Joan Rivers Apologies

Joan Rivers has said she has no sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, declaring they ‘deserve to be dead’.

Rivers’ rant came when a photographer asked for her opinion on the conflict on the Gaza strip as she was leaving LAX airport on Wednesday.

The TV presenter first compared Gaza's rocket attacks to going to Madonna's house to 'throw paint bottles’ and the civilian casualties to the victims of Hiroshima.

She then said the thought the nearly 2,000 Palestinian who have died on the Gaza strip since Israel launched military operations in the area a month ago 'deserved it'.


'When you declare war, you declare war,' Rivers said. 

‘They started it. We now don't count who's dead. You're dead. You deserve to be dead. You started it. You started it. Don't you dare make me feel sad about that.’

She then further attacked the Palestinian people for voting for Hamas in democratic elections.

'You can't get rid of Hamas, You have to say you do not recognise them, they are terrorists.

'They were re-elected by a lot of stupid people who don’t even own a pencil.’

After the video began circulating online, Rivers released a statement on her Facebook page, in which she made it clear she stood behind her words, but that they had been taken out of context.

'I am both saddened and disappointed that my statement about the tragedy of civilian casualties was totally taken out of context,' she said.