As Joan Rivers' friends and family mourned her death in Manhattan on Sunday, Chris Rock took some time out in Toronto to pay tribute to the comedian he refers to as "Mount Rushmore."
"I know people are like, 'Joan Rivers broke down all these barriers for women, blah blah blah," he said in The Hollywood Reporter's video lounge at the Toronto Film Festival. "I think it's a disservice to even group her in any — Joan Rivers is one of the greatest stand-up comedians to ever live. She's better than [Don] Rickles; she's the one of the best female stand-ups to ever live. No man ever said, 'Yeah, I want to go on after Joan.' No, Joan Rivers closed the show every night."
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