Joan Rivers is a tough act to follow, but E! Network has decided its hit show Fashion Police will continue - with Kathy Griffin filling Joan's Jimmy Choos. Show insiders tell MailOnline, that Joan's daughter Melissa Rivers agreed to continue to produce her mother's show and has given her blessing to the choice. E! executives are negotiating a deal with the popular redhead. 'Kathy has been told if she wants the gig she can have it because Melissa wanted someone who her mother would have approved of,' says the show source. 'Kathy will probably take the position but they are still working out the deal.'
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E! Network has decided the hit show Fashion Police will continue - with Kathy Griffin at the helm
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Fashion Police producer Melissa Rivers has given Kathy her blessing as someone her mother would have approved of
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