Janice Dickinson called Tyra Banks a "hardcore b****" on camera. Not long after, she doubled down.
The 71-year-old supermodel and former America's Next Top Model judge went after Banks twice in less than two weeks — first on E!'s Dirty Rotten Scandals on March 11, and then again while hosting TMZ After Dark on March 23. Both times, she made it clear she has no interest in being diplomatic about her four seasons on the show.
On Dirty Rotten Scandals, Dickinson claimed Banks and producers pushed her to be meaner on camera. "The producers, especially Tyra, were begging me to be harsher and cruel, like Simon Cowell was on American Idol," she said. She alleged the show chewed contestants up and spit them out. "They left the show completely depressed and depleted while she got so effing rich," Dickinson said. "America's Next Top Model really tortured these girls for Tyra's ego. I was there and I saw it for four seasons."
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Dickinson also alleged Banks treated Black contestants more harshly. "She would go harder on the Black girls on the show because of competitiveness and jealousy and her being older than these young women," Dickinson claimed. She also referenced a specific on-set incident: "Tyra didn't want any competition. She went off on one girl and it was so frightening that I was going to get up and hold her down."
On TMZ After Dark, Dickinson went further. She said she regrets doing the show entirely, called Banks a "b****," and accused her of making contestants change ethnicities, pull out their teeth, and shave their heads.
Dickinson's comments come at a moment when ANTM is already under a microscope. Netflix's Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model dropped February 16 and quickly became the platform's No. 1 series. The three-part documentary features Banks alongside former judges and contestants revisiting the show's most controversial moments.
Jay Manuel, the show's former creative director, told People that Banks wouldn't speak to him off camera: "Tyra chose not to speak with me at all while the cameras were off. When they were on, she'd speak to me." He described his later cycles on the show as "torture."
Nigel Barker, another former judge, told Page Six in March that he hasn't spoken to Banks since the documentary aired.
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Banks has not responded to Dickinson's specific allegations. She has previously described her tough on-screen persona as "a character" and has said in recent interviews that she "went too far" on the show.
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