E!'s Giuliana Rancic Apologizes for Culturally Insensitive Hair Comment

Part of living in a diverse world is knowing when your words "cross the line."

E! correspondent and Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic issued an on-air apology for a comment she made about the faux locs that 18-year-old actress Zendaya wore to the Oscars.

During the Fashion Police episode in which the hosts — the other ones are Kathy Griffin, Kelly Osbourne and Brad Goreski — reviewed this year’s Oscar fashions, Rancic commented that it looked like Zendaya smelled like “patchouli oil” and “weed.” Here’s a clip of the comment.

The response from the audience was swift, prompting, first, a Twitter apology from Rancic.

 

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