Kathy Griffin Talks Zendaya Controversy: 'I Wouldn't Have Said the Joke'

In a new interview with the Chicago Sun Times, FASHION POLICE co-host Kathy Griffin is speaking out about recent controversial comments made by her co-host Giuliana Rancic about Disney star Zendaya .

The comedian shared that she "probably" would not have been in the same hot water as her fellow FASHION POLICE co-panelist Rancic who famously commented that Zendaya probably smells like "patchouli oil" or "weed" because of her Oscar-night hairstyle.

"I wouldn't have said the joke in the first place," said Griffin, adding "Some dude wrote it for her." The moral of the story? "Don't have anyone write you jokes or even suggest jokes for you on 'Fashion Police,'" Griffin advises Rancic. "You have enough great insider gossip from actually being on the red carpet. That's what fans want to hear the next day. Just talk and be yourself."

Griffin is new to the FASHION POLICE panel, replacing late comic Joan Rivers who passed away in September due to complications of a routine medical procedure. Explaining her theory of comedy, the 54-year-old offers, "I will make my Miley Cyrus jokes as long as people want to laugh at them. But there is a chasm of difference between making a joke about Miley Cyrus wearing duct tape over her nipples out in public and simply looking at a photo of her on a red carpet and saying she is ugly or a bad singer or pathetic or something like that."

Following the Zendaya controversy, 'Police' co-host Kelly Osbourne quit the E! series. While no new co-host has been announced, the show is expected to return on March 30th.

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