On Thursday’s episode of Project Runway, Tim Gunn accused L.A.-based designer Johnny Sakalis of an “utterly preposterous spewing of fiction” after he said that a leaky iron ruined his first dress, which Gunn said looked like a “craft project gone awry.” Calling from his home, where he says he’s working on an Emmy dress for an unnamed client, Sakalis now says he wasn’t lying and that water ruined both dresses — and that he was misunderstood on the runway. –Brian Orloff
Was it hard for you to watch last night’s episode?
The part that hurt me the most I think was when the question of my passion for what I was doing [came up]. That was the part that hurt more than being accused of being a liar — although being accused of being a liar was kind of painful too.
Do you want to clear it up right now? Did you lie?
I didn’t have a reason to lie. If it came across that way, I apologize to everyone that watched the show. I don’t lie about things. When I think about lying, it was when I was back in my drugs days. I used to lie then. That’s what I really hate about this — and it makes me so flustered — [is] I don’t know how to approach this. If I say, “I didn’t lie,” it’s going to be me against what you see on TV and there’s no way I can go up against that. (more…)
Heidi Klum began Thursday’s show with a riddle: “The challenge will definitely be tough,” she told the designers, “but the answers will all be in black and white.” And read all over? The contestants were sent to a newspaper printing plant and asked to design a wearable garment from newsprint. An innovative challenge, sure, but not exactly the boon the newspaper industry may be looking for. But that’s another story.
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