New The Late Late Show man James Corden hosted the CFDA Awards and gave a speech that took down and poked fun at a lot of figures in the fashion industry this week. Corden targeted Terry Richardson, Kim Kardashian, and even former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries. However, the CFDA uploaded, and then took down, a condensed version of the speech that had cut out all the controversial jokes. Luckily, The Cut has a full transcript of Corden's hilarious take on the fashion industry.
Corden first called out Richardson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct multiple times. "Asking me to host the CFDAs is like asking Terry Richardson to host your daughter’s birthday party," he said.
Kardashian, along with Kanye West and North, was the butt of a joke about her daughter's outburst at fashion week. "Your daughter North West famously threw a tantrum while sat side stage at a runway show this year," he said. "Kanye was not happy. He told her after the show that the West family only throws tantrums onstage."
The CFDA host also gave a very special award to Jeffries, who was often embroiled in controversy at A&F because of his offensive views about who should be wearing his former brand's clothes. "Michael Jeffries once said, 'Of course my brand excludes people. It’s for cool people,'" Corden said. "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.”
You can read the full speech here.
