Actress Zendaya has issued a statement, accepting ‘E! Fashion Police’ presenter Giuliana Rancic’s apology, following a racism row which has developed since the Oscars.
Giuliana was widely criticised when she made a comment about Zendaya’s dreadlocks, stating that the actress’s hair made her “feel like she smells of patchouli oil… or weed.”
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Zendaya then took to Instagram to criticise the presenter, and she received support from celebs including ‘Selma’ director Ava DuVernay and Kerry Washington.
Giuliana then issued an apology, which Zendaya has accepted.
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“Giuliana, I appreciate your apology and I’m glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network,” her statement reads. “I hope that others negatively affected by her words can also find it in their hearts to accept her apology as well.
“From a quote we all know by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out have; only love can do that." Let’s be that light and spread that love.'”
“Dear @Zendaya, I'm sorry I offended you and others,” Giuliana wrote on Twitter earlier this week. “I was referring to a bohemian chic look. Had NOTHING to do with race and NEVER would!!!”
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actors Justin Theroux (L) and Jennifer Aniston attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Jason Merritt via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actor Channing Tatum (L) and actress Jenna Dewan Tatum attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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