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Margaret Cho, fan of ‘tasteless, garish stuff,’ happy to be a part of revamped Fashion Police
Margaret Cho will be one of the new faces on E! channel’s revamped Fashion Police when it returns to the air later this month.
The comic will be part of a panel to also include NeNe Leakes, the show’s producer Melissa Rivers and returning co-hosts Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski.
‘I’m excited,’ Cho tells columnist Michael Musto. ‘There’s a nice mix of fags and fag hags on that show. That’s what the show is — fags and fag hags talking!’
Cho is ready to stand up for looks that are more offbeat than the heavily styled outfits that dominate red carpets these days.
‘I’m coming at it from a totally different point of view,’ she says. ‘I’m so heavily criticized for my own looks. Joan (Rivers) was always making fun of the ridiculousness of my outfits. I once wore a dress with arrows and she said, “She looks like she’s been shot by 12 gay Robin Hoods.” But I like tasteless, garish stuff. I like Bjork’s swan dress. The crazier, the better. And I’ll bring that point of view on the show.’
The show had stopped production last fall when Joan Rivers unexpectedly died shortly after the Emmy Awards edition aired. Production resumed in January with a Golden Globes edition with new panelists Kathy Griffin and Goreski joining returnees Rancic and Kelly Osbourne.
But the show imploded during its Academy Awards episode.
Rancic got into hot water when a joke written for her about actress Zendaya’s dreadlocks. She said they made the Disney star look as if she smelled ‘like patchouli oil’ or ‘weed.’
Rancic apologized on the air and it was later revealed that editing took the joke out of context and make Rancic look even worse. Osbourne, who had been outraged by the Zendaya incident, quit the show after five years as a panelist and Griffin quickly followed her out the door.
‘I was disappointed that Kathy Griffin left the show, so I took the job!’ Cho says.
‘All those bitches were fighting. But I’m the one that smells like pot and patchouli.’
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