Some audience members from The Tyra Banks Show told Page Six they were treated rudely by Tyra during a taping of “Celebrating Black Models, Past, Present and Future.” The sources claimed Tyra kept them waiting while she gobbled down snacks and chatted backstage.
“You could hear her going on and on because she was standing right behind the stage curtain,” said one audience member. “She’s talking and talking. Meanwhile, you have the entire audience waiting almost two hours for the taping to start.” And our spy said when Banks finally did take her seat onstage, she had a bad attitude.
“She leaves us waiting, and everyone is sitting there complaining, and then she comes out and doesn’t say a word about it. She didn’t even say hello, she got right into her script,” said our source. “She acted so cold towards everyone. She’s a phony.”
Tyra dragged the audience and her special guests– Beverly Johnson, Veronica Webb, Chanel Iman and Tameka Jacobs–onto an NYC street for the show’s ending. Another audience member said Tyra turned what was supposed to be a special moment into another way to give herself props.
“Cops had [the street] closed off, and Tyra had bodyguards,” laughed our spy. “She had the audience prance down the street and then release black balloons. Some were whining that it was so bad for the environment.
“It was so disorganized, people fell over the press outside and almost trampled two little girls. Tyra was acting like it was a live sporting event instead of the most self-indulgent, narcissistic crap.”
All along, “Tyra kept saying, ‘When I was a model,’ and would hardly let them talk,” said our spy. “It was all about her, as usual.”
The episode was originally put together to celebrate Vogue Italia’s July 2008 “Black Issue,” dedicated entirely to black models. Steven Meisel shot the photos for the issues, and they are truly breath-taking. You can check out some photos from the issue here.
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August 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
i’ve always liked Naomi better