Project Runway’s Jay McCarroll on Tim Gunn

February 07th, 2007 | Category: Project Runway

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Celebrities, Project Runway

Apparently, back in the day, Tim Gunn expressed disappointment that season one Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll hadn’t debuted a collection by the age of 29. (If you’re offended by profanity, you may want to close your eyes for that next part.)

“I just hate that considering middle America looks at him like, ‘He’s so nice, he’s like a father to them.’ On [Project Runway] he was, certain … And it’s like, f**kin’-A, man … I don’t think [Gunn is] an authority on any designer’s life. At one point he said I was an embarrassment considering I didn’t show yet. He went to school

for sculpture or something. Well, Jay would like you to know that he’s “not bitter” about that comment, but it was “hurtful.” In the February 4th issue of New York Magazine, McCarroll goes on at length about Tim Gunn, and it’s not pretty, Runway fans. Liz Claiborne just made him their creative director. too late. I don’t think he’s ever, to my knowledge, started a fashion line and therefore should not be the adviser or the f**kin’ creative director.” Oops … They hadn’t gotten the memo from Jay yet, I guess.

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Original post by Julia Ward

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