Joan Rivers wants to tattoo phone number on chest

The 77-year-old comedienne insists she is young at heart and she and her 70-year-old friend are planning on both getting their flesh inked - although Joan may opt for a practical design.

She explained: “I like young people. I don’t like people that get stuck. I have one good friend who’s 70 and she and I are getting tattoos. I think I should get my home phone number on my breast or ankle, because at this age I could get lost!’

Joan – who has famously undergone several plastic surgery procedures – is also unafraid to joke about her looks, saying she wishes “I was a twin so I could see what I’d look like without plastic surgery”.

There are, however, parts of her body which are surgery free - although she’s not about to start working out to get them in shape.

Joan quipped to the Daily Mail newspaper: “For instance, I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. Besides, I’m Jewish. I don’t work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, he’d have put diamonds on the floor.”

Despite all her body enhancements and razor sharp wit, Joan claims men have never told her she is beautiful.

She insisted: “No man has ever told me I looked beautiful. Oh, they say, ‘You look great,’ but never beautiful.”