Steven Cojocaru
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Steven Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1965) is a fashion expert from Montreal, Canada of Romanian origin. Originally a magazine columnist, Cojocaru eventually began working on American television shows, as a commentator and interviewer of stars. Sarah Jessica Parker is one of Cojocaru's friends.
Cojocaru began working in 1991 for the Canadian fashion magazine Flare.
After moving to Hollywood, he began writing a column that eventually reached over 100 American newspapers. He was People Magazine's west coast fashion editor, and he has written an autobiography, Red Carpet Diaries: Confessions of a Glamour Boy (2003).
In 2003, he joined the cast of Entertainment Tonight.
He has also worked at the E! Channel and at MTV, where, on one of his most famous interviews, after inquiring Parker about the future of Sex and the City, he asked her, "who can blame a guy for asking for more sex?".
In November 2004 he announced that he was suffering from polycystic kidney disease and will require a kidney transplant. He underwent transplant surgery in January, after his friend Abby Finer donated one of her kidneys.
His interview about his surgery aired on Oprah's show in April 2005 which resulted in the termination of his position on the Today Show.