Giuliana Rancic Reflects on Zendaya's 'Incredible' Career and How Fashion Reporting Has Evolved
It's been one win after another for Zendaya recently, and Giuliana Rancic counts herself among the star's legion of fans.

"She's incredible," says Rancic, 49, who is now designing clothing and home goods for her G by Giuliana lines at HSN after 20 years of covering entertainment and red carpets for E!, . "I think it's always fun to watch people from the beginning and then you see how they grow both in their work and also in every aspect of their career."“I had stayed up quite late the night before having my hair done,” she told Vogue of her faux loc hairstyle. “I didn’t have any kind of credentials or anything. I kind of snuck onto the red carpet.”
Part of Giuliana Rancic's Zendaya Joke Was Edited Out, Says Source
It was due to that same red carpet appearance that the star and Rancic made headlines. Hosting E! Fashion police at the time, Rancic drew backlash for a comment she made that night about the young star looking like "she smells like patchouli oil or weed."

The TV host later apologized on-air, telling viewers that "something I said last night did cross the line." (Zendaya responded to Rancic's mea culpa in a Twitter statement, writing that she hoped "others negatively affected by her words can also find it in their hearts to accept her apology as well.")These days Rancic, who retired from the network in 2021, couldn't be more excited for how things have turned out for the movie star. "She's so talented, she has an amazing fanbase," Rancic says. "I think it's great."