A Source Tells CNN That Joan Rivers’ ENT Doctor Snapped A Selfie With Her During Her Throat Procedure (UPDATE)

UPDATE: TMZ says that the ENT doctor who allegedly got a selfie with a knocked out Joan Rivers is Dr. Gwen Korovin. Her all-star patient list includes Celine Dion, Hugh JackMeOff, Lady CaCa, John Mayer and Brooke Shields. So if Hugh has ever been put under while getting an endoscopy, Dr. Gwen probably has a selfie of her licking his cheeks while he’s out.

Just when I was beginning to think that uncouth pieces of trash have taken the selfie situation too far by taking selfies with dead bodies in caskets at funerals, they outdo themselves by taking selfies with knocked out patients getting a procedure done. CNN says that a staff member at the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic in Manhattan, where Joan Rivers had her endoscopy done, told investigators that her own ENT doctor busted in during the procedure to take a selfie with her while she was unconscious and he later did an unauthorized biopsy. Go ahead and add, “I promise not to take a selfie with my unconscious patient,” to the Hippocratic Oath.

CNN says that Dr. Lawrence Cohen, the medical director at Yorkville Endoscopy, did Joan’s throat procedure and during it, her ear, nose and throat doctor, who hasn’t been named, came into the procedure room and took a selfie with her while she was under anesthesia. When Dr. Cohen finished up, the ENT doctor did a biopsy without getting Joan’s permission first. Investigators believe that Joan’s vocal cords swelled up during the biopsy and she went into cardiac arrest after oxygen to her lungs got cut off. The ENT wasn’t certified by the clinic and that’s apparently required by law.

Yorkville Endoscopy spit out a stream of denials when the biopsy reports came out and said that they don’t do vocal cord biopsies at their clinic. The clinic later confirmed that Dr. Cohen was no longer medical director. CNN’s source says that investigators haven’t accused Dr. Cohen or the ENT doctor of doing anything wrong, yet.

Joan Rivers might think it’s funny that her messy ENT doctor took a selfie while she was under, but she probably wouldn’t think it was funny that he took a selfie with her while she had a camera down her throat, wasn’t wearing her jewels, was probably SANS FARDS and had on a plain, homely ass hospital gown. How dreadful. But I’m sure she’s up in heaven, cackling over the thought of Melissa Rivers suing the shit out of those doctors.

And expect that selfie to end up on the cover of The National Enquirer in 3…..2…

The Clinic Where Joan Rivers Stopped Breathing Probably Should Have Performed Her Procedure At A Hospital

It’s been nearly a week since legendary comedian, spitter of hot fire, and QVC queen Joan Rivers sashayed up the red carpet to Heaven, and we’re still searching for answers as to why she was tragically taken away from us. WHY GOD, WHY??? He should have at least waited until after the Golden Globes! So far we have the Who (Joan Rivers), the When (a week ago), the Where (in a hospital room), the What (throat surgery), and now we have a possible Why.

According to the NY Daily News, when Joan checked into a Manhattan clinic two weeks ago, she was expecting doctors to perform an endoscopy, a pretty routine outpatient procedure. Unfortunately once they were in there, they discovered something not-right on her vocal cords and Joan’s personal doctor asked if he could biopsy it. However, medical experts say that a removing something from a person’s vocal cords is the kind of thing that should be performed in a hospital, not a clinic that deals primarily with digestive issues.

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Joan Rivers’s Funeral Ended Up Being The Hollywood Event She Had Wanted

The funeral for comedian, life legend, and QVC vanguard Joan Rivers was held today in New York, and it was originally reported that Joan was going to be tragically denied a glamorous showbiz send-off in exchange for something more tasteful and solemn (aka BORING). But I guess Joan caught wind of this up at the plastic surgeon’s office in Heaven (her first stop after meeting Jesus and dragging him for looking like a New Testament Jared Leto) and flew back to earth to remind her daughter Melissa that you can’t spell the word ‘funeral’ without F-U-N, because it sounds like Joan’s memorial ended up being a bit more true to the spirit of Joan. Continue reading

Joan Rivers’ Funeral Will Not Be The Dramatic, Showbiz Extravaganza She Wanted It To Be (UPDATE)

