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The Surprising Things You Never Knew About Joan Rivers
The legendary comedian was known for being brutally honest, but many aspects of Joan Rivers' life never went public until her tragic death.
2. Johnny Carson never spoke to Rivers again
As The Tonight Show‘s permanent guest host from 1983 to 1986, Rivers credited Carson with launching her career, but the two never spoke again after she left to host The Late Show with Joan Rivers. Carson hung up on Rivers when she said she was leaving. Rivers told The Hollywood Reporter about their feud:
I kept saying, “I don’t understand, why is he mad?” He was not angry at anybody else. I think he really felt because I was a woman that I just was his. That I wouldn’t leave him. I know this sounds very warped … But I think it was a question of, “I found you, and you’re my property.”
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