople to expect a story. My daughter, Melissa, gave me a one year diary as a gift, an every day I d write down my thoughts and funny stories, and that s how the book came about. So for anyone asking, Gee, how does it end? It ends on the last day of the diary.
Among her thoughts and funny stories are observations of the Kardashian family, who, according to interviews, are nopatagonia better sweater vest xlt pleased with the Rivers perspective, especially passages about Kim s marriage to rapper Kanye West and the couple s baby, North West.
I think the Kardashians are very smart because they listen to their mother, who controls everything, Rivers said.
Let s face it, they (the Kardashian sisters) are the Gabors of thipatagonia better sweater small2s generation. I mean, Kim got married the Palace of Versailles! Tell me that s not smart?
(For the record, Kim and Kanye hosted a pre wedding rehearsal dinner bash May 23 at the Palace of Versailles and were married the next day at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy.)
Rivers said the idea of a strong mother guiding career and navigating show business success is nothing new, as evidenced not only with Jolie Gpatagonia better sweater small3abor s influence over daughters Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda, but even in squeaky clean families like the Osmond Clan.
Years ago, I shared the same agent as gopatagonia better sweater small1ody goody Osmonds, and let me tell you their mother, Olive, made the decisions, she said.
She even wore a pen with a chain around her neck to sign the kids contacts.
After 55 years in the entertainment industry, heralded as a great intervipatagonia better sweater smallewer, besides her comedy claim to fame, Rivers also is used to a number of usual questions, including sparring names like Jay Leno and Gwyneth Paltrow.
If you had to be trapped on a desert island with either Jay Leno or Gwyneth Paltrow, who would you pickpatagonia jackets on sale for cheap up to 65? asked a fan at the event.
I d rather drown myself, jokes Rivers, before pressed to make a choice and selecting Leno.
Leno is fat, so I d probably pick him, in case I had eat the other person, at least there be something to survive on.
Rivers also clarifies she doesn t hate Leno, just simply thinks he s a fool for banning her from The Tonight Show for 21 years.
Year after year, my agent would call and they still wouldn t book me, Rivers said.
I mean, come on! After 21 years? Even prisoners serving time for murder get out after 20 years.
OnFeb. 17, 1965, wearing her little black dress and strands of pearls and carrying a feather boa, Rivers met her mentor, the late Johnny Carpatagonia discount code checksson and taped her first appearance on The Tonight Show in New York.
Johnny leaned over during the commercial brpatagonia discount code kennedyeak and said to me, You re going to be a star. And that s when it all began, she said.
Prior to that booking, she said while Woody Allen, David Brenner and other up and coming comedy talents were getting bookings on Carson s show, but not Rivers.
It was finally after my friend Bill Cosby was on and another compatagonia everlong review appealic who was a guest had bombed, that Cosby said to Carson, Why don t you have Joan Rivers on? She can t be any worse. And that s how I got booked, she said.
As for why she has so often included Paltrow as a common comedy target, Rivers explains it s because it s commonly known that the actress isn t alwpatagonia everlong review washingays so very nice tpatagonia everlong review xperiao others.
From limo drivers to restaurant servers, you always hear how she doesn t treat people nice and is very rude, she said.
Rivers, whose last appearance in the region was in August 2011 for a stand up comedy performance at Blue Chip Casino and Hotel in Michigan City, emphasizes her sense of humor, daughter Melissa, 46, and grandson Cooper, 13, are her greatest life gifts.
Melissa knows that if I m doing a TV appearance and I die, she should prop me up until the end of the show, Rivers said.
It s a common contract clause in television that if you die during the first 31 minutes of the show, you don t get paid.
She also reflects on a career built from paying her dues. From her time spent in Chicago studying at Second City to her early comedy writing days writing lines for the mouse puppet Topo Gigio on Ed Sullivan s popular Sunday night variety TV show, she learned to adapt as needed.
I advise young people that you should be happy if even 65 percent of your dreams, be it work or personal life, come true, Rivers said.
No one gets 100 percent. I feel very fortunate that for me, I ve gotten 92.7 percent, and I thank God every day.
