Melissa Rivers Says Late Mom Joan Rivers Would Have Still Given Unfiltered Fashion Opinions in 2023: ‘She Would Find a Way’

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She wouldn’t change for anyone. Melissa Rivers said late mom Joan Rivers wouldn’t have let cultural changes affect her sharp-tongued fashion criticisms.“I think she would find a way around it,” the “Melissa Rivers’ Group Text Podcast” host, 55, exclusively told Us Weekly. “I like to think she would sort of be grandfathered in with Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock and some of these comedians that just say, ‘You know, if you don’t like it, don’t laugh.'”Joan, who died in 2014 at age 81, found fame as a stand-up comic starting in the 1960s, and she became a red carpet staple starting in the 1990s.

She interviewed stars on the red carpet and cohosted E!’s Fashion Police, where she gave biting takes on celebrity style. The New York native was never afraid of offending people while trying to get a laugh.

While her bluntness may not be appreciated by everyone in 2023, Melissa believes her mother would still have an audience.“I’m not saying that everybody does everything and says everything right all the time, but everyone always says, ‘How would she handle it?’ I said most likely she’d handle it by going, ‘Well, if I was allowed to tell you this joke, here’s what it would be.

And if I was allowed to discuss this, but I’m not allowed anymore.’ I think that would’ve been how she kind of threaded the needle in that one,” Melissa told Us.While it’s been nearly nine years since the Diary of a Mad Diva author’s death, her legacy is still felt in Hollywood.“It shows the impact she had on not just pop culture, but on fashion — and she never really got the credit for it,” the Apprentice alum told Us about social media users often saying they miss Joan during live red carpets. “She gave a number of stylists including Law [Roach] who said to