On the front of Saturday’s Style section, The Washington Post dropped a sugar bomb on trans activist/actress Laverne Cox as she stepped away from being a red-carpet interviewer for the E! network. The headline: “Laverne Cox elevated E! red carpet coverage. Now she’s signing off.”
Janay Kingsberry, a Post writer focusing on “features with a gender and identity focus,” was too busy mourning these apparently glorious three years to wonder if Cox was canned, but allowed to make it sound like she quit. It began:
Since she first glided onto the red carpet as the new host of E!’s “Live From the Red Carpet” in 2022, Laverne Cox has been a mainstay of awards show season — charming stars and viewers at home with engaging questions and candid moments that have circulated social media.
Now, as the Golden Globes kick off the 2025 award season on Sunday,…
