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<ul class="summary-list"><ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13570022" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="melissa-rivers" source="Orion">Melissa Rivers</keyword>' new book about her mom, <keyword id="13570023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joan-rivers" source="Orion">Joan Rivers</keyword>, honors the comedian's legacy.</li><li>In the book, Melissa shared a number of "high profile women in <keyword id="11940446" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="comedy" source="Orion">comedy</keyword> weren't fans" of Joan.</li></ul></ul><p>The late Joan Rivers was naturally fabulous, and according to the person who knew her best, a liar.</p><p>In an interview with Insider, Melissa Rivers, the only child of the caustic yet beloved comedian, discussed her mother Joan, the groundbreaking funny woman who died in 2014 at age 81 due to complications from a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/nyregion/settlement-reached-in-joan-rivers-malpractice-case.html">botched throat surgery</a>. </p><p>The 54-year-old producer and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melissa-rivers-group-text-podcast/id1480914661">podcaster</a> wrote in her <a href="https://posthillpress.com/book/lies-my-mother-told-me-tall-tales-from-a-short-woman">new book,</a> "Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman," that Joan loved to share with her impressionable daughter outrageous and untrue whoppers — from the fake story of the first Thanksgiving (saying the Mayflower was "like a Carnival cruise ship with better plumbing") to the outlandish origin story behind the Leaning Tower of Pisa (tipped due to an unfortunate incident involving Elizabeth Taylor's oft-mocked plump frame).</p><p>The liberal lying was all part and parcel of a nimble mind that, like Joan herself, never slowed down. Joan's school of thought: Why let the boring truth stand in the way when it can be punched up by a much funnier, if false, version?</p><h2><strong>The Brooklyn-born comedian, who was constantly reinventing herself, still felt like a Hollywood 'outsider'</strong></h2><p><strong></strong></p><div type="image" title="Comedienne Joan Rivers performs live in November 1970 in New York City, New York." height="2700" width="3600" msid="90714565" hostid="261"></div><p>The larger-than-life comedian, who stood a mere five-foot-two, cultivated a well-earned reputation for her bawdy and biting humor. She was equally as known for her signature catchphrase "Can we talk?" as she was for her notorious penchant for plastic surgery.  </p><p>Born Joan Molinsky in 1933, the Brooklyn-born and Westchester, New York-bred daughter of a Jewish doctor was raised to live a conventional life: marry the "right" kind of guy by 23 (which she did) and immediately start popping out kids (which she didn't). She left her first husband, the son of a clothing store manager, after six months, with that marriage being ultimately annulled. </p><p>Against the backdrop of a disapproving upper-middle-class family who <a href="https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/inside-the-turbulent-life-of-the-brilliant-joan-rivers-6525">didn't understand her quest for fame</a>, Joan went on to break many barriers and crash through nearly every glass ceiling in a comedy world that didn't quite know what to make of the unconventional upstart. </p><p>She also transcended generations with her legendary edginess — jokes that some people were too scared to laugh at aloud in mixed company unless they saw others let loose too. And the woman was a stalwart, reinventing herself many times over.</p><p>Being washed up was for other comics. Rivers ably transitioned from a Catskills performer to a stand-up comedian to a late-night talk show host and later a QVC maven. Joan managed to stay not only relevant over the decades, but even well into her 70s, she cultivated a white-hot career drawing in new generations who followed her for her bruising awards show commentary on E!</p><p>"She always strived to be relevant, and that's why she was so happy with the red carpets and '<keyword id="11893303" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fashion" source="Orion">Fashion</keyword> Police,'" said Melissa.</p><h2><div type="image" title="Joan Rivers with Melissa Rivers and Edgar Rosenberg" height="1638" width="2191" msid="90714567" hostid="261"></div></h2><p>Still, Melissa said that her parents accepted their place in the ever-evolving Hollywood ecosystem. </p><p>"Both my parents always felt like they were outsiders in Hollywood," she said. "They were never part of the cool kids' club. They were never asked to eat at the good lunch table."</p><p>According to Melissa, Joan always endured difficult showbiz personalities who didn't always accord parity: "Were there assholes? 100 percent. Was it probably more men than women? Yes."</p><p>Joan along with her second husband, manager-producer Edgar Rosenberg, carved out their own support system anyway and "ran in a much less showbiz group." It's why Melissa believes Joan bolted for New York shortly after her husband died by suicide in 1987, right after the comedian lost her short-lived late-night show on Fox.