Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.

The show takes place in Joan bedroom which is in Melissa's house in Malibu CA. On the season finale which aired live on May 10 Rivers was announced the winner and hired to be the 2009 Celebrity Apprentice. She has one grandson Melissa's son Cooper (born Edgar Cooper Endicott on December 1 2000) who is featured with his mother and grandmother in the WE tv series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
In her book Bouncing Back (1997) Joan Rivers described how Joan Rivers developed bulimia and contemplated suicide.

Joan Alexandra Molinsky (born June 8 1933) better known by her stage name Joan Rivers is an American television personality comedian writer film director and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries.