Giuliana Rancic is now saying that a comment she made while hosting E!’s “Fashion Police” was heavily edited out of context to the point that it sounded racist.
After the Oscars, Rancic had commented about a former Disney star’s dreadlocks she wore on the red carpet, which some said were racist and demanded she apologize, which she did. (RELATED: Here Is Giuliana Rancic’s ‘Racist’ Comments, And Her Apology That Followed)
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On the “Today” show Tuesday, Rancic explained what she actually said versus what aired on TV.
Here’s the comment that aired:
“She just has such a tiny frame that this hair, to me, overwhelms her. I feel like she smells like patchouli oil. Or weed! Yeah, maybe weed?”
Here’s Rancic’s comment in full:
“I love Zendaya’s style and I love when she has the little hair, she just had it. She has such a tiny frame that this hair to me overwhelms her, it’s really heavy it overwhelms her [and it’s just like too Boho. Zendaya is more high fashion. The hair to me, on her, is making her a little boho] like I feel like she smells like patchouli oil and weed.
And here’s what she told Savannah Guthrie on Tuesday.
“You know, I made a reference to the hippie culture,” she said.
“I talked about patchouli oil, which is a hippie perfume. And in the editing process, some of the gestures I made, some of the things I said were taken out for time. I made peace signs, I said ‘bohemian’ twice—those were taken out for time. So when the joke aired, some people were offended by it.” (RELATED: Giuliana Rancic Says She Got Death Threats Over Zendaya Comments)
E! has currently placed “Fashion Police” on hiatus after hosts Kathy Griffin and Kelly Osbourne quit.
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