</p><h2>Melissa enjoyed a unique yet grounded childhood with her parents</h2><div type="image" title="Joan Rivers with Melissa Rivers and Edgar Rosenberg" height="1584" width="2112" msid="90714569" hostid="261"></div><p>Melissa had no cookie-cutter childhood; it was filled with long jaunts to Las Vegas and lunches with magic duo Siegfried and Roy.</p><p>But even though she jokingly wrote in the book that Joan's career was actually her "favorite child," she told Insider that her devoted parents always wanted a "traditional" childhood for her.</p><p>"It was always made very clear that it was a family business," Melissa, who's now a mother herself to a 21-year-old son named Cooper, said. "It was the three Rosenbergs and the quote-unquote 'career.' It was a separate entity."</p><p>Melissa, who grew up in the ultra-luxurious Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, added that her parents fostered a normal environment.</p><p>"Til the day she died, her phone at home was answered, 'Rosenberg residence,'" she recalled.</p><div type="image" title="Joan and Melissa Rivers at 47th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles, California" height="2180" width="2907" msid="90714571" hostid="261"></div><p>Although her parents tried to keep her grounded, it still didn't stop Melissa from entering Hollywood on her own terms, often working alongside her mother.</p><p>Melissa, who <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/08/red-carpet-history">worked the red carpet awards pre-show</a> circuit with her mom starting in the mid-1990s and later served as executive producer of E!'s "Fashion Police," acknowledged the role she and her mom had in revolutionizing the red carpet by making four simple words — "Who are you wearing?" — so iconic.</p><p>"I always say that somehow we released the kraken. Was it good or bad? Are we going to heaven and hell? Not 100 percent sure. I keep waiting for my mom to come back and tell me what to pack," she quipped.</p><p>Still, Melissa mourns the red carpet's lost edge over the years."It's become dull and safe," she lamented. "You could see people were scared to say anything." </p><h2>Melissa finds it 'shocking' that some high-profile women in comedy were unkind to Joan</h2><div type="image" title="Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers" height="1880" width="2507" msid="90714573" hostid="261"></div>Although <a href="https://ew.com/article/2014/09/04/joan-rivers-memorial-statements/">plenty of comedians</a>, like Amy Schumer, Amy Poehler and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sarah-silverman-offers-heartfelt-tribute-755889/">Sarah Silverman</a>, have expressed reverence for Joan's sometimes ruthless form of funny, not every woman who made it in comedy accords Joan with paving the way.<p>"There are a number of very high-profile women in comedy who weren't fans," said Melissa. "I always find that shocking. You don't have to like everybody and I'm not sure they liked her brand of comedy and were never kind to her on the red carpet."</p><p>She continued: "They never gave her the tip of the hat that she deserved from them, whether they liked her humor or not."</p><p>Melissa even recalled her mother coming off the air and saying to her, "Wow, they don't like me." </p><p>After Joan's death, Kathy Griffin reportedly <a href="https://variety.com/2018/scene/events/kathy-griffin-ellen-degeneres-feud-trump-jim-carrey-laugh-your-head-off-tour-1202879335/">stewed over a fight with Ellen DeGeneres</a>, who, according to Griffin, called Joan's brash brand of comedy "mean." The report came years before multiple stories surfaced of DeGeneres' own behavior on her talk show set, even being <a href="https://www.insider.com/ex-ellen-show-staff-say-was-rife-sexual-misconduct-report-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">accused by multiple staff members</a> of allowing abusive behavior.</p><p>But Melissa told Insider that the talk show host warmly welcomed her when she wrote her 2015 "Book of Joan" as a tribute to her late mom.</p><p>"She was beyond gracious and remembers how good my mother was to her when she came out," Melissa said of DeGeneres. "Just because it wasn't her style of humor, Ellen realized how important and meaningful my mother's voice was to her in a personally difficult time."</p><h2>Melissa was 'overwhelmed' by the outpouring of love at Joan's funeral in 2014</h2><div type="image" title="Joan Rivers with Melissa Rivers" height="938" width="1251" msid="90714576" hostid="261"></div><p>Joan often meditated on death, according to her daughter.</p><p>Melissa wrote in her book that her mother "loved funerals," and Joan's own star-studded goodbye was an A-list affair that she would have approved. According to the comedian's daughter, Joan had strict instructions: "I want my funeral to be a big show biz affair with lights, camera, action… I want it to be Hollywood all the way."