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Law Roach and Nina Garcia had tense words for one contestant after he asked if he was &34;being Punk'd&34; for landing in the bottom. Project Runway panel calls

Law Roach and Nina Garcia had tense words for one contestant after he asked if he was "being Punk'd" for landing in the bottom.

Project Runway panel calls out 'rude' contestant talking back to Heidi Klum at judging: 'Looked like a big loofah'

Law Roach and Nina Garcia had tense words for one contestant after he asked if he was "being Punk'd" for landing in the bottom.

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- *Project Runway* made its Freeform debut with a "spicy" contestant talking back to the judges.

- "Am I being *Punk*'d?" Antonio Estrada asked after landing in the bottom, with Heidi Klum curtly replying, "No."

- "I think you're being defensive and also a little bit rude," judge Law Roach said.

*Project Runway* might've returned with a new roster of designers flexing their fashion skills on the main stage, but one contestant's emotions unspooled in front of the judges when he was placed in the bottom.

After a Disney-themed challenge on Thursday's season 21 premiere tasked the contestants with creating looks in two teams divided by inspiration from princesses and villains, competitor Antonio Estrada landed in the bottom — and he wasn't happy.

"Am I being *Punk*'d?" Estrada asked after his placement was revealed, with head judge and host Heidi Klum curtly replying, "No" before the critiques began.**

Christian Siriano, Nina Garcia, Law Roach, and Heidi Klum on 'Project Runway'.

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As the panel initially broke down Estrada's look, he licked his lips and attempted to shift focus to judge Christian Siriano's advice that was given during a work room walkthrough.

"You keep blaming everything on Christian," Law Roach observed.

"Christian told me his intern could make that dress in 30 minutes," Estrada replied, with Siriano eventually doubling down on the assessment.

"I just think this dress underneath, an intern *could* make it in 30 minutes. It's a tube dress," Siriano quipped, with Klum adding that Estrada's model "just looked like a big loofah."

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Estrada attempted to explain his feelings, telling the judges, "I'm a Gemini, and I don't like people telling me what to do. And I was like, 'You're an adult, you're going to listen to Christian, he's here for a reason, he's your mentor.' And I did listen to him. That's why I changed my look three times. You pushed me to be better."

Roach observed that Estrada's words were "spicy," with Nina Garcia jumping in to chastise the designer for clapping back so quickly.

"Antonio, you're being so defensive. We're just trying to understand your work. I don't think there's any reason to be defensive," she said.

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Roach added that "I think Nina's right to call that out, I think you're being defensive, and also a little bit rude."

"It's okay to be criticized and to be let down by the criticism. But to kind of throw it back comes across as really quite nasty," Roach continued. "I'm just letting you know, one girl to another."

In the end, however, Estrada was spared from elimination, with returning contestant Caycee Black ultimately leaving the runway first — marking the second time in her *Project Runway* career that she was eliminated first, having previously been the first "out" on season 19.

*Project Runway* continues Thursdays on Freeform, followed by weekly streaming debuts on Hulu and Disney+.

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Carolla recalled his experience from when he was a guest on the talk show in 2012.

Adam Carolla claims staff on The Ellen DeGeneres Show was 'real scared' of 'mean' host

Carolla recalled his experience from when he was a guest on the talk show in 2012.

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Adam Carolla is not a fan of Ellen DeGeneres.

The comedian gave his account of being a guest on *The Ellen DeGeneres Show* back in 2012 on a recent episode of the* After Party with Emily Jashinsky* podcast.

"When you do [Jay] Leno, Leno was fun and breezy and easy and people were nice, and they were kind of laid back, and they weren't looking over their shoulder at all," he said of the former host of *The Tonight Show*. He added that his own former cohost on* The Man Show*, Jimmy Kimmel, also had a set that was "nice and people are nice."

He didn't say the same about DeGeneres, who came up when the host mentioned DeGeneres having relocated to the U.K. following the election of President Donald Trump last year.

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Carolla claims DeGeneres had "always been a mean person," which he said he'd realized during his time working with the staff on the popular series that ran from 2003 to 2022.

"People were scared, real scared," he said. "And I knew they were scared, because I was just sitting in my dressing room and their segment producer came in and he went, 'All right, so we went over all the stuff we're going to talk about' — Christmas vacation or whatever it was."**

Even after Carolla assured him that he would stick to the pre-planned topics during his conversation with DeGeneres, the employee wasn't satisfied.

