Comedian Joan Rivers is facing heavy criticism at the moment after randomly deciding to 'joke' that Obama is gay and that the First Lady, Michelle, is transgender.
Joan was asked by a reporter if the USA will ever see a gay president - a great question for a vigorous debate on LGBT issues, right? Joan responded "we already have it with Obama, so let's just calm down." Reminder that this was a day after she had officiated a gay marriage. Okay, then.
Rivers, of course, couldn't just leave it at that, adding "you know Michelle is a tranny." When the shocked reporter asked her to repeat herself, she went on to say "A transgender. We all know it. Oh gosh, it's OK." Oh dear LORD.

Her comments have sparked a barrage of twitter criticisms, with many saying that she has finally gone "too far". Which is true, yes, she has gone too far, but she's been saying this kind of thing for YEARS. It's not even that surprising anymore.
Many people are taking this as further evidence that Joan has "lost it", after this week also featured her storming out of an interview and swearing offscreen. The comedian was promoting her new book on CNN when she got pretty annoyed at the interviewer's comment that Joan's show, Fashion Police, was "mean." She could have said something much worse, by the way. Mean is an understatement.
Joan responded that "it's not mean", stating "I tell the truth." The interviewer pissed Joan off even more by asking about the comedian's decision to make 'off-limits' jokes, and pointing out that Joan wears a fur coat on the cover of her new book. Joan flipped out, saying "this whole interview is becoming a defensive interview. Are you wearing leather shoes? Then shut up."
Joan then tore out her earpiece, declaring "I'm going. All you've done is negative. I've made people laugh for 50 years. I am put on this earth to make people laugh. You are not the one to interview a person who does humour, sorry." Oh dear. Funny how Joan gets so offended by comments attacking her character, but sees no issue dishing it out to every other person on the planet, no?