Joan Rivers' funeral was a star-studded event like how she wanted it to be, but apparently there were a couple of icons who were banned from attending this solemn (at the same time, joyful) gathering: Adele, Michelle Obama, and Handler.
It's not about any personal conflict (we hope so), but she told The Sunday Times Magazine some one-word reasons behind this prohibition: Adele for being "fat", Michelle Obama dubbed as a "tranny", and Handler for being "drunk" and a "wh*re".
River has always been transparent when it comes to her funeral plans. In her memoires I Hate Everyone.... Starting With Me she wrote:
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
According to The Daily Beast, her funeral was full of white lilies with the crowd laughing, sobbing, and commemorating Rivers' life. Her last wishes all came true (New York, New York' was even greatly performed by a butch band), except for the casket and wind machine because she was cremated.
Some of the celebrities who attended her funeral at Temple Emanu-El on E. 65th St. were Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Jessica Parker, Howard Stern, and Deborah Norville.
Meanwhile, no Adele, Michelle Obama, and Handler were seen as expected.
