“Fashion Police,” E!’s snarky show that critiques well- and ill-coifed celebutants, is going off the air for an indefinite hiatus after the high-profile exits of two of its panelists, Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin. Osbourne left the show shortly after fellow “Police” panelist Giuliana Rancic made some disparaging (and some say racist) remarks about singer/actor Zendaya Coleman’s dreadlocks at the Oscars, while Gifford took issues with the show’s creative direction.

“Listen, I am no saint,” Gifford wrote, “But I do not want to use my comedy to contribute to a culture of unattainable perfectionism and intolerance toward difference.”

For some, the show’s hiatus came none too soon. “The way Griffin explained her departure—in terms of feminism, in terms of community, in terms of values—is, nonetheless, telling,” writes The Atlantic‘s Megan Garber. “It makes clear that even a show such as “Fashion Police,” with all its smug nihilism, has a moral dimension. The show celebrates conformity; it punishes exceptions; it implies that fashion—and people—exist primarily to be judged. In that, even in a culture that gave rise to red carpets, fashion magazines and the extensive beauty industrial complex, “Fashion Police” is on the wrong side of history. Now, finally, it’s getting the judgment it deserves.” (The Atlantic)