</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-at-joan-rivers-nyc-funeral-2014-9">And she got it</a>. Donald Trump, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Sawyer, and dozens of other boldfacers paid their respects to the raspy-voiced renaissance woman who died while at the top of her game. </p><p>"It meant the world to me. Was I overwhelmed by it? Absolutely," Melissa said of the outpouring of love for Joan from around the world.</p><p>Looking back on her mother's career, Melissa said that Joan earned a legacy that's nothing to laugh at, especially for women in Hollywood.</p><p>"People always say that she was this feminist icon, but she never thought of herself as a feminist," Melissa told Insider. "We always used to say that she was the accidental feminist. Because she never thought about it—she put her head down and just worked."</p><p>She also recalled an observation by Chris Rock after Joan died: "She wasn't just the best comedienne, she was the best comic.'" </p><p>"She didn't think, 'I want to be the best woman.' She thought, "I want to be the best,'" Melissa added.</p>

Melissa Rivers says her controversial comedian mother, Joan Rivers, always felt like an 'outsider' in Hollywood

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>Joan Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, released her first statement since her <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joan-rivers-dead-81-2014-9" target="_blank">mother's death</a> on Sept. 4.</p>
<p>Thanking fans for the outpouring of support and saying "my mother would have been overwhelmed," the 46-year-old continued via <a href="http://www.whosay.com/status/melissarivers/989930?wsref=tw&amp;code=wVw9fAV" target="_blank">her WhoSay account</a>:<em style="line-height: 1.5em;"><strong><br /></strong></em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"As my son Cooper and I mourn the loss of my mother, we want to thank everyone for the beautiful cards and flowers conveying heartfelt messages and condolences, which continue to arrive from around the world and through social media. My mother would have been overwhelmed by the scope and depth of the love that people have expressed for her. It is certainly helping to lift our spirits during this time.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">We are forever grateful for your kindness and support in continuing to honor my mother's legacy, and for remembering the joy and laughter that she brought to so many."</p>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>Melissa will make her first TV appearance since her mother's death for <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-fashion-police-marathon-joan-rivers-tribute-20140917-story.html" target="_blank">E!'s "Joan Day,"</a> featuring a 1<span>2-hour marathon of "Fashion Police" in honor of the late star. The day will conclude with </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">a 90-minute tribute special featuring Melissa and the co-hosts.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>Rivers died at <span>age of 81 after complications from throat surgery. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/nyregion/doctor-present-at-joan-riverss-procedure-was-not-authorized-at-clinic.html?_r=1">Questionable conduct</a> during the procedure has since <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/doctor-selfie-joan-rivers-biopsy-2014-9" target="_blank">come to light</a>, and the circumstances surrounding her death are currently under investigation.</span></span></p>
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Melissa Rivers Speaks For First Time Since Joan Rivers' Death

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>It may have been a sad day, but Joan Rivers' <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-at-joan-rivers-nyc-funeral-2014-9" target="_blank">star-studded funeral</a> on Sunday was also full of laughs thanks to a <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/joan-rivers-funeral-howard-stern-delivers-eulogy-at-star-studded-memorial-service/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=contactology" target="_blank">raunchy eulogy</a> by Howard Stern and a light-hearted letter from daughter, Melissa Rivers.</p>
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<p>Melissa read an excerpt from "A Letter to My Mom," a book that will be published in April. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In the letter, the 46-year-old "landlord" scolds her 81-year-old mother/tenant for too much partying and corrupting her 13-year-old son, Cooper.</span></p>
<p>In recent years, Joan had been staying in a small guest room in Melissa's L.A. home where she stayed for the one day a week she flew in from New York to tape E!'s "Fashion Police."</p>
<p>The bi-coastal relationship was the subject line of the mother-daughter duo's WE tv reality show, "<a href="http://www.wetv.com/shows/joan-melissa-joan-knows-best/episodes" target="_blank">Joan &amp; Melissa: Joan Knows Best?</a>"</p>
