"I have never in my life yelled at a girl like this! she screams. When my mother yells like this, it's because she loves me. I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you, how dare you!"
"There was a lot more that was really said, says Jay Manuel, one of Tyra's ex on-screen right-hand men, in a new docuseries. I will probably never repeat the lines that were actually said in the room that day People have tried to make it something funny but it really wasn't."
"The re-assessment of America's Next Top Model, from revolutionary reality show to hotbed of toxicity, had slowly been taking place in the years since it ended but it gathered steam during the pandemic when so many of us had that much more TV watching time on our hands."
Tyra Banks lost her temper at contestant Tiffany Richardson, shouting that she had never yelled at a girl like that and accusing her of ingratitude. The 2005 confrontation became a viral moment and persisted as a meme and punchline. Former staffer Jay Manuel says much more was said in the room and refuses to repeat the lines, saying the incident was not funny. Viewers reassessed America's Next Top Model over time, identifying racism, body-shaming, and other abuses. Pandemic streaming and younger viewers applying a 2020 lens accelerated a social media reckoning and prompted a response from Banks.
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