Melissa Rivers who is still mourning the loss of her mother will play an important role in deciding whether or not the show will continue without Joan.
- September 19, 2014
AceShowbiz -
Giuliana Rancic talks about "Fashion Police" post Joan Rivers' passing. Speaking to ABC News, she said that Joan's grieving daughter Melissa Rivers who serves as the executive director was still uncertain about the future of the E! show.
"It was the shock of a lifetime, it really was," Giuliana said of Rivers' death. "I had just seen Joan 48 hours before her procedure. We were taping the Emmy 'Fashion Police' show and she was honestly better than ever and she even looked better than ever at 81."
"I still think she's going to walk through the door and yell, 'Giuliana, get back to work.' And it's hard to wrap my mind around never seeing her again. And I've experienced losing loved ones in my life and for some reason, this one is very different. You hear people say, 'He or she was larger than life.' Joan really was larger than life. I think that's a reason I can't imagine her gone."
On whether the show would continue without Joan, Giuliana said, "They are looking at different scenarios, whether it moves forward or it doesn't. Melissa ... a lot of that will be up to her and how she's feeling and how she decides what she wants to do, along with the execs here at E! There is no word now ... they are seeing what 'Fashion Police' looks like without Joan."
She added, "A part of me is like Joan would want Melissa and us and the team to go on and I know she would, but it's just a matter of can there be a show without Joan?" she explained. "Do we want to do a 'Fashion Police' without Joan? I don't know."
The show will honor the late comedienne in a 90-minute special titled "Fashion Police: Celebrating Joan" on September 19. Melissa will join Giuliana, Kelly Osbourne, and George Kotsiopoulos.