<p>Read Melissa's letter, first published on <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joan-rivers-remembered-read-daughter-731382?facebook_20140910" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, below:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mom:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I received the note that you slipped under my bedroom door last night. I was very excited to read it, thinking that it would contain amazing, loving advice that you wanted to share with me. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that it began with the salutation, "Dear Landlord." I have reviewed your complaints and address them below:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. While I appreciate your desire to "upgrade" your accommodations to a larger space, I cannot, in good conscience, move [my 13-year-old son] Cooper into the laundry room. I do agree that it will teach him a life lesson about fluffing and folding, but since I don't foresee him having a future in dry cleaning, I must say no.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Also, I know you are a true creative genius (and I am in awe of the depth of your instincts), but breaking down a wall without my permission is not an appropriate way to express that creativity. It is not only a boundary violation but a building-code violation as well. Additionally, the repairman can't get here until next week, so your expansion plan will have to be put on hold.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Re: Your fellow "tenant" (your word), Cooper. While I trust you with him, it is not OK for you to undermine my rules. It is not OK that you let him have chips and ice cream for dinner. It is not OK that you let him skip school to go to the movies. And it is really not OK that the movie was <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">As for your taking his friends to a "gentlemen's club," I accepted your rationale that it was an educational experience for the boys - and you are right, he is the most popular kid in school right now - but I'd prefer he not learn biology from those "gentlemen" and their ladies, Bambi, Trixie and Kitten. And just because I yelled at you, I do not appreciate your claim that I have created a hostile living environment.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. While I'm glad to see you're socializing, you must refill the hot tub after your parties. In fact, you need to tone down the parties altogether. Imagine my surprise when I saw the photos you posted on Facebook of your friends frolicking topless in the hot tub.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I think it's great that you're entertaining more often, but I can't keep fielding complaints from the neighbors about your noisy party games like Ring Around the Walker or naked Duck, Duck Caregiver.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I'm more than happy to have you use the house for social gatherings, but you cannot rent it out, advertise as "party central" or hand out T-shirts that say "F- Jimmy Buffett."</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">In closing, I hope I have satisfactorily answered your complaints and queries. I love having you live with me, and I am grateful for every minute Cooper and I have with you. You are an inspiration. You are also 30 days late with the rent.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Much love,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Melissa</p>
<p>The mother and daughter had a famously close relationship.</p>
<p>The two remained strong at the 1987 funeral of Edgar Rosenberg, Joan's husband and Melissa's father.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>In 1996, they began hosting <span>E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" at major awards shows.</span></p>
<p><span><span>Here's Joan joking with Melissa at the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2002.</span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>In 2003, they were back on the red carpet for the following year's Globes.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>In 2004, they hosted the red carpet for the Academy Awards.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>In 2005, they covered the red carpet at the Academy Awards for TV Guide.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>They showed affection again at the 2006 Academy Awards.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>And at the Emmys in 2006.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div></span></p>

Read The Humorous Eulogy Melissa Rivers Gave At Joan Rivers' Funeral

