Melissa Rivers Talks Joan Rivers' Final Hours; 'Fashion Police' Controversy & More

Melissa Rivers sat down in an exclusive TODAY interview today, her first on television since the August 2014 death of her mother, legendary comedian Joan Rivers.

Melissa shares the last conversation she had with her mother, their creative collaborations and the recent controversies that have plagued E!'s "Fashion Police." The 47 year old, said the pair had "a very normal conversation" the night before her mother underwent a minor throat procedure, during which she stopped breathing.

She also shares a passage from her new memoir, "The Book of Joan," about their final night together in the hospital.

"I slept on the cot next to my mother's bed that night with some of the lights still on and the TV blasting, just the way she liked it," she said. "In the morning, when it was time to remove the ventilator, she was surrounded by those who loved her most and whom she loved most. I lay in the bed and held her for a while. And after a few hours, she was finally gone. I didn't have to tell her I loved her. She knew. She didn't have to tell me she loved me. I knew."

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