Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers were censored by AOL after their commentary of the 2008 Emmy Awards red carpet was not linked online due to being "too offensive." A large segment of the Rivers duo commentary was supposed to be linked on myhollywood.com, but was pulled after executives felt that Rivers was inappropriate.New York Post: AOL Gags Rivers' Rants (September 25, 2008)
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- After being pulled from the online network, Rivers remarked,
- "I was shocked that the suits at AOL have no humor . . . But that's OK. I've been gagged more times than Linda Lovelace. AOL is like Holocaust deniers. They want us to believe 6 million Jews spent World War II in Boca and Anne Frank was in an attic for two years looking for Christmas ornaments."New York Post: AOL Gags Rivers' Rants (September 25, 2008)