Isaac Mizrahi Defends His Right To Ask Celebrities About Their Pubes
E! may have promised Ryan Seacrest they would shitcan red carpet loose cannon Kathy Griffin as part of his deal, but their wily network execs made sure there was nothing in his contract that said they couldn't replace her with someone just as obnoxious hence the debut of fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi at the Golden Globes pre-show. While his arsenal of celebrity ambush material had nothing in it quite as classic as Griffin's "Little Dakota Fanning entered rehab today" quip, he still managed to win us over with his pubic hair-themed exchange with Eva Longoria, not to mention that round of grabby-hands involving Scarlett Johansson's rack. With the Oscars quickly approaching, Mizrahi recently went on record to let the world know that he has no plans of toning things down:
"I am going to meet people and I love doing that, and I'm not going to put a mask on to meet people now because of whatever interesting controversy was raised at the Golden Globes," Mizrahi told The Associated Press in an interview this week."
Whether Mizrahi's no prisoners/no apologies approach to the red carpet translates to the Oscars, a considerably more formal occasion than the Golden Globes, remains to be seen. If he should happen to err, however, we can only hope it's on the side of good judgment: One off-color question regarding Dame Judi Dench's propensity for "landing strips" could mark the awkward and untimely end to Mizrahi's promising second career.