Melissa Rivers Reveals Tense On-Set Moments with Mom Joan on Fashion Police

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News (2 / 1) 19.09.2026 23:02 / Angela

Parenting the star

Melissa describes herself as the steadier presence — the one who could shut down a moment or handle HR issues — while still deferring to Joan's instinct for what was funny. She protected her mother's comic voice even when it risked trouble.

Legacy and would-be controversy

Joan created Fashion Police in 1995 and it returned as a weekly series in 2010; she hosted until her unexpected death in September 2014 at 81. Melissa later joined on-air until the show ended in 2017. Asked if Joan would be canceled today, Melissa said she likely would have kept pushing her bold takes and joked she might have had to resort to drastic measures to keep her quiet — though Joan probably wouldn't have minded the stir.