Joan Rivers’ personal doctor stopped to take a selfie in the procedure room while the famous comedienne was under anesthesia, just moments before she went into cardiac arrest, CNN reported Tuesday.
Rivers, 81, was getting a routine scoping of her throat at Yorkville Endoscopy Aug. 28 when her own physician performed an unplanned biopsy on her vocal cords, a source told the Daily News.
The procedure sent the famed funny woman into a death spiral.
A staff member at the Upper East Side clinic told CNN that the personal physician — who was not authorized to practice medicine at the private facility — paused to snap a self-portrait.
Rivers was at the clinic for a routine endoscopy by gastroenterologist Dr. Lawrence Cohen.
Cohen has since been let go by the clinic. Rivers’ personal physician has not yet been named.
Rivers died Sept. 4 at Mount Sinai hospital. She never regained consciousness after the botched biopsy.