Joan Rivers is still talking yang yang about our beloved FLOTUS, Michelle Obama: “We’ve bonded. We have bonded over shitty phone service all over the United States,” Joan Rivers remarked to us on Friday, after a few frustrating rounds of phone tag, thanks to AT&T and some botched lines. But “Can you hear me now?” aside, the comedienne is totally impossible to catch up with, anyway. As of late, she’s been making the media rounds, promoting her new reality show for We TV and sounding off on a variety of subjects all along the way. Check out what Joan had to say to HuffPost Style about Michelle Obama’s State Dinner dress, Tiger Mom and how she got into the fashion commenting business to begin with. HP: One thing that has been making headlines in the fashion world this week is Michelle Obama wearing McQueen to the State Dinner. JR: Wrong. Wrong. Sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry, but we’re pushing America and we’re so behind in everything that we’re doing. We’re trying to push our own industries, the president’s coming out and saying we’ve got to make more American stuff, you know what, darling? Buy American. Wrong. I like the Obamas, I voted for Obama, but totally wrong. Very badly advised. It was like Jackie Onassis used to sneak the French couture into the White House. At least she had the decency to have Oleg Cassini copy it. So she would say, I’m wearing Oleg Cassini when in reality, he had just copied a lot of the fashions. HP: Do you think there are occasions when the first lady could wear a foreign designer? JR: In private, God bless her, she can wear what she wants. When she’s sitting around with just their friends or if [Obama]‘s not re-elected, or even if he is re-elected, she’ll have all those years ahead of her to wear what she wants. HP: Shifting gears, you’re on a reality show now with your daughter. What do you think of Tiger Mom? JR: I adore the Tiger Mom. I think a child should be strapped to the piano. The only thing is, she says, “This is the success,” and I don’t want to break her heart but if every child learns to play the piano or becomes a pianist or a violinist, how many are in each orchestra? You’re setting your children up to fail, you idiot. There’s one pianist per orchestra. So if you’re strapping your kid to the piano, you’re making your kid fail if he thinks he’s going to be a pianist. And if you’re strapping your kid…how many violinists? There’s a first violin, second violin, maybe a small string section. So unfortunately, poor Tiger Mom got it a little screwed up. I think she should strap them to the computer. Or let them make clothes for Michelle Obama. I think Tiger Mom should have all the kids in America designing clothes for Michelle Obama so she wouldn’t have to buy outside of our coasts. Read the rest of the interview HERE
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