True to form, Isaac Mizrahi has gone on record as saying that he will not tone down his red carpet antics one iota for Sunday night’s Oscar extravaganza. Widely criticized for his Golden Globe red carpet interviews–which included grabbing Scarlett Johanssen’s breast, questioning various celebrities about their underwear, and asking Eva Longoria about her carpet–Mizrahi remains uncowed by the Academy spokesmen’s remarks that such behavior will be frowned upon Sunday night.
Which is not entirely surprising, actually, given that the Academy’s official threat is that they will be “extraordinarily angry” if the fashion designer does anything deemed inappropriate. That, and that they “cannot predict” what they will do if Isaac goes against their wishes. Well, that’s enough to give anyone pause, right there.
To his credit, Mizrahi has said that the award arrival pre-shows have bored him to tears in the past, and that he was only “asking the questions that interested him,” in an attempt to liven things up.
Mission accomplished. While I’ve tended to skip all but the last half-hour or so of the arrival shows in the past…you can bet I’ll be tuning into E! at 5:30 sharp (Eastern) just to watch this train wreck develop.
