{"id":649840,"date":"2013-04-01T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=223218"},"modified":"2013-04-01T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:51:10","slug":"joan-rivers-calls-adele-fat-makes-fried-chicken-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/649840","title":{"rendered":"Joan Rivers Calls Adele \u201cFat,\u201d Makes Fried Chicken Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Rivers is known for her acerbic, often insulting, comedy.  However, when the subject of Rivers&#8217; ridicule is an easy target like singer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/adele\">Adele<\/a>&#8216;s weight, the comedy can easily strike sensitive people as outright mean.<\/p>\n<p>On the <em>Late Show With David Letterman<\/em> Rivers made jokes about Adele&#8217;s weight, saying that Adele&#8217;s song &#8220;Rolling in the Deep&#8221; should have &#8220;Fried Chicken&#8221; tacked onto the end of the title.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first time Rivers had joked about Adele&#8217;s extra pounds.  Last October on Twitter, Rivers made fun of the singer just as she gave birth to her first child:<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto260320705864945664 { background: #FCF7FC url(http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/570918146\/06d7j92l6w7wymr5a7g6.jpeg) no-repeat; padding: 20px; } div.twitterditto260320705864945664 a { color: #C724A1; } div.twitter-inner-ditto260320705864945664 { background: #fff; padding: 10px 12px 10px 30px; margin: 0; min-height: 48px; color: #000; font-size: 22px !important; font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", Times, serif; line-height: 30px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto260320705864945664 div.metadata { display: block; width: 100%; clear: both; margin-top: 8px; padding: 12px 0px; height: 55px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto260320705864945664 div.follow-button { float: right; padding: 0 30px 0 0; } div.twitter-inner-ditto260320705864945664 div.metadata div.author { line-height: 20px; color: #333; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=260320705864945664\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=260320705864945664\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Joan_Rivers\/status\/260320705864945664\" title=\"Mon Oct 22 10:04:27 +0000 2012\">1 day ago<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/blackberry.com\/twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter for BlackBerry\u00ae<\/a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/03\/29\/joan-rivers-on-adele-shes_n_2981229.html\">interview<\/a> this week with the Huffington Post, Rivers, true to form, did not back down from her earlier jabs.  She went on to make another crack about Adele&#8217;s weight, saying that she took out an ad on the singer&#8217;s ass and still had room for plenty of other ads.<\/p>\n<p>To defend herself, Rivers appealed to &#8220;reality&#8221; saying, &#8220;Adele is beautiful and successful, has, what, a hundred million dollars?  I&#8217;m saying she&#8217;s fat, let&#8217;s face reality &#8211; she&#8217;s fat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, any good will the comedian may have bought with her honesty was quickly washed away by another reference to Adele and fried chicken:<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/pshared.5min.com\/Scripts\/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&#038;width=616&#038;%23038;height=379&#038;%23038;playList=517728666'><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=2FsJwieelQM:zjPrLheR0YA:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/2FsJwieelQM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Rivers is known for her acerbic, often insulting, comedy. 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