In the wake of Isaac Mizrahi’s touchy-feely performance on the red carpet at last week’s Golden Globes, the Academy is grumbling about E!’s plan to have Mizrahi manning the carpet at the Oscars as well. ”If they’re suggesting they would do something similar on our red carpet, we would have some good discussions with them,” Academy spokesman John Pavlik told the Associated Press. ”I can predict we would be extraordinarily angry if that happened on our carpet. I cannot predict what we would do afterwards.” Presumably, that means banning E! from future red carpet coverage.
Is the Academy making a big stink over nothing, considering that no celebrities have yet complained about Mizrahi’s manhandling? (Contrast this with the complaints from Dakota Fanning’s camp over Kathy Griffin’s joke at last year’s Globes that the child star was in rehab, forcing an apology and charitable donation from E! and probably also leading to E!’s decision not to hire Griffin again this year.)
Do you think Mizrahi will tone down his act for the Oscars? Should he?
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Who watches the preshows anyway?
I LOVE Isaac. I think he was great and funny! He was so much better than Star Jones, who would spend most of the time trying to kiss up to the celebrities and making jokes that were not funny. Isaac understands fashion, he is fun to watch and the celebrities seem to like him as well.
Isaac was annoying, and needed to keep his hands off celebrities oobies and out of their purses. Not all gay men know fashion or how to interview appropriately/professionally!! I certainly won’t be watching E!s preshow coverage.
i thought he was great! he was the best thing on the red carpet in years.
As much disgusted and appauled at his behaviour to everyone at the globes this year i have to admit it was the most entertaining and outrageous pre-show coverage i have ever seen… ever….i found myself changing channels back and forth from nbc and E! and found myself actually jaw dropping when he gropped scarlet johansson breast, i have no idea how she felt embarresd, annoyed but she was laughing so was she enjoying it????
I love the preshows, and in fact watch more of those than the actual awards. I found Mizrahi’s behaviour to be totally inappropriate to the occasion. He was so obnoxious that I changed channels to another preshow. He should not be on the Oscar’s red carpet, but if he is, he should tone it down!!
Bring on Heidi Klum! Isaac you are Out!
I don’t care for Isaac, I would’ve enjoyed more Guiliana Depandi ga ga-ing over George Clooney.
I got the feeling that more big name people would talk to Isaac because he’s funny, not threatening, not as self-congratulatory and certainly not stupid like some of the other personalities that work the red carpet. Keep him – he’s better than 98% of what else we’ve seen. And if the Academy can’t laugh at themselves a little bit, then really, get over yourselves. It’s just a stupid awards show.
Get rid of him. He was awful at the Golden Globes. I cannot believe they gave up Kathy Griffin for him on “E”!!
They kicked off Kathy Griffin because E! brought in Ryan Sechrest. They have a history that has become part of Kathy’s routine, and it’s not good.
Bring back Kathy Griffin. She’s the best part of the pre-show.
The red carpet pre-shows totally mindless. I know a lot of people care more about what the stars wear than the awards. It’s about movies, you know!
Love love loved Isaac. Ryan Seacrest bores me to sobs and is snippy. Issac was having fun and the celebs (most of em anyway) seemed to enjoy him.
I didn’t see it live but on the Leno Show, & I thought it was part of the gag on his show, but I couldn’t beleive how digusting he was! So no mo Isaac! Please!
How many of those gowns has Isaac designed and loaned for free over the years? Come on. If he can’t be sarcastic and funny about the red carpet experience, I don’t know who can.
Mizrahi’s groping of his guests was, literally and figuratively, simply atrocious behavior. We are such a “shock” culture that this is the best we can do??
Bring back Kathy.
Look, just because Mizrahi is a flaming fagg, it doesn’t give him the right to grope as he wants or ask questions about the hair down there. He is AWFUL and should be fired in the name of good taste. Please E, get rid of this embarassment!
Mr. Mizrahi is smart enough to realize he may have stepped over the line once or twice. But he’s charming and funny and different He deserves the chance to prove he can temper his contagious enthusiasm with a little more decorum. And there is the buzz factor to consider. Everyone’s talking about his performance which must make the execs at E! pretty happy.
What has it come to? Ryan Seacrest, Star Jones, Kathy Griffin and Isaac, all terrible. Please E! get someone to do the preshow that is actually worth watching. Huge mistake letting Joan and Melissa Rivers go.
Please keep Isaac!! At least he wasn’t fawnign all over everyone- And he asked the questions that we all want to know the answers to but no one asks!! Way to go!!
i thought he was inappropriate and funny and cringe-inducing all at the same time. i don’t care whether they keep him or not, but i just can’t believe he is deemed ok by E! and not Kathy Griffin? seems messed up to me.
Only a gay man gets away with that type of behavior. I say can him.
Have you seen the UK version of “What Not To Wear”? Trinny and Susannah have a habit of being very touchy feely as well, as usual Americans are just to hung up on such matters.
Whoooooooo cares.
It makes no sense that they got rid of Kathy Griffin. She was spontaneous, funny and made the red carpet a riot. Who is making decision’s at E!? An off the wagon Dakaota Fanning?
I thought Isaac was great! He was the only one who added life to E!’s red carpet parade. The rest were BORING! More Isaac!!!
Tasteless. Asking about pubic hair shaving was too much.
I like Isaac’s shows. It was a great idea to hire him for his fashion background and his personality, but he needs to reel it in on asking questions about underwear, looking in women’s handbags and touching. He is a better interviewer than he exhibited at the Globes. One more chance. I was happy they fired Kathy because of her vulgarity.
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