Isaac Mizrahi

[jilly]

He wasn't just touching the breasts, he was honking the breasts! It seems that people liked him though. Oh well, no E Oscar red carpet for me.

[Yossarian]

ginger said:

Does/did he ever design dresses that would be seen on the red carpet?

He used to. Helen Hunt used to wear a lot of his stuff when both of them were in their heydey. I think this is Mizrahi. I always thought his stuff was obvious and slightly tacky. Definitely not breaking new fashion ground.

Well, evidently a lot of people agreed with your assessment of his fashion. The reason that he disappeared from the fame radar for a few years was because his couture company filed for bankruptcy and he was dealing with pesky things like creditors.

[margojata]

Great, this moron is coming back. It looks like all TV Guide Channel for me...



The openly gay fashion designer didn't mean to offend anyone, E! Networks President and CEO Ted Harbert told The Associated Press on Friday.

In fact, Mizrahi was just what the network ordered. He's already been assigned to carpet duty at the
Academy Awards on March 5.

"I've hired Isaac because I felt the red carpet work on television, not just on E!, had become predictable, staid and frankly boring. What I wanted is someone who would bring surprise," Harbert said.

But whether the staid Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take kindly to a repeat of Mizrahi's Golden Globes behavior on its own red carpet is another question entirely.

"I have no idea what plans E! has on Oscar night. If they're suggesting they would do something similar on our red carpet, we would have some good discussions with them," said academy spokesman John Pavlik. "I can predict we would be extraordinarily angry if that happened on our carpet. I cannot predict what we would do afterwards."

[jilly]

I predict that big name stars will avoid him.

[Karen]

After the Globes, who would actually want to be near Mizrahi? His questions seem so humiliating. I don't think celebs should be sucked up to but he was far too tacky.

If they meet on the red carpet, I hope Ellen DeGeneres gives him a good "fun" grope between the legs. Because hey - don't object to an invasion of personal space if the person doing it has no sexual interest in you, right Isaac?

I'd rather watch Star Jones. *shudder*

[indygirl]

So how is his "humor" better than Kathy Griffin's?

[ohnoshedidnt]

Sounds like he crapped all over Seacrest's debut. I love it.

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I hear Seacrest is the reason Griffin was fired.

God, I don't care if he's an asexual eunich, anyone who starts asking me on LIVE TV if I have my naughty bits shaved and starts groping my breasts is just ASKING to have his face slapped.

[slashgirl]

oldschool said:

If none of the celebrities put him in his place/ "checked him", that's their missed opportunity.

IMO, the reason why Isaac wasn't put "in check" was because Isaac probably would've thrown a tantrum, which would've led to bad press at the stars' expense. As far as I'm concerned, if somebody publically violated his personal space and then tried to use their sexuality as an excuse, it would serve him right.

I don't care if he's an asexual eunuch, anyone who starts asking me on LIVE TV if I have my naughty bits shaved and starts groping my breasts is just ASKING to have his face slapped.

Or punched, in my case.

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Quite honestly, I believe that no one objected there because they didn't want the bad press. Everyone would be saying, "Oh, what a snob/prude/whatever!" Let's face it-Hollywood isn't exactly friendly to people who complain about even legit harassment.

(Although I can't say I BLAME him for the comments to Longoria, but I still think it was tacky.)