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Joan & Melissa Rivers: The Happiest Couple in Hollywood

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Fashion gurus Joan & Melissa Rivers stop by the Studio just in time for Awards Season, but it's their reality show, "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?", that is the topic at hand! The mom-and-daughter pair dish on the current season, revealing the highest highs and lowest lows, and then have a spirited debate on the age-old question: Can men and women really be friends? Hosted by Nikki Novak.

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? I'm Mickey Novac here in the Young Hollywood studio with the happiest couple in Hollywood.

Melissa Rivers

Yes, Melissa Rivers. We are. We're the happiest couple. And we won't break up.

Young Hollywood

You will never break up.

Joan Rivers

No matter how hard I've tried. She won't go away.

Young Hollywood

And now she's living with you too.

Melissa Rivers

Well, still living with me. Season one was sort of the drama, or in my case, trauma.

Joan Rivers

Yes.

Melissa Rivers

Of of her moving in with me. And everyone's like, oh, she went back to New York, right? I'm like, oh, no, no, no. We not only live together.

Joan Rivers

Don't come in.

Melissa Rivers

We work together too.

Joan Rivers

No touching please.

Melissa Rivers

Oh. So it gets really intense. Tons of drama.

Young Hollywood

In between seasons, you still live together?

Melissa Rivers

Yes. Because for fashion police, my mom is out here. It's about four days a week. But now she says she's not living with me, she's only staying with me.

Joan Rivers

I I I think she's lucky to have her mother staying with her in her crappy little guest room.

Young Hollywood

And what I one thousand percent agree, It's nice having your mom. I've seen the guest room. It's not crappy. You need to renovate.

Joan Rivers

Yes, we do.

Young Hollywood

I need to renovate? How long?

Joan Rivers

For months. First of all, now what you don't see.

Melissa Rivers

It's too big for you.

Joan Rivers

What you don't I agree with the French one. What you don't see is it has a patio. It has skylights. It's a guest room.

Melissa Rivers

It is a patio that Victoria Beckham couldn't fit in.

Joan Rivers

Oh, it only Olsen twin. She's not telling the truth.

Young Hollywood

You buy plastic surgery for your friends.

Joan Rivers

Yes, isn't that great?

Young Hollywood

Yes, I want to be your best friend from now on.

Joan Rivers

Yes. Yes. We live in a city where the greatest plastic surgeons are, and if a friend says to you, I will treat you, oh, an idiot would say no. Absolutely.

Young Hollywood

And did anybody say no?

Joan Rivers

Only one person. She's not an idiot. She's our our sister. Sabrina Sabrina said no. Our sister. She was in shock. So the show is fantastic. Having Melissa as executive producer of fashion police is amazing.

Melissa Rivers

Okay, we're opening with the Beckhams.

Joan Rivers

Hm, okay. We're not just mother and daughter anymore. I mean, it's a whole different dynamic. We're equals, we're we're peers. We're we're we're partners. Apparently, we've been at different tapings. We had an actual calendar year that was of extreme highs and some serious lows.

Young Hollywood

So tell me about the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows.

Joan Rivers

Highest of the highs was going off with Cooper, my grandson, and having an amazing time in New York. And we just documented all that, and that was just extraordinary.

Young Hollywood

Well, I saw you taught him stand up.

Joan Rivers

Yes. That was his friend.

Young Hollywood

Because you didn't just teach him the joke, you told him how to deal with the sound in the room, the clinking, that's Cooper, Brent Russell. And how to deal with hecklers. You're going to have hecklers. You stink. I mean, I've had that. I've had my agents say that. So can I try out a joke?

Joan Rivers

Yes. But don't All right, I'll be kind to you.

Young Hollywood

Be kind. Yes. My dress is so short that when I wear it, I don't have to just shave my legs. I need a bikini wax.

Joan Rivers

Good joke. Cute. But the delivery. Okay. But but yes, my dress is so short. Never mind having a bikini wax. Never mind having to shave my legs. I got a bikini wax or something, you know. It's all fine. Much better coming from you. But a very good joke. The low, of course, I think um, well, one of the big lows was Melissa's breaking up with the boyfriend on camera.

Melissa Rivers

And that was Which only happened on camera because they were rolling when I found everything out. When I found out that he was sort of having a whole second life online.

Young Hollywood

So beyond how difficult men can be to deal with, do you think that men and women can be friends? Because this is something I come up with all the time. I do. I'm one of the people who really I have

Joan Rivers

If you're both ugly.

Melissa Rivers

Thank you, mom. I have a lot of very close guy friends. I'm glad we all fall into that category.

Young Hollywood

But there's always a little tension with the guys.

Melissa Rivers

Oh, I see. I have guy friends that I have that it would never even cross my mind. Starting with.

Young Hollywood

But it's not crossing their minds. That's the question.

Melissa Rivers

That's I do have guy friends that that This is what I'm saying. I have guy friends that I honestly don't have that relationship. I see it from the outside. You may not be attracted to them, but I disagree. But I'm one of the people who, but that's but some people think you can and some people can you think you can't. I'm one of those people who believe that there are circumstances where you can.

Young Hollywood

Thank you both for coming.

Joan Rivers

I know you're trying to help, but I do actually know what I'm doing in my life. It's not your decision. Stop that joke!

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Joan Rivers

    Featured guest, discussing her reality show and relationship with her daughter.

  • Melissa Rivers

    Featured guest, discussing her reality show and relationship with her mother.

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview.

  • Cooper

    Joan Rivers' grandson, who she taught stand-up comedy.

  • Brent Russell

    Mentioned in relation to Cooper learning stand-up.

  • Sabrina

    Friend of Joan and Melissa who declined plastic surgery.

  • Victoria Beckham

    Mentioned in a humorous comparison regarding a patio size.

  • Olsen twin

    Mentioned in a humorous comparison regarding a patio size.

FAQ

What is the name of Joan and Melissa Rivers' reality show?+
Joan and Melissa Rivers' reality show is titled "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?"
Where does Joan Rivers stay when she is in Los Angeles?+
Joan Rivers stays with her daughter, Melissa Rivers, in her guest room, though Melissa refers to it as her mother "staying with her."
What was one of the highest points for Joan Rivers recently?+
One of the highest points for Joan Rivers was spending time with her grandson, Cooper, in New York and teaching him stand-up comedy.
What was one of the lowest points for Melissa Rivers recently?+
One of the lowest points for Melissa Rivers was her breakup with a boyfriend, which happened on camera when she discovered he had a "second life online."
Did Joan Rivers offer plastic surgery to her friends?+
Yes, Joan Rivers offered to treat a friend to plastic surgery, and only one person, Sabrina, declined the offer.
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