Ryan Seacrest Snubbed On Oscars Red Carpet After Only 6 Stars Talked To Him Before The Show

Ryan Seacrest Snubbed On Oscars Red Carpet After Only 6 Stars Talked To Him Before The Show

Although Ryan Seacrest still hosted E!’s red carpet amid the sexual harassment allegations made against him, he barely scored any celeb interviews; something he usually dominates.

Ryan Seacrest, 43, attempted to put the sexual misconduct allegations — made by his former stylist, Suzie Hardy — behind him while hosting the 2018 Oscars red carpet for E!. However, his uncomfortable behavior during the mere five interviews he scored on the red carpet showed just how much this scandal has weighed on his reputation. Midway into E!’s pre-show telecast, which mostly featured the lovely Giuliana Rancic, 43, instead of Seacrest, it was evident that many celebrities who usually stop to speak with Seacrest, most likely avoided him. Out of the star-studded event, Seacrest only spoke with a handful of celebs, some of which included, Tiffany Haddish, nominees Allison Janney and Christopher Plummer, Richard Jenkins, who was wearing a Time’s Up pin, and Mary J. Blige.

Seacrest had a noticeably low turnout on the carpet this year, failing to land interviews with Viola Davis, Ashley Judd, Margot Robbie and Sandra Bullock, among many other familiar faces. Taraji P Henson also stopped to talk with Seacrest on the carpet, where she threw a subtle diss at the host. “You know, the universe has a way of taking care of the good people,” she told Seacrest as he interviewed her. “You know what I mean?” she asked as she gave him a nudge under the chin. Seacrest’s underwhelming turnout on red carpet also came after Jennifer Lawrence told Howard Stern she wasn’t sure she would stop to talk to E! at the Oscars, before slamming network over the Catt Sadler unequal pay issue and Fashion Police‘s “mean” comments about “people’s bodies.” When Stern asked if she would stop to chat with E!, she said, “Umm, I don’t know… I mean there is a lot to think about with E!, you know?”

Something else that jumped out at viewers was Seacrest’s unusual spot on the Academy Awards red carpet. The longtime host didn’t appear to be in the sectioned-off E! stage that the network prestigiously builds each year. In fact, other reporters on the red carpet kept appearing in his camera shot. While it’s unclear why Seacrest’s location appeared to be a downgrade on the carpet, the move comes at the same time he’s in the midst of an alleged sexual harassment scandal.

As you may know, Seacrest’s former stylist, Suzie Hardy came forward with allegations of sexual harassment on February 26, 2018. Hardy — who doesn’t work in the business any longer — accused Seacrest of sexual misconduct while she worked under him at E! from 2006-2017. In a letter from her attorney addressed to E!, it’s parent company NBCUniversal, as well as Seacrest himself [from November 2017], Hardy claims the following Seacrest allegedly grinded his erect penis on her while only in his underwear and groped her vagina. Hardy also claimed Seacrest once slapped her buttock so hard that it resulted in a large welt that was still visible hours later.