Joan Rivers joked (or was it a joke?) in her memoirs I Hate Everyone….Starting With Me that when she goes up to Heaven to talk shit about the angels, she wants a Norma Desmond-approved, novella-inspired ultra dramatic , over-the-top, grand funeral involving glamour, tons of fucking sequins and Meryl Streep jumping from her Deer Hunter character to her A Cry In The Dark character to her Sophie’s Choice character. Joan wrote that she didn’t want a quiet, tasteful, boring ass funeral. She wanted hired abuelitas in black veils throwing themselves on her casket before pall-bearers (aka drag queens wearing her looks throughout the years) carry her out of the Kodak Theater and into a swarm of paparazzi punching each other to get pictures of her. Joan put it like this:

When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything’s in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action . . . . I want craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don’t want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing “Mr. Lonely.” I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé’s.

Well, Joan’s funeral is on Sunday and sadly Meryl Streep is not going to win her fourth Oscar for it and it won’t be scene. Joan’s rep tells E! that her funeral will happen at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. It’s going to be private, invitation-only and no press is allowed. Mourners won’t see who Joan Rivers was caught dead in, because her casket will be closed. They’re basically doing the opposite of what Joan wanted! How dreadful. They should at least honor one of Joan’s wishes by burying her in panties with a picture of George Clooney’s mouth on the crotch patch.

Update: UsWeekly says that there will be a red carpet at Joan’s funeral and she will be buried with it. Nobody tell Chelsea Handler, because if that bitch finds out she’s going to piss on it.

The Legendary Joan Rivers Has Died

CANCEL AWARD SHOW SEASON FOREVER! Joan Rivers is no longer here to tell those bitches what a mess they look. Melissa Rivers announced that her mother died today at the age of 81:

“It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. She passed peacefully at 1:17pm surrounded by family and close friends. My son and I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital for the amazing care they provided for my mother. Cooper and I have found ourselves humbled by the outpouring of love, support, and prayers we have received from around the world. They have been heard and appreciated. My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”

Joan Rivers was pretty much fine up until last week when she stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest during a simple endoscopic procedure at a clinic in Manhattan. Doctors put Joan in a medically-induced coma before putting her on life support. Recently, Melissa moved her out of ICU and into a private room so she could be with her family and friends as she made her way to the afterworld and prayed she wouldn’t have to share a room with Elizabeth Taylor and a microwave.

Joan’s decades-long career started in the 1950s when she played Barbra Streisand’s lesbian lover in a short play called Driftwood. Joan thought she was going to be a theater actress, but that shit changed when she started doing stand-up in the 60s. Joan got her big break when she was on The Tonight Show and Johnny Carson told her how funny she was. Joan was on The Tonight Show regularly and filled in for him many times. Their friendship was flushed down the toilet years later when she hosted a late-night show on FOX. Joan was still hustling and working up until her death. She was the host of Fashion Police, hosted her own online show In Bed With Joan and still her had line for QVC. May a QVC crystal never shimmer again. Many didn’t agree with a lot of the stuff that Joan said, but she was a trailblazer, a pioneer, a legendary comedian and she never gave one fuck.

Rest in peace, Dot Matrix. May your heaven be a place where the angels always look busted so you can make fun of them for the rest of eternity.

Joan Rivers Has Been Moved Out Of ICU, Says Melissa Rivers

A few days ago, there were reports that doctors were bringing Joan Rivers out of the medically induced coma they put her in and her family was hoping that she’d wake up and curse all of their bitch asses out for making her wear a hospital gown that wasn’t made by Chanel, lined with fur and embedded with jewels from her QVC collection. But yesterday, Melissa Rivers issued a statement saying that her mom was still on life support and today, she issued another statement on Facebook saying that her mom has been moved out of ICU and into a private room at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC:

“My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support.”

Melissa has kept her lips all the way shut about her mom’s current condition, but a source tells E! that Joan is getting better and all of those reports that claim she’ll soon be wrestling Elizabeth Taylor in the afterworld are not true.

Award show season starts up again in a few months and if Joan isn’t around for it, Fashion Police will be nothing but Ghouliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Iforgothislastname sitting around while saying to each other, “Well…I thought she looked nice.” So, somebody get Kathy Griffin and tell her to return the favor and slap Joan awake.