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Megyn Kelly discussed Halloween costumes on her NBC show Tuesday morning with Melissa Rivers, Jenna Bush Hager, and guest host Jacob Soboroff.</li><li>Kelly asked her panel why wearing blackface was racist when a person is dressing like a character.</li><li>People were quick to criticize Kelly on social media, posting clips of the comments and calling the NBC host a racist.</li></ul><p>Megyn Kelly is being criticized after she defended wearing blackface for Halloween on her talk show Tuesday morning.</p><p>While speaking to Melissa Rivers, Jenna Bush Hager, and guest host Jacob Soboroff on Megyn Kelly TODAY, Kelly asked why wearing blackface was racist.</p><p>"But what is racist? You truly do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at&#xa0;Halloween&#xa0;or a black person who puts on white face for Halloween," she asked her panel. "That was OK when I was a kid, as long as you were dressing like a character."</p><p>People were quick to criticize Kelly on social media, posting clips of the comments and calling the NBC host a racist. <br>Among her criticizers was "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, who called Kelly's comments "damaging."</br></p><p>The discussion was part of a segment on Kelly's show in which the panel was talking about universities cracking down on inappropriate and offensive costumes.</p><p>In the clip, Kelly referenced "Real Housewives of New York's" Luann de Lesseps, who darkened her skin to dress as Diana Ross for Halloween last year.</p><p>After an episode showing the costume aired in April, de Lesseps apologized, saying she didn't mean to offend anyone.</p><p>Kelly questioned why people were offended by de Lessep's costume.</p><p>"I don't see how that is racist on Halloween," she said. "Who doesn't love Diana Ross?"</p><p>People took to Twitter to criticize Kelly's statements.&#xa0;</p><p>Kelly's co-hosts were less supportive of the costume, however.</p><p>"I haven't seen it, but it sounds pretty racist to me," Soboroff said, with Bush Hager adding: "Me too."</p><p>This isn't the first time Kelly been criticized for her comments about race.</p><p>In 2013, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-santa-is-white-remark-fox-news-nbc-ignition-today-controversial-remarks-2017-11">Kelly declared Santa Claus and Jesus were white</a> and said there was no need to change their race.</p><p>"Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change," she said on Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword>.</p><p>Kelly said that Jesus' race was a matter of "historical fact."</p><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/game-of-thrones-star-maisie-williams-ambition-for-daisie-2018-9">'Game of Thrones' star Maisie Williams has left Arya Stark behind to help fight nepotism in the arts industries</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

Megyn Kelly defends wearing blackface for Halloween, saying it's OK if you're 'dressing up like a character'

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Melissa and Joan Rivers.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Joan Rivers passed away one year ago, on September 4 2014. She was 81.</p><p><span>The "Fashion Police" host had gone into cardiac arrest and died after undergoing an</span> <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/574104/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-critical-condition-she-stopped-breathing-during-throat-surgery?cmpid=tweol-manual">endoscopic procedure</a><span>.</span><span></span></p><p><span>Her daughter, Melissa, says the past year without her mother has been difficult but she's realized how many people loved and appreciated her mom.</span></p><p><span>"Today marks one year since my mother passed," <a href="https://twitter.com/Joan_Rivers/status/639769960378597377">Melissa Rivers wrote in a statement</a> on her mother's Twitter account. "This was the year of firsts: first holidays, first birthdays, first everythings without mom, without grandma. While it's been difficult, I've been amazed by the outpouring of love and overwhelming kindness we've received from family, friends and people whose lives were touched by the woman they knew as Joan - a woman we all miss so very much." </span></p><p><span>Joan Rivers began her comedy career in the '60s in local NYC clubs and got her first TV experience on "Candid Camera" and "The Tonight Show." By the '80s she was a regular guest on "The Tonight Show" and in the '90s she worked for E! where her "Fashion Police" fame took off. She also did a reality TV show with her daughter, Melissa.</span></p><p><span><span>Rivers once said she was successful because she said " what everyone else was thinking."</span></span></p><p><span><span>Here are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joan-rivers-quotes-2014-9">nine pieces of career advice from Joan Rivers on how to achieve success&gt;&gt;</a></span></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/song-made-using-coins-drummer-music-video-2015-7">This drummer created a whole song using only the sound of coins</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="s1ZDM1djoe2BbhjqVRCIwkLubOlkcQgk" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

It's been one year since Joan Rivers died and her daughter marked the anniversary with a beautiful quote