"And he goes, 'You're not going to talk about meat or beef or anything like that, right?' And I go, 'No, I'm not. I'm just going to talk about the stuff we talked about,'" Carolla recalled.

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As Carolla told it, the conversation didn't end there.

"He came back like 20 minutes later, right before I went out, and he's like, 'OK, but don't talk about beef or meat,'" Carolla said. "And I was like, 'Oh, this guy's scared to death. This guy's scared.'"

Later on, Carolla said he learned from one of the show's writers — an employee he didn't identify, because he'd signed a non-disclosure agreement — his hunch had been right. The writer claimed that DeGeneres was the "worst person I've ever met."

EW has reached out to reps for DeGeneres for comment.

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Carolla's claims follow the allegations of a toxic workplace that DeGeneres faced beginning in 2020. Former staffers said they had been told to avoid speaking to her or even looking her in the eyes and accused producers of racism and intimidation.

DeGeneres herself addressed the outcry, including in September's *Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, *which was billed as her final standup special.

"I got kicked out of show business because I'm mean," DeGeneres said onstage. "Yeah, you all heard I was mean. Everybody heard that I was mean. Everywhere I go, I know everyone's heard that I'm mean. I know when I walk into a restaurant, people are watching, waiting to see if I'll be mean. 'Do you think she'll be mean first and then dance? Oh, look, she's reaching for butter. I thought she was going to hit somebody.'"**

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Kevin James thought pal Ray Romano's sitcom had no chance because he's such a 'low-energy guy': 'This is death'

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Kevin James didn't realize how much everybody was going to love Raymond.

In fact, the comedian and actor was concerned when he found out that his friend Ray Romano, whom he knew from the stand-up comedy circuit, landed his own sitcom on CBS. James wasn't sure his buddy's show would make it.

"I couldn't believe it, because he's such a low-energy guy," James said on a recent episode of the *Sibling Revelry With Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson* podcast. "Sitcom guys were, to me, like the big, wacky [characters]. I'm like this, this is death. It's not gonna happen."

It turns out James needn't have worried.

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*Everybody Loves Raymond* was a huge hit, running for nine seasons from 1996 to 2005 and winning 15 Emmys along the way. Romano played the title character, a sportswriter dealing with a colorful family including wife Debra (Patricia Heaton), brother Robert (Brad Garrett), and parents Marie (Doris Roberts) and Frank (Peter Boyle).

James really learned how wrong he had been when his own sitcom, *The King of Queens*, premiered on the same network two years later.

"The first few years of going with Ray — even when our shows came out, we'd go to the CBS functions and things like that," James recalled. "Red carpet things were so rough because they knew him, but my show had just come out, so they're taking a thousand pictures of Ray."

Ray Romano and Kevin James on 'Kevin Can Wait'.

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James said he remembers "kind of standing there and nothing's clicking." When he would attempt to get closer to Romano, the photographers would ask to get more shots of Romano by himself.

"It was tough," said James, whose own series ended up running for nine seasons as well. It earned one Emmy nod, for James, in 2006.

***Sign up for **'s free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.******* He added that he "learned everything from Ray on how to do a sitcom." One lesson he picked up was how to underplay a scene.

"[Romano] was so good on his sitcom, and the way he threw things away. I was like, 'Wow. I have to watch him and learn from him, because I'm gonna be too big on camera,'" James said. "So even in the *King of Queens*, when I see episodes now, I'm like, 'Throw it away, kid. What are you doing?' I'm like, 'Gee whiz. I wish I could go back and redo it.'"**

Audiences approved of both shows, which continue to air in reruns. Romano and James also got to share the screen when Romano guest-starred on James' show *Kevin Can Wait* in 206.

Listen to James' full appearance on *Sibling Revelry* above.

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Cue Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait."

Seth Rogen has none other than his *Freaks and Geeks* costar Busy Philipps to thank for landing him a role on her hit show, *Dawson's Creek*, back in the day.

In season 6 of the drama series, which ran from Jan. 1998 to May 2003 on The WB, Rogen played Bob, a stoner who has a one-night stand with Audrey (Philipps). Prior to this, Rogen had worked with Philipps on the cult classic short-lived series *Freaks and Geeks*. So, did she recommend Rogen for the stoner character on *Dawson's* after starring together in *Freaks*?

