You guys, did Joan Rivers have a stroke?

[HorseTears]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 3:51am

I'm not even kidding or trying to make some crass joke here. For all of her many faults, I still have a soft spot for Joan. Was watching a couple of Fashion Police clips on Hulu and when we got to some of the more recent episodes, it seems that her speech was slurring badly. Like almost late-Dick-Clark-New-Year's-Eve-bad at times. Am I crazy?

Medicated? Drunk? Exhaustion? Stroke? I hope it's not something serious.



Medicated? Drunk? Exhaustion? Stroke? I hope it's not something serious.

[~~tiny3~~]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 5:26am

nooo, noooo, noooo...that's just the way she talks. I know, cause my mom, the same age as Joan and grew up in the same place...same weird accent,,,there's always some slight slurring of the end of sentences. It's almost like that Greta Van Sustren thing where she just doesn't pronounce certain letters/ I jokingly call it 'fastLazyTalkin'

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 7:49am

Nope.

[artscallion]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 8:38am

I've been under the assumption that it was a result of her plastic surgeries. Her mouth seems to have lost some of its mobility, forcing her to slur over certain letters that her mouth can no longer form. That's just a guess. But some other women who've been over-surgeried seem to have the same problem.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 8/7/14 at 9:45pm

Uhh... Tiny? I have seen Joan Rivers speak before and in this context. Before I cut the cord a couple of years ago, I used to DVR Fashion Police. Joan did NOT sound like that then.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/7/14 at 7:26pm

Hmmm. I wonder if an autopsy was conducted?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/7/14 at 7:37pm

A little too much Botox. It happens to the best of us. It usually wears off in a day or two.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/7/14 at 8:46pm

Hmmm. I wonder if an autopsy was conducted?

Yes.

Results are not available to the general public. At least yet.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 6:26pm

I wonder if she got clearance from her doctor before the procedure was done. This is standard procedure.

I believe the autopsy was inconclusive and they are awaiting the results of other tests that were done on her.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 6:35pm

Roxy, most procedures like this need a doctor's prescription (that is if you are talking about the endoscopy). Oh wait, you can't see me! LMAO!

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 8:02pm

I believe the autopsy was inconclusive.

HUH? Where did u find results? The only place some info might be avail is on the death certificate and THAT can be amended.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 8:05pm

Sabrelady, some news outlets were reporting that the autopsy and cause of death were inconclusive and further investigations were going on. Roxy is just reporting what he read.

ETA: Link...http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/people/2014/09/05/joan-rivers-autopsy-results-inconclusive/15140787/

Updated On: 9/8/14 at 08:05 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 9:09pm

'K.

(u r free to go Roxy- leave the cuffs on the desk)

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 10:07pm

You know, someone's soul only wanders the earth as a ghost only if people can't let her go.

Didn't you see THE SECRET GARDEN?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 10:14pm

No, how was it?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 10:16pm

Stirring!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 10:20pm

As good as Joan's fave "Starlight Express"?

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/8/14 at 10:26pm

AC/DC it's ok with me
I can switch and change my frequency.


IF you know what I mean.....

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:35am

To Sabre

In the words Of Idina WTF

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:14am

Too bad he has me blocked. CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.