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Kelly Osbourne left E!'s "Fashion Police" to "try new things."</p></div><p></p></div></div>Kelly Osbourne hasn't totally closed the door on E!'s "Fashion Police." It's more like she closed the door on someone who's on "Fashion Police."</p><p><span>When <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/kelly-osbourne-says-she-would-consider-fashion-police-return-if-certain-people-werent-there-exclusive/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Alert&amp;utm_term=breaking-news" target="_blank">TheWrap</a> asked if she would ever consider returning to the series, the rock star daughter offered, "If certain people weren't there."</span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>E!</span></p><p class="caption">Brad Goreski, Melissa Rivers, Giuliana Rancic are returning to "Fashion Police" on Monday, Aug. 31.</p></div><p></p></div></div>What could she mean? Does she have something against returning co-host Brad Goreski?</span></p><p><span>"Brad is one of the most incredible people in fashion, he is funny as f---," Osbourne said backstage during <span>the 4th Annual NYX FACE Awards in L.A.</span></span></p><p>Could Joan Rivers' daughter have rubbed Osbourne the wrong way?</p><p><span>"I am so happy for Melissa [Rivers] that she is filling that seat," Osbourne said of Rivers' return to the show after she decided to leave the runway style show and <a href="http://www.justjared.com/2015/03/10/kelly-osbourne-breaks-silence-on-leaving-fashion-police/" target="_blank">"try new things."</a></span></p><p><span>That leaves Giulana Rancic, who returns to the show after a major on-air incident over<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/how-e-failed-giuliana-rancic-in-fashion-police-zendaya-debacle-what-you-didnt-see-exclusive/" target="_blank"> supposed "racist" comments</a> made about Zendaya's dreadlocks during the Oscars.</span></p><p>Through process of elimination, it seems like Osbourne is angry with Rancic.</p><p><span>"I will never admit to liking Giuliana, because I don't. I don't think she's a good person and I think she's a liar," Osbourne told the site.</span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Larry Busacca/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Brad Goreski, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and Ross Mathews at the Grammy Awards in February.</p></div><p></p></div></div></span>Well, it doesn't look like Osbourne will be back on that panel anytime soon. She should really forvive and forget. After all, she was considered racist very recently when she made a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kelly-osbourne-donald-trump-latino-comments-2015-8" target="_blank">misguided comment </a>in response to Donald Trump's Mexican immigration statements.</p><p><span>The new "Fashion Police" debuts Monday, August 31 at 9 p.m. on E! with its 2015 MTV Video Music Awards special.</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-d-dual-engine-2014-10">Watch Elon Musk Unveil The New Tesla In True 'Iron Man' Fashion</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="YzeWUwcToXHUmjTUfqKC4253cd4tHfEV" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

Kelly Osbourne's harsh words for former 'Fashion Police' co-host: 'I will never admit to liking Giuliana'

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Megyn Kelly wasn't presenting her usual NBC "Megyn Kelly Today" breakfast show on Thursday.</li><li>Instead NBC aired an old episode of her show which was broadcast on Friday August 31.</li><li>The presenter defended using blackface as a Halloween costume on her Tuesday show.</li><li>But she was forced to apologised when she was <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-colleagues-slam-her-blackface-comments-on-the-today-show-2018-10">slammed by NBC colleagues</a>,&#xa0;<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-defends-wearing-blackface-for-halloween-2018-10">and people online</a>, for the comments.</li><li>CNN reported on Thursday that Kelly may never return.</li></ul><p>Megyn Kelly wasn't hosting her NBC breakfast show on Thursday, after she defended using blackface for Halloween costumes.</p><p>Instead the network aired the beginning of a months-old rerun on Thursday October 25, giving viewers the opening segments of the Friday August 31 episode instead.</p><p>In a report on Thursday morning,&#xa0;<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/25/media/megyn-kelly-nbc/index.html?utm_term=image&amp;utm_source=twbusiness&amp;utm_content=2018-10-25T12%3A20%3A05&amp;utm_medium=social">CNN said a source told them</a>&#xa0;Kelly could be gone from the show for good.</p><p>It follows Kelly sparking a firestorm of criticism by arguing that there are non-racist ways to paint your skin black while dressing up. Many say wearing blackface is a racist act regardless of the circumstances.</p><p>NBC was not immediately able to comment on the re-run when contacted by Business Insider.</p><p>In an on-air discussion Tuesday, Kelly said<span>: "</span><span>But what is racist? You truly do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at Halloween or a black person who puts on white face for Halloween," to&#xa0;guests Melissa Rivers, Jenna Bush Hager, and Jacob Soboroff.</span></p><p><span> "That was OK when I was a kid, as long as you were dressing like a character," she added.</span></p><p><span>Here's a video of her comments, shared on Twitter by ShareBlue Media writer Tommy Christopher :&#xa0;</span></p><p>After Tuesday's show, Kelly was inundated with criticism and backlash on Twitter, and <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-apologizes-for-blackface-comments-on-today-show-2018-10">apologized on her show on Wednesday morning</a>.