CBS’s James Corden Burns All the Fashion People While Hosting CFDA Awards

For some reason, the Council of Fashion Designers of America decided to tap Late Late Show host James Corden to host its annual award ceremony. And because he wasn’t the obvious choice, he gave a blistering speech full of intense fashion burns.

“Me hosting a fashion awards [show] is ridiculous,” he acknowledged, according to a transcript from NYMag‘s The Cut. “Me being here has disaster written all over it. Asking me to host the CFDA’s is like asking Terry Richardson to host your daughter’s birthday party.”

And it went on from there:

“Ladies and gentlemen, what a diverse crowd we have tonight. White gay men from all different areas of Manhattan have traveled to be here tonight to celebrate the best and the brightest fashion designers of the past 12 months.

My personal favorite involved Abercrombie and Fitch CEO and weird youth cult leader Mike Jeffries, who, earlier that day, lost a Supreme Court case involving his company’s discrimination against a woman who wore a hijab:

2015 saw the firing of Michael Jeffries of Abercrombie and Fitch. Abercrombie and Fitch’s [CEO] Michael Jeffries once said, “Of course my brand excludes people. It’s for cool people.” Now, as I stand in a room in front of the coolest people on the planet, I can see not one person wearing Abercrombie & Fitch. Which I guess makes him supercool, and we’re all nerds. Mike Jeffries is here tonight; he’s winning the Swarovski Prick of the Year Award.

Of course, Kardashians were involved:

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West are here tonight. We would like to congratulate you on your news today. There you are. Look at you, you beautiful bastards. Did you all know this? They’re having another baby. Amazing news. Kris Jenner said she can’t wait to meet her newest cast member, I mean grandchild. Your daughter North West famously threw a tantrum while sat side stage at a runway show this year. Kanye was not happy. He told her after the show that the West family only throws tantrums onstage. Kim and Kanye are both presenting this evening. I should warn you that Kanye is going to interrupt both speeches to say that Beyoncé should have won both of them.

But then he snuck a burn in about a certain powerful entertainment mogul recently accused of sexual harassment:

The truth is, without fashion, we would all be naked, and if you’re standing next to either me or Harvey Weinstein later, you’re going to be thankful that that isn’t the case.

Naturally, with jokes that burn-y, the CFDA released this milquetoast edit of Corden’s set:

[h/t Jezebel]
[Image via screenshot]

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