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Comedians are tweeting prayers for Joan Rivers amid 'life support' reports

There has been an outpouring of well-wishes on Twitter.

Ian West Ian West

COMEDIANS AND OTHER celebrities have taken to Twitter to voice their prayers for Joan Rivers, after reports emerged that she is on life support.

I really need Joan Rivers to be ok.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 30, 2014

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Thinking about @Joan_Rivers & @MelRivers really need you to pull through so we can roast you again. I promise to be funny this time. #Legend
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) August 31, 2014

Tom Arnold / Twitter

We can't lose Joan. All love and healing wishes to Her Majesty Joan Rivers- being ripped a new one by you is an honor to be treasured.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) August 31, 2014

Lena Dunham / Twitter

Rivers was rushed to hospital last week after she stopped breathing during an operation on her vocal cords at a clinic on New York’s Upper East Side.

She was said to be in a stable condition at the time.

However, TMZ reported last night that the comedian is on life support and “completely reliant on machines to stay alive”.

Rivers and her daughter Melissa in 2013 AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

The news sparked an outpouring of well-wishes on Twitter from Rivers’ fellow celebrities and TV personalities.

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Praying Joan Rivers.
— Chris Moyles (@ChrisMoyles) August 30, 2014

Chris Moyles / Twitter

Gutted by this Joan Rivers news. In this culture of outrage, she is so essential. There's no one to take her place.
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) August 31, 2014

Seth Abramovitch / Twitter

Rivers’ daughter Melissa flew to New York in the wake of the medical emergency and issued a statement to media shortly afterwards.

She is currently staying at an Upper East Side apartment so she can be close to her mother’s bedside, the New York Daily News reports.

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