PolitiFact - Comedian Joan Rivers was wrong about the Obamas

An Instagram user claimed that comedian Joan Rivers was killed for revealing that Barack Obama is gay and Michelle Obama is transgender. There is no truth to that claim. The Obamas are not gay, and Rivers died from a medical complication.

In footage from 2014, Rivers claimed that former president Barack Obama is gay and former First Lady Michelle Obama is transgender. An Instagram user sharing that video said Rivers was killed for revealing"the truth."

The user posted the video Jan. 11, which shows Rivers being interviewed on the street. In the clip, Rivers wasThe off-camera person interviewing Rivers then asked,"Do you think that the United States will see the first gay president or the first woman president?" Rivers answered,"Well we already have it with Obama, so let’s just calm down. You know Michelle is a t—-," using a slur that’s a reference to transgender people.Featured Fact-check

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