For much of last week, we discussed the fallout after Giuliana Rancic mocked Zendaya Coleman’s Oscar dreadlocks on E!’s Fashion Police. Kelly Osbourne tweeted her displeasure and threatened to quit unless Giuliana apologized. Giuliana did issue a somber apology that seemed authentic. Then a live audience member revealed how Kelly repeatedly warned Giuliana during the episode’s taping. Zendaya accepted Giuliana’s apology and kept it classy with an eloquent statement. That should have been the end of the story.

But no! There’s more, although I didn’t follow up with this update from the Mail, which said Giuliana took the fall for the weed joke, which she (allegedly) didn’t write: “Giuliana is a stand up person and instead of making excuses or pointing fingers and laying blame, she took it all on herself, she knows she should have been more sensitive and didn’t make any excuses.” This part of the story didn’t jibe with the stuff we already heard, and it sounded fishy to me.

Kelly departed Fashion Police on Friday even though Giuliana apologized. TMZ reported that Kelly had been “at odds” with producers for some time, and they were “up to here” with her. E! issued a statement about how Kelly left “to pursue other opportunities. We would like to thank her for her many contributions to the series over the past five years, during which time the show became a hit with viewers.” The show will return on March 30, and E! didn’t drop hints about Kelly’s replacement.

There’s a question of whether Kelly quit or was asked to leave. It was probably the latter. Kelly acted immature by tweeting a threat to quit the show. That’s bad form, and she should know that no one is indispensable at their job. Radar talked to sources who say Kelly “was given the option to quit or be fired. In reality, she was let go.” They say Kelly has been upset ever since Kathy Griffin replaced Joan Rivers “because [Kelly] thought she was going to be the star of the show.” Is that part true? I don’t know. E! was also reportedly peeved that Kelly tweeted about the dreadlocks controversy: “The network stands behind Giuliana and are furious that Kelly bashed her and the show.”

E! has a few weeks to come up with a replacement for Kelly, who made the grave mistake of throwing the show under the bus right as the Kardashians secured a 4-year contract with E!. Us reports that Khloe Kardashian is in contention to replace Kelly, as is NeNe Leakes. Do you think they’ll go with Khloe? I’d be willing to bet that Kris Jenner’s fiddling with her voodoo dolls as we speak.

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