George Santos is no Joan Rivers.
The former congressman may dabble in style reportage, but he insists that when it comes to the red carpet he’s very much a freshman.
“I would be remiss if I accepted the throne of a queen like Joan Rivers,” Santos tells Align. “I have a long way to go. Joan Rivers was unparalleled.”
Although Santos may not have his official fashion police badge, he’s not shy about making the occasional citizen’s arrest. Over the weekend he got tongues wagging with his second annual roll call of fashion faves and fails from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Angry texts followed. But Santos says journalists should know nothing in the spotlight is off the record.
“I will say this: Provocateur cultural commentator at large extraordinaire George Santos is far more unforgiving than politician George Santos,” he cautions. “You wanna walk the red carpet, you wanna act like a big-boy celebrity, get ready.”
He smiles the sly, confident smile of a sheriff fixing to clean up the town. “I think some of the folks in D.C. aren’t thrilled that there’s going to be actual attention on what they’re wearing.”
Here at Align, the thrill is all ours. Santos was kind enough to sit down with us and go…
