Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru (born January 5, 1962) is a fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a family of immigrants from Romania. Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist and eventually began working on American television shows as a commentator and celebrity interviewer.
He graduated from Wagar High School in 1979. According to his year book, his pastimes in high school were clubbing and going to concerts.
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 Entertainment Tonight, providing coverage of celebrity fashion.
He has also worked at E!, Access Hollywood, the Today show, and MTV.
In 2003 and 2004, Cojocaru worked on American Idol, helping the contestants select new wardrobe pieces from show sponsor Old Navy.
Cojocaru has had two kidney transplants. The first was removed when it became infected with the Polyomavirus, a condition that caused incontinence and eventual loss of the transplanted kidney. The second was donated by his mother, Amelia.
Grew up in Montreal, Canada.
Has a dog named, Stinky.
Underwent a kidney transplant on January 14, 2005, in L.A., receiving the kidney from a close friend. He suffers from polycystic kidney disease. The transplanted kidney became infected and had to be removed on June 27 at an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital.
He was fired from his job on "Today" three weeks after his kidney transplant operation in January 2005