&#xa0;</p><p>She said: "<span>I want to begin with two words: I'm sorry."</span></p><p>Here's her full apology posted on the "Today" show's Twitter page:</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TomKludt/status/1054819577836781568">CNN reporter Tom Kludt said she sent an email to her colleagues</a> which said: "I realize now that that such behaviour is indeed wrong and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent, the wounds too deep."&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p>On Thursday, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/megan-kelly-talent-agency-part-ways-after-blackface-controversy-2018-10">Deadline reported that Kelly's management, Creative Artists Agency (CAA). had split with the TV presenter,</a>&#xa0;and rumours she would be a no-show on Thursday's "Today" program.&#xa0;</p><p>CAA also manages stars like Ryan Gosling, JJ Abrams, and 50 Cent.</p><p><span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/25/media/megyn-kelly-nbc/index.html?utm_term=image&amp;utm_source=twbusiness&amp;utm_content=2018-10-25T12%3A20%3A05&amp;utm_medium=social">CNN reported on Thursday</a> that she is scheduled to participate in NBC's midterm election coverage in November, it is not know whether she will be kept on by NBC for it.</span></p><div></div><div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oysters-still-alive-eaten-raw-vibrio-vulnificus-2018-9">Raw oysters can still be alive when we eat them, but not for the reason you may think</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

Megyn Kelly didn't appear on her NBC show 2 days after defending blackface, and NBC put on a months-old rerun instead

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>NBC/Megyn Kelly Today</span></p><p class="caption">Megyn Kelly</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>On Wednesday, NBC host <a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/category/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> delivered an extended apology on the "Megyn Kelly Today" show after defending blackface for Halloween costumes.</li><li>In a televised panel on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/megyn-kelly-defends-wearing-blackface-for-halloween-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly asked why </a><span><a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/megyn-kelly-defends-wearing-blackface-for-halloween-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wearing blackface on Halloween was racist</a>.</span></li><li><span>She faced near-immediate backlash for her comments.</span></li><li><span>Kelly has since apologized for her comments to not only her colleagues but also to her audience, saying she's "never been a PC kind of person."</span></li></ul><p>On Wednesday, NBC host Megyn Kelly delivered an extended apology on "Megyn Kelly Today" after <a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/megyn-kelly-defends-wearing-blackface-for-halloween-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defending wearing blackface for Halloween costumes</a>.</p><p>She began her show with an outright apology for the incident.</p><p>"I want to begin with two words - I'm sorry," she said.</p><p>She continued, explaining the situation in detail.</p><p>"You may have heard that yesterday we had a discussion here about political correctness and Halloween costumes. And that conversation turned to whether it is ever okay for a person of one race to dress up as another, a black person making their face whiter or a white person making there's darker, to make a costume complete," Kelly said. "I defended the idea, saying as long as it was respectful and part of a Halloween costume it seemed okay. Well, I was wrong and I am sorry."</p><biembeddedobject id="f76ddd2a-02a0-492c-9f34-087f34eef0f4" style="width: 600px; height: 200px;" class="twitter mceNonEditable">Tweet Embed: <br />//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1055084908186615808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw <br />Megyn Kelly just delivered an extended apology for her blackface comments on the Today show <a href="https://t.co/kHVDjCSZSp">pic.twitter.com/kHVDjCSZSp</a></biembeddedobject><p>Kelly said that on Tuesday was a learning experience for her.</p><p>"One of the great parts of getting to sit in this chair is getting to discuss points of view. Sometimes I talk and sometimes I listen," she said. "Yesterday, I learned. I learned that the history of blackface being used in awful ways by racists in this country. It is not okay for that to be part of any costume, Halloween or otherwise."</p><p>She continued: "I have never been a PC kind of person, but I do understand the value in being sensitive to our history, particularly on race and ethnicity. This past year has been so painful for many people of color. The country feels so divided. And I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity, and honor. And I want to be part of that. Thank you for listening and for helping me listen, too."