VIDEO : Activist Tarana Burke Doesn?t Think E! Should Send Ryan Seacrest To The Oscars

Award show red carpets are designed to be frothy fun affairs where fashion is instantly critiqued, gentle small talk is spread across hundreds of entertainment news cameras and maybe something meme-friendly can tumble out to keep Twitter busy. As the first Oscars red carpet of the #MeToo era looms, the woman at the genesis of the movement is questioning what Ryan Seacrest is doing continuing with his E! #MeToo founder Tarana Burke spoke with Variety ahead of tonight?s ceremony and she took issue with E!? ?They really shouldn?t send him [to the Oscars],? said Burke.