"Yeah," Rogen tells ** in the latest episode of our Awardist Podcast, before clarifying, "We did a show called *Undeclared* after *Freaks and Geeks*, and she was in an episode of *Undeclared* I wrote."**

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"It was a quid pro quo, yes," he says, laughing. "As we were shooting, she was like, 'Man, you've gotta be on *Dawson's Creek*,' and I was like, 'Ha ha ha, no problem.' And then I got a call, and they're like, 'No, seriously, you've gotta be on *Dawson's Creek*.'"

Rogen, who stars in, produces, and co-created Apple TV+ comedy *The Studio*, which is up for a whopping 23 nominations at this year's Emmys, has quite the '90s reunion to look forward to when the awards show airs Sept. 14.

Rogen would go on to work with Philipps' real-life bestie and fellow *Dawson's* star, Michelle Williams, in *The Fabelmans*. Williams is nominated for the Emmy this year for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for *Dying for Sex*. Then, there's *Freaks and Geeks* star Jason Segel, who is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for *Shrinking*.

Of all those potential reunions, Rogen tells EW, "I know, it's so nice. It's lot of people I've known a very long time. I grew up with Nathan Fielder [nominated for *The Rehearsal*], his show is my favorite show, and he's nominated for a few Emmys."

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He continues, joking: "It's so amazing and lovely that these people are still allowed to work in this town and haven't done anything to get them exiled."

Created by Paul Feig, *Freaks and Geeks* only ran for one season on NBC during the 1999-2000 TV year. It famously launched the careers of several stars in addition to Rogen, Philipps, and Segel, including James Franco, John Francis Daley, Martin Starr, Samm Levine, and Linda Cardellini.

To hear more from Rogen about *The Studio* — including the 23 Emmy nominations, why he wanted to star in the show, how they landed all of those big Hollywood cameos, the scene that was hardest to film (hint: It involves Ron Howard), and more — listen to the full interview on *The Awardist* podcast below:**

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"Thank you, Kim. Don't be afraid to come over for dinner," the Oscar winner wrote alongside an Instagram video.

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Hannibal Lecter has been resurrected once more — and he's feeling a little younger.

Anthony Hopkins channeled his famous *Silence of the Lambs* character in a hilarious endorsement of Kim Kardashian's new Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap from her Skims shapewear line.

In a video shared to his Instagram on Thursday, the Oscar winner can be seen in a colorful button-down shirt, arms crossed, with the face wrap covering his chin, neck, and ears. The look is comically reminiscent of the mask his cannibal serial killer character is forced to wear in the 1991 film to ensure he doesn't bite anyone.

"Hello Kim, I'm already feeling 10 years younger," he says in the clip, using the same mannerisms as Hannibal before ominously telling the camera goodbye.

Tagging Kardashian and her company in the caption, Hopkins added, "Thank you, Kim. Don't be afraid to come over for dinner."

The caption seems to be a further ode to the film. In a pivotal jailhouse interview scene between Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling — a top student at the FBI's training academy — and Hopkins' Hannibal, he horrifies her with a story, telling her, "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

Towards the end of the film, he also famously tells her he's "having an old friend for dinner."

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The cheeky post caught the attention of movie fans and Hollywood stars alike, including Gwyneth Paltrow who commented, "Genius."

*The Rookie* star Michael Beach weighed in as well: "Great actor with a great sense of humor!"

Film lovers also got in on the fun, with one asking, "Are you having Kim for dinner???" And another noting, "This is the the best publicity you could get @kimkardashian ! lol. You have to reply. This is so epic!"

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Several fans also flooded the comments with iconic GIFs from the acclaimed 1991 horror film, which pulled off the rare feat of winning "the big 5" Academy Awards — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (for Hopkins), and Best Actress (for Foster). It was the third film to do so.

Hopkins' post comes just two days after the Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap first dropped online, promptly making waves on social media. Described as "a must-have addition to your nightly routine," the wrap utilizes the brand's "signature sculpting fabric and features collagen yarns for ultra-soft jaw support. Velcro closures at the top and nape of the neck allow for easy, everyday wear."**

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