</p><p>As Kelly concluded her apology, the camera panned to the audience, who applauded her.</p><p><span>Kelly's apology came after a roundtable on Tuesday with </span>Melissa Rivers, Jenna Bush Hager, and guest host Jacob Soboroff on "Megyn Kelly Today," in which Kelly asked why wearing blackface was racist.</p><p>"But what is racist? You truly do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at Halloween or a black person who puts on white face for Halloween," she asked her panel. "That was OK when I was a kid, as long as you were dressing like a character."</p><div id="embed-74702" class="twitter" data-type="embed" data-embed-type="twitter" data-postload="        &lt;blockquote class=" twitter-tweet="" blockquote="" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">                    -Tommy Christopher  (@tommyxtopher) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1054725740476973057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2018</a>    " data-e2e-name="embed-container" data-media-container="embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px; color: #111111; font-family: TiemposTextWeb-Regular, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"&gt;<div data-twitter-event-id="0"><div data-click-to-open-target="https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1054725740476973057" data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-tweet-id="1054725740476973057" id="twitter-widget-0" lang="en" data-twitter-event-id="1"><article dir="ltr" data-scribe="component:card"><div data-style="max-width: 2000px"><div data-style="padding-bottom: 56.2500%"><biembeddedobject id="ac6d398d-8ceb-41c0-b39d-bfc1c7ef2aeb" style="width: 600px; height: 200px;" class="twitter mceNonEditable">Tweet Embed: <br />//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1054725740476973057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw <br />Megyn Kelly wonders what the big deal is about blackface <a href="https://t.co/07yvYDuAYe">pic.twitter.com/07yvYDuAYe</a></biembeddedobject><p>Specifically, Kelly called into question Luann de Lesseps of "Real Housewives of New York," who darkened her skin to dress as Diana Ross for Halloween last year.</p><p>"I don't see how that is racist on Halloween," she said. "Who doesn't love Diana Ross?"</p><div data-bi-ad="" id="ad-26517" data-force="" data-type="ad" data-adunit="insider/desktop/politics/post" data-pagetype="post" data-tag="megyn-kelly,megyn-kelly-today,nbc,halloween,blackface,trending-news" data-pos="atf" data-authors="kelly-mclaughlin" data-views="" data-region="Desktop In Post Ad" data-responsive="[{" browserLimit:00slotSize:300120300250fluidbrowserLimit:7280slotSize:72890fluidbrowserLimit:7680slotSize:300250fluidbrowserLimit:12400slotSize:72890fluidlocation:inline="" data-url="megyn-kelly-defends-wearing-blackface-for-halloween-2018-10" data-amazontamsizes="[[300,120],[300,250],[728,90]]" data-google-query-id="CL_XnLmUn94CFRqzTwodqq0A-Q"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4442842/insider/desktop/politics/post_4__container__"><p>But her panelists weren't sure. "I haven't seen it, but it sounds pretty racist to me," Soboroff said. "Me too," Bush Hager said.</p><p>Her comments quickly gained traction online, where they faced nearly immediate blacklash, as people found them insensitive. </p><p><span>Later that day, Kelly apologized for her comments in an internal email reviewed by </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megyn-kelly-apologizes-blackface-comments-1154466">The Hollywood Reporter</a><span>. </span></p><biembeddedobject id="0aaf87ad-ebdd-4ca3-8cb2-83dda014eb01" style="width: 600px; height: 200px;" class="twitter mceNonEditable">Tweet Embed: <br />//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1054819577836781568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw <br />Here's the email Megyn Kelly sent to colleagues today apologizing for her comments on blackface Halloween costumes <a href="https://t.co/cOVW1QWJB6">pic.twitter.com/cOVW1QWJB6</a></biembeddedobject><p>"<span>I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry," she said in the email. </span>"<span>The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep." </span>She added that she has "<span>never been a 'pc' kind of person - but I do understand that we need to be more sensitive in this day and age."</span></p><p>This isn't the first time Kelly been criticized for her comments about race.</p></div></div><p>In 2013, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/megyn-kelly-santa-is-white-remark-fox-news-nbc-ignition-today-controversial-remarks-2017-11">Kelly said that Santa Claus and Jesus were white</a>, as a matter of indisputable "historical fact."</p><p>"Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change," she said on Fox News.</p></div></div></article></div></div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/powerball-tickets-winning-numbers-regret-avoidance-behavioral-economics-2017-8">Why most people refuse to sell their lottery tickets for twice what they paid</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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