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Joan Rivers blasts Cleveland 'house of horrors' vics: 'They got to live rent free for ... - New York Daily News

Joan Rivers is under fire after she compared her guestroom in her daughter's home to the Cleveland 'house of horrors,Today Show/NBC Joan Rivers is under fire after she compared her guestroom in her daughter's home to the Cleveland 'house of horrors,' saying the captives had more room than she does In the cushy Malibu pad.

Joan Rivers has no sympathy for the women locked in Ariel Castro's Cleveland "house of horrors."

One day after Rivers compared on the "Today" her daughter's cushy Malibu guestroom to the three women's decade-long plight — "Those women in the basement in Cleveland had more space" — she doubled-down Wednesday on the inappropriate joke and called the victims freeloaders.

"They got to live rent free for more than a decade," a defiant 80-year-old Rivers told TMZ on Wednesday.

AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE.AP Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. The three women held captive for a decade by Ariel Castro in a Cleveland home were upset after being slammed by comedienne Joan Rivers.

The TV host and reality star brushed off the "little, stupid joke" on Wednesday, telling the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "I'm a comedienne.

"There is nothing to apologize for. I made a joke. That's what I do. Calm down. Calm f------ down. I'm a comedienne. They're free, so let's move on," Rivers told the newspaper.

Joan Rivers is no stranger to controversy, but refused to apologize for her latest joke.Cindy Ord/Getty Images Joan Rivers is no stranger to controversy, but refused to apologize for her latest joke. Enlarge Joan Rivers, left, and her daughter Melissa Rivers, were on the 'Today' show Tuesday when Joan made a joke Ariel Castro's 'house of horror' victims did not find funny. Dan Hallman/Invision/AP

Joan Rivers (left) and her daughter Melissa Rivers were on the 'Today' show Tuesday when Joan made a joke the victims locked in a Cleveland dungeon did not find funny.

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The comments Tuesday drew grimaces from the "Today" hosts, prompting Rivers to ask, "Too soon?"

For the women, it was. Attorneys for Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, two of the former captives freed May 6, called the "unfortunate comparison" both "shocking and disappointing."

The 'Today' show hosts grimaced after the ill-timed joke on Tuesday's show.Today Show/NBC The 'Today' show hosts grimaced after the ill-timed joke on Tuesday's show.

"Our clients are strong, private women who have endured unwanted and often painful media attention for quite some time," lawyers James Wooley and Heather Kimmel wrote in a statement. "They now have to endure this, which is a new low, and we believe a sincere apology is warranted."

Rivers refused to apologize, telling TMZ the women are practically celebrities.

CLEVELAND, OH, - MAY 07: A general view of the exterior of the house where, on Monday, three women who had disappeared as teenagers approximately ten years ago were found alive on May 7, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Amanda Berry, who went missing in 2003, Gina DeJesus, who went missing in 2004, and Michele Knight, who went missing in 2002, were all found alive in the same house. Three suspects, all brothers, have been taken into custody. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Ariel Castro kidnapped three women and kept them locked away for more than a decade in this Cleveland home.

"One of them has a book deal. Neither are in a psych ward. They're OK," she said. "I bet you within 3 years one of them will be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'"

Source : http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/joan-rivers-blasts-cleveland-house-horrors-vics-live-rent-free-decade-article-1.1766950

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