Melissa River believes that Joan Rivers would have loved having access to weight-loss drugs like Ozempic before she died in 2014.
“Oh she would have thought Ozempic was the greatest thing since sliced bread,” Melissa told People on Wednesday.
“Her two least favorite things were diet and exercise, so if she could find a way to avoid both? Awesome.”
Ozempic — and its counterparts Wegovy and Mounjaro — took over Hollywood last year with major stars, such as Oprah, Sharon Osbourne and Elon Musk, all crediting their slimmed-down figures to the drug.
While Joan would have been all in for the low-effort weight loss solution, Melissa said the former “Fashion Police!” star would not have been a fan of “athleisure and people wearing sweatpants everywhere.”
“She’d be like no, you still get dressed, you pull yourself together, you put on a little lip gloss and then you go out,” she said.
Although the late comedian would have hated the shift to more casual clothing, Melissa thinks “she would have been very excited by body acceptance.”
“That would have actually made her really happy,” she explained.
Joan died unexpectedly in 2014 at the age of 81 due to low oxygen during a routine procedure to help with her acid reflux. Melissa later settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the facility.
Following her passing, Melissa joked that her mom “would’ve been annoyed” that she didn’t at least die during a “plastic surgery” procedure.
“That’s what would’ve really annoyed her, that it was for her throat and acid reflux,” she told Pvnew in 2022. “Not very glamorous.”
While it’s been nearly a decade since her death, Melissa still hears her mother’s voice “way too much” and is reminded of the wisecracker when drama goes down.
“I think about her the most when something ridiculous happens,” she told People. “So many of our phone calls began with, ‘Ok so, are you ready for this?'”
“I especially think of her when I’m about to get upset, and have to stop and think, ‘What would she do in this particular situation?'” she continued. “And I can hear her voice saying, ‘Oh Melissa, please just stop. Get over it!'”
