Zsa Zsa Gabor Vs. Joan Rivers: ‘She Deserved To Die’
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Zsa Zsa Gabor and Joan Rivers had a vicious showbiz blood feud that ended with a final cruel blast from the glamorous Hungarian star — as she declared that Joan deserved to die during a botched surgery! The National ENQUIRER was there as the bitter battle between the showbiz legends came to an abrupt end with Joan's death on September 4, 2014. In a double tragedy, though, Zsa Zsa was just months away from being too decrepit to care!
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Prince Frédéric von Anhalt told The ENQUIRER that his wife, then 97, felt no pity when news broke of Joan's death. "Zsa Zsa was watching TV when Joan died, and asked what happened," he said. "I told her, 'I'm sorry, but she passed away.'" The prince was unprepared for his wife's vicious comeback, showing that Zsa Zsa had never forgiven Joan for decades of being the brunt of her jokes!
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Comedy Central’s “Roast of Joan Rivers” – Show
As he told The ENQUIRER: "She said, 'She badmouthed us all. She deserved it. She's gone and I'm still here!' I thought that was sad, but funny!" The fiercely proud Zsa Zsa deeply resented any claims that she'd had plastic surgery, and once even went to The ENQUIRER to offer a million-dollar award to anyone who could prove that she had a facelift. That didn't stop Joan from mocking Zsa Zsa over rumors of having work done.
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ZSA ZSA GABOR AND SOUVENIRS OF MARILYN
That included Joan once buying a gag from another comedian saying: "Zsa Zsa has had so much plastic surgery that when she fainted the other day, no one knew whether to take her to the local hospital or to the Tupperware factory!"
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The Cast of “Happy Ever After” – Dom DeLuise, Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Irene Cara visit “The Joan Rivers Show”
Sadly, things had once been much warmer between the pair. Joan wrote gags for Zsa Zsa in the '60s, and the actress made two appearances on Joan's short-lived FOX network talk show in 1986 — during a time when Joan's feud with Johnny Carson had celebs avoiding the comic!
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By the time that Zsa Zsa's daughter Francesca Hilton died in 2015, Prince Frédéric told The ENQUIRER that his wife was too ill to even be told of the death. At the time of Joan's passing, however, Frédéric revealed that Zsa Zsa was feeling in fine form! "I took her out in her wheelchair to the poolside," he said. "It was the first time she's been out in a year and a half!"
Bel Age Hotel Event
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Joan Rivers had a vicious showbiz blood feud that ended with a final cruel blast from the glamorous Hungarian star — as she declared that Joan deserved to die during a botched surgery! The National ENQUIRER was there as the bitter battle between the showbiz legends came to an abrupt end with Joan's death on September 4, 2014. In a double tragedy, though, Zsa Zsa was just months away from being too decrepit to care!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ron Galella Archive – File Photos 2010
Prince Frédéric von Anhalt told The ENQUIRER that his wife, then 97, felt no pity when news broke of Joan's death. "Zsa Zsa was watching TV when Joan died, and asked what happened," he said. "I told her, 'I'm sorry, but she passed away.'" The prince was unprepared for his wife's vicious comeback, showing that Zsa Zsa had never forgiven Joan for decades of being the brunt of her jokes!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Comedy Central’s “Roast of Joan Rivers” – Show
As he told The ENQUIRER: "She said, 'She badmouthed us all. She deserved it. She's gone and I'm still here!' I thought that was sad, but funny!" The fiercely proud Zsa Zsa deeply resented any claims that she'd had plastic surgery, and once even went to The ENQUIRER to offer a million-dollar award to anyone who could prove that she had a facelift. That didn't stop Joan from mocking Zsa Zsa over rumors of having work done.
Photo credit: Getty Images
ZSA ZSA GABOR AND SOUVENIRS OF MARILYN
That included Joan once buying a gag from another comedian saying: "Zsa Zsa has had so much plastic surgery that when she fainted the other day, no one knew whether to take her to the local hospital or to the Tupperware factory!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
The Cast of “Happy Ever After” – Dom DeLuise, Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Irene Cara visit “The Joan Rivers Show”
Sadly, things had once been much warmer between the pair. Joan wrote gags for Zsa Zsa in the '60s, and the actress made two appearances on Joan's short-lived FOX network talk show in 1986 — during a time when Joan's feud with Johnny Carson had celebs avoiding the comic!
Photo credit: Getty Images
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By the time that Zsa Zsa's daughter Francesca Hilton died in 2015, Prince Frédéric told The ENQUIRER that his wife was too ill to even be told of the death. At the time of Joan's passing, however, Frédéric revealed that Zsa Zsa was feeling in fine form! "I took her out in her wheelchair to the poolside," he said. "It was the first time she's been out in a year and a half!"
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