<p>After Joan Rivers‘ shocking death from surgery complications in 2014, the 81-year-old will be remembered for more than just being a star in Hollywood.</p><br /><p>In a new series by Reelz called Nancy O’Dell Remembers: Joan Rivers, insiders take a look back at the television host’s most notable ways she shifted the entertainment industry</a>.</p><br /><p>“She created the red carpet,” one insider said. “She took all that and made an industry out of it.”</p><br /><p>“It was almost a compliment if Joan insulted you. If I had said some of the things that Joan would say, I think I’d have to go home and cry,” Nancy O’Dell</a> said. “But Joan just had this way of saying things where you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh I just got insulted by Joan Rivers! I feel very big and important today!'”</p><br /><p>But with star-power came heartache, too. The former The Late Night Starring Joan Rivers host’s husband, Edgar Rosenberg, had committed suicide in 1987</a> after he fell into a depression following Fox firing them both.</p><br /><p>Watch the sneak peek clip right here on OK! to see what else will be revealed in the episode!</p><br /><p>Nancy O’Dell Remembers: Joan Rivers will air Monday, April 10, at 9 pm ET/PT on Reelz.</p><br /><p>The post Nancy O'Dell Tells Why Stars Took Joan Rivers' Red Carpet Insults</a> appeared first on OK! Magazine</a>.</p><br />
