- Brittany Broski, Quen Blackwell, and Jake Shane were tapped to be red carpet correspondents for the famous Vanity Fair Oscars Party on Sunday, March 15.
- Julia Fox had a bit of an awkward moment with Quen and Jake, but salvaged it quickly with some banter.
- Vanity Fair and the content creators have received criticism for how they handled interviews at the coveted event.
This year’s Vanity Fair Oscars Party had some fresh faces from your TikTok FYP as its official red carpet correspondents, as the publication tapped Brittany Broski, Quen Blackwell, and Jake Shane to host the official livestream after the Oscars on Sunday, March 15.
Of course, they all came through with fun, lighthearted questions throughout the evening. Brittany asked Conan O’Brien about his upcoming role as a potty-training toy in Toy Story 5, while Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber played a bestie game with Quen and Jake.
But, as Julia Fox fully gushed about the Oscar-nominated film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, during her interview with Quen and Jake, it turned into a bit of an awkward moment. The movie, which has deeply resonated with moms, features Rose Byrne as a mother who experiences burnout while caring for her sick daughter with daily hospital visits.
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You…Wow, every mother’s story,” Julia—who is a single mom to her five-year-old son, Valentino—said, after she gushed about her other favorite films at the moment, like Wuthering Heights and Marty Supreme.
After he agreed and said the film was “really good,” Jake added, “Wasn’t the kid annoying?” Quen then chimed in, saying that “the kid was annoying because of the mom.”
Julia then defended the situation, saying, “It’s not that it’s the mother’s fault or the child’s fault. It’s society’s fault—it sets mothers up to fail, you know? Even the fact that school lets out at 3, but most jobs are done at 5 or 6. Like, all those little things are so positioned, and are not conducive to mothering.”
Quen and Jake seemed to keep the conversation going, but they, along with Vanity Fair, have faced criticism for working the carpet of the coveted event.
“We gotta stop having ‘influencers’ interview people this is so embarrassing,” one person wrote, while another added, “I understand Jake having a platform because he is semi charismatic and whatever but this is the problem with having a literal self proclaimed non-journalist doing journalism work… you telling me there’s no interesting, aware, and professional journalists out there? Come on now.”
Others came to Jake, Quen, and Brittany’s defense, with one person pointing out that internet personalities are brought into these spaces because they know how to make viral moments.
“Julia understood the film, Jake understood how to get engagement, different goals right?” they wrote, with another person praising the hosts, adding, “Having Quen, Jake and Brittany host the Vanity Fair party is the best thing they’ve ever done. Thank you thank you thank you.”
Ahead of his red carpet gig, Jake—who’s best known for hosting the Therapuss podcast—told Rolling Stone, “I didn’t go to school for journalism. There are real journalists out there asking real, thoughtful, hard questions. What I am having with people is a conversation. You can say that’s journalism but it’s not hard-hitting.”
Brittany also defended the integrity of her comedy-filled show, Royal Court, which just landed her a rare interview with Harry Styles.
“They want to see their favorite actors and celebrities in a more human, relatable, light. And I’m speaking from experience as a teenage girl who grew up on Tumblr,” Brittany told Vanity Fair of what fans want to see.
She added that Royal Court is an “environment where they get to show their personality, we get to learn something new about them. And the key to that is researching the guests very well. You’re not making them answer questions that they’ve answered 100 times on interview after interview. It feels like a quality moment spent together.”
Truer words!!
