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Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a fashion critic. From a family of immigrants from Romania, Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist, and eventually began working on American television shows as an acerbic commentator and celebrity interviewer.
He graduated from Wager High School in 1986. According to his year book, his past-times in high school were skiing, clubbing and going to concerts. He quotes Ian Dury's Sex, Love and Rock and Roll.
Cojocaru began working in 1991 for the Canadian fashion magazine Flare. After moving to Hollywood, he began writing a column. He was People Magazine's West Coast fashion editor, and has written an autobiography, Red Carpet Diaries: Confessions of a Glamour Boy (2003).
In 2003, he joined the cast of the long-running syndicated entertainment show Entertainment Tonight.
He has also worked at E!, Access Hollywood, and MTV.
In 2003 and 2004, Cojocaru worked on American Idol, helping the contestants select new wardrobe pieces from show sponsor Old Navy.
In November 2004 he announced that he was suffering from polycystic kidney disease and would require a kidney transplant. He underwent transplant surgery on January 14, 2005, after his friend Abby Finer donated one of her kidneys. He appeared on talk shows to discuss the operation, where he also revealed his firing from The Today Show [1]. This kidney had to be removed when it became infected with the Polyoma Virus, a condition that can cause incompatibility and eventual loss of the transplanted kidney.
Cojo's second kidney transplant and the kidney was donated by the style maven's mother, AMELIA. "I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me," says Cojocaru. "She is my hero today and everyday. Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes - it gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart."