Overview
- Internet personality Jake Shane was hired alongside Quen Blackwell and Brittany Broski to host Vanity Fair’s afterparty coverage.
- Clips widely shared on X and TikTok showed Shane asking Julia Fox and Damson Idris whether a sick child in the Oscar-nominated If I Had Legs I’d Kick You was "so annoying."
- Variety’s Daniel D’Addario criticized the conduct as undermining journalistic care expected of red-carpet reporting.
- Viewers urged outlets to stop using influencers for these roles, citing additional awkward exchanges with Kris Jenner, Lewis Pullman, and Gabrielle Union.
- Shane told Rolling Stone his style is conversational rather than journalistic, and no formal response from Vanity Fair was reported.