Home : : Lampanelli -- Joan Rivers Roast Wasn't Worth It

Lampanelli -- Joan Rivers Roast Wasn't Worth It

Posted Jul 27th 2009 9:47AM by TMZ Staff

There's a reason insult master Lisa Lampanelli didn't show up to the Comedy Central roast of Joan Rivers this weekend -- if she couldn't be in charge, it wasn't worth her precious time.

A week after Kathy Griffin was announced as the roastmaster for the event in Los Angeles, Lampanelli -- who's usually the headliner at these things -- dropped the following message on her Twitter page:

"No Joan Rivers roast for me this year. Not worth doing if I ain't roastmaster -- besides summer is for fun, not work."

Burn.

Tags: comedy central, ComedyCentral, joan rivers, JoanRivers, lisa lampanelli, LisaLampanelli

Comments [54]
SHARE |
4ie6

Reader Comments

(Page 1 of 4) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments

1. Bitter much??

Posted at 12:43PM on Jul 27th 2009 by TMZer

2. Who the hell is Lisa Lampanelli?

Posted at 12:50PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Joan Rivers

3. Full of yourself much Lisa? Kathy Griffin is way funnier than Lisa.

Posted at 12:54PM on Jul 27th 2009 by um ya sure

4. They are both unfunny hags

Posted at 12:56PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Hater

5. 1. Who the hell is Lisa Lampanelli?

Posted at 12:50PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Joan Rivers
LISA IS SOMEONE WHO'S A HELLUVA LOT FUNNIER THAN JOAN COULD EVER BE, JUST BECAUSE JOAN'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE DINOSAURS, DOEN'T MEAN ANYTHING!

Posted at 1:11PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Jon G.

6. Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers in the same room trying to be funny? God help us all.

Posted at 1:04PM on Jul 27th 2009 by ly9512

7. Kathy Griffin is a total hack. She is a -xyz lister. It amazes me that her plastic face and "nails on a chalkboard" voice haven't faded into obscurity yet...

Posted at 1:05PM on Jul 27th 2009 by The Watcher

8. Is this sow for real? She should have been thrilled just to be INVITED to anything having to do with the LEGENDARY Joan Rivers.

I think she meant to say that "summer is for GORGING, not work" That would have seemed a more plausible excuse....though it would have been problematic because apparently winter, spring and fall are also for gorging at the trough Lampanelli spends all of her time at.

Posted at 1:07PM on Jul 27th 2009 by paul

9. Lisa rocks!

Posted at 1:15PM on Jul 27th 2009 by tracey

10. Lisa Laminelli has NEVER EVER been roast master OR the headliner when she's done these roasts. She just doesn't want to work this summer unless it's for something major. Can you blame her for wanting to enjoy her summer?

Posted at 1:10PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Genjerleigh

11. Lisa isn't as much of a headliner as Kathy Griffin. Period. Get over it lisa. Not that I'm a big fan of Kathy's or anything, but you have to hand it to her, she wasn't a big hit at first. But she kept trying, and trying and trying...... She basically clawed her way from the D-list to somewhat of a high B-list I'd say. I kind of find her annoying, but I give her props for clawing her way to the top.

Posted at 1:15PM on Jul 27th 2009 by MADRADDER

12. You guys are so easily manipulated - TMZ tells u what to think and you eat it up like starving puppies instead of thinking for yourselves

Posted at 1:16PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Genjerleigh

13. GO LISA! Joan is ....just...Blech...

Posted at 1:18PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Michelle Parker

14. Lisa might want to reflect on her level of fame when she gets bumped for someone with a show called My Life on the D-List!

Posted at 1:21PM on Jul 27th 2009 by Carl

15. HAHAHAHAHA, like anyone would let TMZ tell them what to think. I love TMZ and all, but I don't consider it a real news source, it's more of a guilty pleasure sort of thing. hehehe.... TMZ has a very hateful, mean spin on most news about celebrities, but sometimes the brutal honestly is refreshing. It's a love/hate relationship I'd say.

Posted at 1:22PM on Jul 27th 2009 by MADRADDER

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments