Joan Rivers Rips Leno, 'Apprentice' Nemesis

by Tracy Phillips
Jul 29th, 2009 | 2:39 PM | Comments 25

As fearless and funny as ever, Joan Rivers accomplished a feat more difficult than any task on ‘Celebrity Apprentice‘ (which she won this season): Cracking up television critics.

Rivers was on hand at the TCA summer press tour Wednesday morning to promote her new TV Land reality show, ‘How’d You Get So Rich?’

While throwing out zingers about the nouveau riche–the inspirational and occasionally gauche subjects of her show–she also slammed Jay Leno.

“I think it’s brilliant that Leno is on at 10 p.m.,” said Rivers when asked by a reporter about the late-night wars, “because America can get bored more easily and go to sleep earlier.”

She added, “When was the last time you heard, ‘Did you hear what Leno said last night?’…Never.”

Rivers, of course, was a frequent ‘Tonight Show’ guest host for Johnny Carson back in the ’80s.

She also didn’t hold back when the subject of poker popped up.

“Annie Douche. I wouldn’t like her even if she played f—ing bingo,” said Rivers of her ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ nemesis, professional poker player Annie Duke.

Rivers got a little bashing of her own last week when she was ‘honored’ with a Comedy Central roast, which airs August 9th.

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