Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Zendaya ‘Appreciates’ Giuliana Rancic’s Apology for ‘Smells Like Weed’ Comment

By Philip Cosores


Actress and musician Zendaya recently took offense to Giuliana Rancic’s comments about her hair on the Oscar red carpet, when Rancic commented on the E! show Fashion Police that Zendaya’s dreadlocks made her “feel like she smells like patchouli oil. Or maybe weed.”


Related: Zendaya is Not Happy with Giuliana Rancic’s Weed Hair Insult


Zendaya posted a response after the incident, calling the critique “a large stereotype [and] outrageously offensive.” Since then, Rancic has publicly apologized, causing Zendaya to once again take to social media to comment on the events.


“Body shaming and other tactics will never get the job done…I appreciate your apology and I’m glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network,” Zendaya said, adding, “I hope that others negatively affected by her words can find it in their hearts to accept her apology as well.”


Check out the full Instagram post from Zendaya below, which could serve us all the better think off-the-cuff responses to people’s physical appearances, especially when they reenforce negative stereotypes.





Rancic has not yet commented on this second response from Zendaya.






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