Joan Rivers' Comments About the Sexuality of President and First Lady-Truth! But it was a Joke!

Joan Rivers Comments About the Sexuality of President and First Lady-Truth! But it was a Joke!

Summary of eRumor:

Comedian Joan Rivers told a street reporter that President Obama is the country’s first homosexual president and that Michelle Obama is a transgender.
 

The Truth:

According to a July 4, 2014, article by the New York Daily News, the comment was made by 81-year-old funny lady Joan Rivers on June 30, 2014.

The article said that Rivers was asked by an on-the-street reporter if she thought the U.S. would ever have a president that is gay or a female president. Rivers quipped, “We already have it with Obama, so let’s just calm down.” A moment later she followed that with, “You know Michelle is a tranny.”  

Both CNN and Fox News interpreted the eyebrow raising comment as a joke, which was not the first time Ms. Rivers has said something controversial.

Posted 07/05/14