--- description: She wrote, "I'm glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network" title: Zendaya Accepts Giuliana Rancic's Apology in Oscars Controversy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cb79a5785873af1/69878110cd6848fe01099e25/zendaya.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Zendaya Accepts Giuliana Rancic's Apology in Oscars Controversy by [Alexandra Zaslow / People](/author/people/) ## Alexandra Zaslow / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 10:46 PM CUT  Actress/singer Zendaya arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Actress/singer Zendaya arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.Gregg DeGuire—WireImage by [Alexandra Zaslow / People](/author/people/) ## Alexandra Zaslow / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 10:46 PM CUT [Zendaya](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:ZendayaColeman,00.html "undefined") has accepted [Giuliana Rancic’s](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,20551123,00.html "undefined") apology after the _Fashion Police_ host made a [racially offensive joke](http://www.people.com/article/zendaya-blasts-giuliana-rancic-oscars-dreadlocks-fashion-police "undefined") about her Oscars hairstyle. “Giuliana, I appreciate your apology and I’m glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network,” the Disney Channel star wrote Wednesday on Instagram. “I hope others negatively affected by her words can also find it in their hearts to accept her apology as well.” She went on to quote Martin Luther King Jr.: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” Earlier, daytime talk show hosts took sides in the scandal Wednesday. On _The Talk_ Wednesday, [Sharon Osbourne](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:SharonOsbourne,00.html "undefined") supported Rancic and made sure to let everyone know that her daughter, _Fashion Police_ co-host Kelly Osbourne, was not involved in the dispute. > [](https://twitter.com/KellyOsbourne/status/570336234234490880) “I think her apology was very sincere, and as she said, she’s learned a lot about what she said,” Osbourne said on _The Talk_. “I think we all make mistakes on TV. I put my foot in my mouth so many times. She fessed up, and at the end of the day, she owned it.” ### See All the Best Actresses in Oscar History  1929: Janet Gaynor - Street Angel, Sunrise and 7th Heaven Bob Thomas—Popperfoto/Getty Images  1930: Mary Pickford - Coquette Edwin Bower Hesser—John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1931: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee George Hurrell—John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1932: Marie Dressler - Min and Bill Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images  1933: Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet General Photographic Agency/Getty Images  1934: Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory 1968: Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1969: Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter 1982: Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  1935: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night Imagno/Getty Images  1936: Bette Davis - Dangerous 1939: Bette Davis - Jezebel Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images  1937: Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld 1938: Luise Rainer - The Good Earth Ted Allan—Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1940: Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind 1952: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire Gordon Anthony—Getty Images  1941: Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1942: Joan Fontaine - Suspicion John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1943: Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver Popperfoto/Getty Images  1944: Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1945: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight 1957: Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia Apic/Getty Images  1946: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1947: Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own 1950: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1948: Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter Columbia Pictures/Getty Images  1949: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda Jack Albin—Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1951: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images  1953: Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba Camerique/Getty Images  1954: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1955: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1956: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo Mondadori/Getty Images  1958: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1959: Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! 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Vespa—WireImage/Getty Images  2008: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  2009: Kate Winslet - The Reader Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  2010: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side Dan MacMedan—WireImage/Getty Images  2011: Natalie Portman - Black Swan John Shearer—Getty Images  2013: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images  2014: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine Jason Merritt—Getty Images  2015: Julianne Moore- Still Alice Anthony Harvey—Getty Images  2016: Brie Larson - Room C Flanigan—Getty Images  2017: Emma Stone - La La Land Jason LaVeris—Getty Images  2018: Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Craig Sjodin—ABC/Getty Images  2019: Olivia Colman - The Favourite Craig Sjodin—ABC/Getty Images [Stacy London](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:StacyLondon,00.html "undefined"), former co-host of _What Not to Wear_ and current star of TLC’s _Love, Lust or Run_, was a guest host on _The View_ and criticized Rancic. “Only [Joan Rivers](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JoanRivers,00.html "undefined") can be Joan Rivers,” London said of the late comedian, who used to lead the E! show. “Giuliana is not Joan, sorry.” Her cohosts agreed. “Here’s what’s offensive to me,” [Whoopi Goldberg](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:WhoopiGoldberg,00.html "undefined") said. “I’ve had dreads for 40 years and never have I smelled like patchouli. It’s a stereotype that she put on.” She went on to say, “She’s not Joan Rivers, and unless you know how to make jokes, don’t do it, because this is what happens.” Many other celebrities have [taken to social media](http://www.people.com/article/stars-support-zendaya-giuliana-rancic-fashion-police "undefined") to share their feelings and support Zendaya. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/zendaya-responds-giuliana-rancic-apology "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723017/zendaya-giuliana-rancic-apology-dreadlocks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723017/zendaya-giuliana-rancic-apology-dreadlocks/"},"headline":"Zendaya Accepts Giuliana Rancic's Apology in Oscars Controversy","datePublished":"2015-02-25T22:46:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:23.293Z","description":"\"I'm glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network\"","url":"https://time.com/3723017/zendaya-giuliana-rancic-apology-dreadlocks/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cb79a5785873af1/69878110cd6848fe01099e25/zendaya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Zaslow / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cb79a5785873af1/69878110cd6848fe01099e25/zendaya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"87th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"87th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723017/zendaya-giuliana-rancic-apology-dreadlocks/","name":"Zendaya Accepts Giuliana Rancic's Apology in Oscars Controversy"}}]}] ```