Joan Rivers Talks Chelsea Handler Feud: She Never Spoke To Me Again Joan Rivers thinks Chelsea Handler made a mistake in the way she handled her departure from her talk show on E!. During a conversation about Riverss book Diary of a Mad Diva, HuffPost Lives Marc Lamont Hill asked the veteran comedienne about Handlers exit from the network, which is also home to Riverss show Fashion Police. Handler explained last month that she decided to leave her show because it really didnt feel great and she was tired of talking about celebrities like the Kardashians and Justin Bieber. Rivers denied rumors that Handler was fired, but she added that network executives werent exactly pleased with the shows performance. She wasnt fired. The numbers -- allegedly, I dont need to get into a pissing match -- were going way down, down, down, so I dont think there was renewal talk, Rivers said. Still, she thought the Chelsea Lately host could have handled things differently. Theyre lovely at E!, and theyre nice at E!, and I thought she left badly, Rivers said. Theres certainly no love lost between Rivers and Handler. Rivers said Handler took offense when Rivers questioned Handlers claims about her place in the legacy of late-night television. She came out saying things like, Im the first woman ever to do a late-night show. She did this one day, and I followed her on the dais and I said, I guess everyones forgotten the [Johnny] Carson show. She never spoke to me again, Rivers recalled. Rivers was, of course, the guest host who filled in for Carson on The Tonight Show until she left to do her own talk show on Fox, prompting a ban that kept Rivers off NBCs late-night programming for 26 years. Attempts to put the beef with Handler behind them have failed, Rivers said. I went to her, I was at a party, I said, Lets take a picture together because itll make the papers. She walked away, Rivers said. I thought, Oh, you stupid girl. Its a small business, we should all be friends.Hear more about the Rivers-Handler feud in the clip above, and catch the full HuffPost Live conversation below.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:23:19 +0000
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