Most of the quotes are attributed to an unnamed friend, but still—what's the point of Joan Rivers trashing Oprah Winfrey for being phoney and uncaring? "Oprah's just very cold. Oprah—if she don't need you, she don't know you!" says Rivers, not exactly known for being warm herself, in National Enquirer (June 21, 2010). 

Whatever shortcomings Winfrey may have—and so much of what people despise about her boils down to "uppity"—they pale in comparison to the good she's done in the world after a pretty bleak start. Is she sanctimonious at times? Maybe, but it would be hard not to act that way occasionally when you're one of the world's most powerful people and a trailblazer with the power to change lives.

Rivers, however fun some people inexplicably find her, can't hold a candle to Winfrey in the giving back department. I think there's a difference between being real and being real nasty.