Their Secret Past
Although the rivalry between Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson was not a secret, she later admitted that she had engaged in an affair with Carson while she was still married to her husband Edgar Rosenberg. Despite the affair, Joan was married to Rosenberg for 22 years until the end of his life.
His Fourth Marriage
Carson married his fourth wife Alexis Maas in 1987 following his divorce for third wife Joanna Holland. Holland received a $20 million settlement. Maas remained Carson’s wife until he passed away in 2005.