Giuliana Rancic is apologizing to Zendaya Coleman once again.
The apology comes after the E! News correspondent made "racist" and offensive comments about the actress' hairstyle during E's "Fashion Police" on Monday. While discussing red carpet fashion the 40-year-old television personality said that Zendaya's dreadlocks smelled like "patchouli oil... or maybe weed."
Dear @Zendaya, I'm sorry I offended you and others. I was referring to a bohemian chic look. Had NOTHING to do with race and NEVER would!!!
— Giuliana Rancic (@GiulianaRancic) February 24, 2015
After tweeting an apology to the Disney star on Monday, Rancic issued a more heartfelt apology during a brief E! News segment on Tuesday.
"I'd really like to address something that's weighing really heavy on my heart. I want to apologize for a comment that I made on last night's Fashion Police about Zendaya's hair," Rancic said. "As you know, Fashion Police is a show that pokes fun at celebrities in good spirit, but I do realize that something I said last night did cross the line."
Giuliana continued, "I just want everyone to know that I didn't intend to hurt anybody, but I learned it's not my intent that matters. It's the result. And the result is people are offended, including Zendaya. And that is not OK. Therefore, I want to say to Zendaya, and anyone else out there that I hurt, that I'm so sincerely sorry. This really has been a learning experience for me. I learned a lot today and this incident has taught me to be a lot more aware of cliches and stereotypes, and how much damage they can do. And that I am responsible, as we all are, to not perpetuate them further. Thank you for listening."
A photo posted by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Feb 23, 2015 at 8:20pm PST
