Queer Eye questions Code Orange
The Fab Five's Carson Kressley denounces the color as 'unflattering'
Carson Kressley, the fashion savant of the hit series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” today questioned Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge’s choice of orange for the current terror alert, calling the color “wildly unflattering.”
“I don’t know too many men who can pull off orange,” Kressley said. “And if I were a big husky boy like Tom Ridge, I would definitely avoid it like the plague.”
By issuing an orange alert, Kressley argued, Ridge was putting the nation “at a greater fashion risk than ever before.”
“We’re all running around worrying about al Qaeda, but that doesn’t mean we should have to worry about looking bad, too,” Kressley said.
But even as he attacked Ridge’s choice of orange, Kressley did not recommend that the government step back down to a yellow alert, pronouncing that color “yucky beyond Thunderdome.” For his part, Kressley unveiled a new “Queer Eye” terror alert chart, featuring such colors as raspberry sherbet, scarlet and blizzard.
As for the ominous terror signals reported by Ridge in various press briefings, Kressley attributed the “increased chatter” to the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations a few days earlier. “I know I was on my cell talking nonstop with my friends the minute Uma [Thurman] stepped up to the podium,” Kressley said. “There’s always more chatter around awards time.”
