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04-24-2013, 03:40 AM
WENN
Joan Rivers narrowly avoided an angry scene at an awards ceremony in New York City on Monday when union members protesting her show "Fashion Police" reportedly gatecrashed the event.
Members of the Writers Guild of America have backed a strike by writers on Rivers' E! series who claim they are owed wages and overtime payments, and a number of protesters targeted the Matrix Awards ceremony which Rivers was hosting. Campaigners managed to get into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel venue in Manhattan to hand out flyers before they were removed by security guards, according to the New York Post's gossip column Page Six.
Rivers went on to host the ceremony, which honors women in media, without further incident. A representative for Rivers insists the star "supports the 'Fashion Police' writers and wants a fair agreement for them."
Joan Rivers narrowly avoided an angry scene at an awards ceremony in New York City on Monday when union members protesting her show "Fashion Police" reportedly gatecrashed the event.
Members of the Writers Guild of America have backed a strike by writers on Rivers' E! series who claim they are owed wages and overtime payments, and a number of protesters targeted the Matrix Awards ceremony which Rivers was hosting. Campaigners managed to get into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel venue in Manhattan to hand out flyers before they were removed by security guards, according to the New York Post's gossip column Page Six.
Rivers went on to host the ceremony, which honors women in media, without further incident. A representative for Rivers insists the star "supports the 'Fashion Police' writers and wants a fair agreement for them."