Tyra Banks has come under fire for her ‘problematic’ behaviour on backdated episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Twitter was awash with stunned reaction from fans of the show, which began in 2003 and has run for 24 seasons, as shocking scenes resurfaced – including a blackface photoshoot and Tyra’s brutal criticism of a contestant’s teeth.
One alarmed user penned: ‘Every few months we all collectively remember Tyra Banks is a chaotic and possibly dangerous person. I support it’, while others raged over the shocking scenes from previous series.
Shocking: Tyra Banks has come under fire for her ‘problematic’ behaviour on backdated episodes of America’s Next Top Model (pictured during her iconic screaming row at Tiffany Richardson in 2005’s Cycle Four)
Arguably the most widespread tweet to come to light showed Tyra hitting out at Cycle Six star Danielle Evans, for her refusal to fix the gap in her teeth.
In the video, Tyra says to Danielle: ‘So Danielle, you went to the dentist but refused to have your gap closed. Do you really think you can have a Cover Girl contract with the gap in your mouth?’, much to the aspiring model’s chagrin.
As Tyra mocked her by holding her finger between her teeth and branded the feature ‘not marketable’, Danielle hit back: ‘A little bit is ok but I don’t want to completely close it’, before she later agreed to close it slightly.
Twitter users penned: ‘Saw an old video of Tyra banks shaming an aspiring model for having gap-tooth…I didn’t understand it…like why?’
Goading: In the video, Tyra says to Danielle: ‘So Danielle, you went to the dentist but refused to have your gap closed. Do you really think you can have a Cover Girl contract with the gap in your mouth?’, much to the aspiring model’s chagrin
Hitting back: On Wednesday, gap-toothed model Slick Woods (pictured in 2017) responded to the clip, stating: ‘No one should ever talk to you like that @danievans1, that episode f****d up little simone/slick so that’s how y’all feel @tyrabanks @miss_jalexander???’
Upsetting: Another penned: ’11 year old me, with a gap in my mouth, watched this and I became obsessed with closing my gap. Glad I never closed it but Tyra was deadass wrong’
‘Some of Twitter is not happy with Ms #tyrabanks an old episode of #antm has resurfaced. Tyra confronted the young lady about not wanting to close her gap.’
On Wednesday, gap-toothed model Slick Woods responded to the clip, stating: ‘No one should ever talk to you like that @danievans1, that episode f****d up little simone/slick so that’s how y’all feel @tyrabanks @miss_jalexander???’
Another penned: ’11 year old me, with a gap in my mouth, watched this and I became obsessed with closing my gap. Glad I never closed it but Tyra was deadass wrong.’
In Cycle 13, the hopefuls famously posed for a ‘Bi-racial’ photoshoot which sparked controversy, which Tyra addressed at the time.
Ahem.. In Cycle 13, the hopefuls famously posed for a ‘Bi-racial’ photoshoot which sparked controversy, which Tyra addressed at the time
Oh… Some fans were alarmed by the moment in Cycle 4, in which contestant Kahlen was made to pose inside a casket at the base of an eight foot grave on the same week she discovered one of her friends had died
She said: ‘What we thought was a celebration turned out to be… very negative in some of the press and a lot of them were even saying that it was racism. A lot of them went so far as to accuse me and ‘Top Model’ of putting the girls in black face…
‘I want to be clear: I, in no way, put my Models in blackface. I’m a black woman. I am proud. I love my people and the struggle that we have gone through continues and the last thing that I would ever do is be a part of something that degraded my race.’
Despite her defense, the shoot still resurfaced among fans, with Twitter users writing: ‘Tyra banks makes girls do black face…
‘Tells girls to go bald and then kicks them off the show, and discredits their people of the lgbtq community from coming out…
‘Since we’re talking about Tyra Banks.. remember that episode where she made the women do a “bi-racial” photo shoot????????’.
Some fans were alarmed by the moment in Cycle 4, in which contestant Kahlen was made to pose inside a casket at the base of an eight foot grave on the same week she discovered one of her friends had died.
A bewildered Twitter user penned: ‘Tyra Banks made a girl do a photo shoot in a casket after he best friend had just passed away?????’.
Alarming: Tyra (pictured in 2003) stunned fans with the old scenes