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Kathy Ireland was inexplicably chosen by ABC to interview stars on the red carpet ahead of the Oscars on Sunday. Sherri Shepherd was also on interview duty and she did a great job. Unlike Kathy, Sherri was fun, personable and laid back with the celebrities and seemed like she was having the time of her life. Kathy was nice enough, but she was obviously reading off a teleprompter and looked stiff and out of her element. It’s unclear why Kathy was chosen for the job. Sherri has obvious experience interviewing celebrities as a panelist on The View while Kathy is known primarily as an ex model and entrepreneur who was on Dancing with The Stars.
Anyway Kathy, 46, has been tweeting about her experience at the Oscars and denies that she was on anything, or that she’s pregnant, as a couple of people wondered on Twitter. Kathy wore an unfortunate Herve Leger-type tight banded dress that emphasized her very slight tummy. (You can’t even see it in these photos, and it was only visible from certain angles.)
Kathy Ireland is firing back at critics who are slamming her appearance on ABC’s pre-Oscar special.
At times, the swimsuit model, 46, appeared stiff and awkward as she interviewed celebs like Zac Efron and Precious’ Gabourey Sidibe.
“No One Reads a Teleprompter Like Kathy,” screamed a TMZ headline. A Gawker editor called her a “travesty.”
But viewers on Twitter were much harsher.
One person called Ireland the best “hot mess” ever and made fun of her “stiff arm” and weird questions. “Best use of medication,” the person added.
Said another: “Kathy Ireland is freakin me out!” She’s a “great model,” one person also Twittered, but a “brutal pre-Oscar interview.”
Via Twitter, Ireland took time out to reply to all of her haters individually. (She even justified to one fan why her right hand looked so stiff: “Child care and gardening can make hands a little rough,” she explained.)
Ireland Twittered that she “cannot please everyone…and frankly I wouldn’t ever want to.”
“Don’t feel embarrassed for me,” she Twittered to another fan. “Had a blast and it was so much FUN!”
She said she thought it was “great for people 2B honest” because it helps her “learn & grow.”
But the mother-of-three was careful to stress that she wasn’t under the influence, as many people on Twitter suggested.
“No meds or alcohol Angel===just J.O.Y.!” she wrote to one fan, telling another: “Never use drugs and that as a Mom is not a cool or funny suggestion.”
She later added: “Some say I looked pregnant.LOL! Not true…others say I was drinking…would LOL if it were not so sad. Just excited 2 be involved. Grateful.”
But don’t expect her to take on regular hosting gigs.
Said Ireland (the CEO of Kathy Ireland World Wide, a $1.4 billion design empire): “I won’t give up my day job of design.”
[From US Weekly]
She’s staying positive and upbeat about the experience and isn’t defensive or upset about the criticism at all. I admire that, but I’ve also followed Kathy’s tweets from time to time and she’s so Pollyanna-ish and over-the-top that it seems like a put on. It’s not, and I guess she’s just that cloyingly sweet.
Despite her minor setback, Kathy isn’t ruling out future gigs interviewing celebrities. She tweets “had fun and am frankly surprised by all the discussion about it. May have to host more often:)!” Oh Kathy, you may chose to see the world through rose-colored glasses, but sometimes it’s best to take them off and stick with what you’re good at. Barring that, there’s no shame in asking for help.
Here’s Kathy interviewing Morgan Freeman and Zac Efron. If the video below is blocked for you, you can view it on YouTube. (sorry Heb!)
Written by Celebitchy
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I thought all of the ABC red carpet coverage was lame. They had this self imposed 20 second per interview-ee that was really distracting- and I guess the rule was, ask a dumb question and move on! And I didn’t think Kathy Ireland looked drunk or pregnant, she’s always kind of odd in her delivery, but this time factor thing they were working with was probably pushing her more than usual.
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I’m gonna need to know Stacey Dash’s secret…she is 44 and looks younger than she did on Clueless!!!!
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I thought the main issue with her interviews was that she was just so profuse in her praise (“Thank you SO much!!” “You are GREAT!!” “Have a GREAT night!!”) that she even made people who are normally used to hearing how wonderful they are feel really uncomfortable. She didn’t even ask any questions, just uncomfortably gushed. I understand that she was probably nervous but if someone has never really interviewed people, don’t give him/her the freakin’ Oscars as a debut!
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Kathy Ireland is a very shy person, quiet person. Not someone who would be at all comfortable doing this type of thing. She should have gracefully passed on the offer, but I suppose she thought her career needed the boost.
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She may have come across as a little nervous and uncomfortable, but it was okay as far as any of the red carpet “interviews” go. They’re lame by nature, no matter who is doing them.
She looks hot, though!
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ABC probably chose her because she was on DWTS. If she proved popular on the show (wouldn’t know, I don’t watch), they probably decided that would translate well to the red carpet. I’m just guessing, since I’m not in the industry and may just be talking out my a$$…but doesn’t it kind of make sense?
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I didn’t even recognize her while watching. I just kept asking who the drunken idiot was.
By the end i changed my mind and decided that she wasn’t drunk, she was on prescription meds. She couldn’t stand still and was visibly swaying during the sign off. What a mess.
When will producers realize that it takes more than being a celebrity to actually do this sort of thing?
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her face looks suspiciously tight.
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I didn’t think Sherri Shephard was very good. She talked over the people she was interviewing and her drooling over Clooney was embarassing. By the way, does she still claim to be a size 6????
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That’s Kathy Ireland? She looks like she had a face transplant.
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She looks like she’s carrying a few extra pounds and maybe she’s self-conscious about that. But her whole outfit was amazing on her and I want to copy it! Don’t like the hair from the back though.
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She is very sweet, somewhat shy and not to be mean but not the sharpest tool in the shed. Not sure why ABC picked her knowing she ssnt the best public speaker but in her defense she is exactly like how she was on the show in real life. I dont think she is on anything because she really comes across as somewhat airheaded in real life and i think people think that means she is on pres meds. She is super thin & because she had a tiny pooch like EVERY women pretty much does they are saying she is pregnant? ridiculous.
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Anyone is better than watching Ryan Gaycrest!
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What the heck happened to KI? What did she do to herself?!!
You can’t even tell it’s her anymore, and whatever it is it goes way beyond the natural aging process.
Her mannerisms are also just as unnatural and visually awkward. She’s just bizarre now (she used to do these types of things, back in the day, fluidly), too distracting in a sad pathetic sort of way.
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UG! She’s overenunciating every. Single. Word. And talking WAY TOO LOUDLY. AND SLOWLY!
That was a mess and very hard to watch (I just watched the clip above).
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Her face bothers me. It looks like it was taken off, chewed on by a baboon, spit back out, and then molded back onto her skull. Very, very strange.
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She appears nervous and out of her elements. That’s all. But honestly I did not recognize her with all the plastic surgery on her face. She does look different.
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wow – i had no idea it was her. i never saw her face! the shot always had the side/back of her head & thats that. i liked it anyway tho. stilted is better than Seacrest, or that spaz w/ the fishlips & fake-bake. good god, who got her to go away? i havent seen her around…..
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FYI: Kathy Ireland is an Entrepreneurial success… she is a CEO, Entrepreneur and designer of her own home product that has sales in the billions of dollars. She is smart, beautiful and kind with good values. She is no bimbo, but a model turned mogul. Amazing woman!
(I saw a documentary once and was surprised… she said she was business minded ever since she was a little girl).
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felt sorry for her…she was so nervous.
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