Joan Rivers Says Palin Joke Cost Her Fox News Booking

[oberliner]

It’s not only Ricky Gervais who apparently needs to be more careful about whom he offends with his comedy: on Wednesday Joan Rivers said that a joke she made about Sarah Palin, captured by the cameras of TMZ.com, had cost her a booking on “Fox and Friends,” the morning program of the Fox News Channel.

Ms. Rivers said that she and her daughter, Melissa, were scheduled to appear on “Fox and Friends” on Thursday morning to promote their new reality series, “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?”, which will make its debut on the WE TV channel on Tuesday. But on Wednesday afternoon Ms. Rivers and her publicist, Judy Katz, said they had been told by a producer at “Fox and Friends” that the appearance had been canceled because of remarks she made about Ms. Palin, who is a paid contributor to Fox News.

In a video posted Monday on TMZ.com, Ms. Rivers is seen at a party for the Critics’ Choice Awards, where a videographer asks her about Ms. Palin. Ms. Rivers responds: “I think Sarah Palin is an amazing woman. I think she represents everything a strong woman should be and she should go someplace, like to another planet, and show them and get out of our faces.” Asked if Ms. Palin was unfairly blamed for inciting the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ms. Rivers replies, “They’re right to blame Sarah for the shootings,” adding: “This woman is just stupid and a threat.”

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/joan-rivers-says-palin-joke-cost-her-fox-news-booking/

[spanone]

1. she should thank them.

[Myrina]

2. ... and we care about either of these women because .... ?

:shrug:

[oberliner]

3. In response to this earlier thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x221735

[Crankie Avalon]

4. She should just stick her head out the window and holler about her new show...

..she'll be heard by about the same number of people as would have heard her on "Fox and Friends".

[applegrove]

5. I just watched the Joan Rivers documetary. It was very good imho.

[Octafish]

6. Please count me as a fan, Ms. Rivers.

Truth to Power: “This woman is just stupid and a threat.”

[Bombero1956]

7. a blessing in disguise Ms. Rivers

Just think of the money you'll save not having to be sprayed for bugs.

[oberliner]

8. Publicity is publicity

Don't forget - Howard Dean was more than an infrequent guest on that network.