Melissa Rivers’ eulogy remembers mom as diva ‘tenant’
Jeff Christensen/ASSOCIATED PRESS Melissa Rivers (l.) is Joan Rivers’ only daughter. The actress and TV personlity remembered the late comedian (r.) with a hilarious excerpt from her upcoming book ‘A Letter to My Mom.’ Joan Rivers was certainly a piece of work, especially for her daughter Melissa, who doubled as her “landlord.”
The comedian’s only daughter remembered her mom as a demanding tenant in a hilarious and touching eulogy read at Rivers’ funeral in New York Sept. 7.
Melissa Rivers, 46, shared a few “complaints” her mother had while living with her in Los Angeles. The passage was an excerpt from her upcoming book “A Letter to My Mom,” due out in April, which she wrote before her mother died last Thursday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
James Keivom/New York Day after day News Melissa Rivers (r.) read the excerpt from her book as a eulogy at Joan Rivers’ funeral Sept. 7. “Mom: I received the note that you slipped under my bedroom door last night,” her excerpt, published Wednesday by THR, starts.
“While I appreciate your desire to ‘upgrade’ your accommodations to a larger space, I cannot, in good conscience, go (my 13-year-ancient son) Cooper into the laundry room.”
Melissa Rivers wrote that the late “Fashion Police” star didn’t refer to her grandson by name in the note, instead calling him a fellow “tenant.”
“While I trust you with him, it is not OK for you to undermine my rules,” she wrote.
“It is not OK that you let him have chips and ice cream for dinner. It is not OK that you let him skip school to go to the movies. And it is really not OK that the movie was ‘Last Jazz in Paris.’”
James Keivom/New York Day after day News Melissa Rivers (r.) and her son Cooper Endicott at Joan Rivers’ funeral in New York. 
Steffman-Turgeon / Splash News/Steffman-Turgeon / Splash News Melissa Rivers paid tribute to her mother with a heartfelt and hilarious eulogy during the Hollywood-themed funeral for Joan Rivers in New York Sunday Sept. 7.Previous Next
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Rivers goes on to detail that her mother, who headed up E!’s “Fashion Police” and routinely performed as a stand-up comedian in anticipation of her death, would even host lavish parties at her home.
“While I’m glad to see you’re socializing, you must refill the hot tub after your parties,” she wrote.
“In fact, you need to tone down the parties when all’s said and done. Imagine my bolt from the blue when I saw the photos you posted on Facebook of your friends frolicking topless in the hot tub.”
Rivers’ daughter concludes the excerpt prose that she loved having her mother live with her, and that she is “grateful for every minute” she and son Cooper had with her.
Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Melissa Rivers (l.) detailed the hardships of having her mom as a ‘tenant’ as she lived with her in Los Angeles. “You are an inspiration. You are also 30 days late with the rent,” Melissa Rivers concluded.
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