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The Golden Globes red carpet which featured women dressed in proTimes Up all-black and actresses calling out E!
That seems to be what happened during Sunday nights broadcast.
I dont know with any certainty that Seacrest is guilty of the charges.
He hascontinued to deny themand E!
What I do know is that E!
Its not likeno onestopped by to talk to Seacrest, the biggest multi-tasker in showbiz.
But for the first hour of the program and much of its second, E!
threw to co-host Giuliana Rancic who was stationed at the Roosevelt Hotel and frequently joined by E!
commentator Kristin Dos Santos and MTVs Josh Horowitz far more often than it focused the camera on Seacrest.
The dearth of big movie stars on E!
decided to keep Seacrest on the show.
Were not there yet.
But weve got to keep pushing and change will come, she said.
Before you destroy my Twitter mentions, kindly know that I realize Ryan Seacrest is not a neo-Nazi.
Im exaggerating to make a point here.
And that point is that the underlying hypocrisy of the whole E!
In a way, actually, this yearsLive From the Red Carpetshow was the most honest E!
has ever been because every minute was a subtextual admission of that truth.
The higher-ups at E!
were admittedly in a tough position.
Maybe some people would have assumed he was guilty, but guess what?
Some people are doing that anyway.
(Also, Id like to add that this guy has, at minimum, 15 jobs.
It would hardly put him on welfare if he gave up a fraction of one temporarily.)
In addition to what this all says about how E!
For some reason, E!
Granted, it is challenging to do a structural overhaul on a red-carpet show.
People essentially watch them because they want to see what famous people have to say and what theyre wearing.
Chatty Q&As are always going to be at the core of how they work.
but on most of the shows that do the What are you wearing?
Kathy Griffin who was actually pretty refreshing on the E!
This country is going through a phase where people want to hear funny stuff, she wrote.
We want to hear encouraging stuff.
And we want to hear something a little bit deeper.
Activism is no longer just for Jane Fonda and Martin Sheen: Were all activists now.
And the red carpet needs to embrace it instead of fighting it.
Granted, Griffin may just be advocating to score such a gig for herself.
But she makes a great point.
Those movements have become so big that the red-carpet hosts cant ignore them without looking out of touch.
