“America’s Next Top Model” alum Tiffany Richardson eviscerated host Tyra Banks over 20 years after the pair’s viral fight on the reality show.
As fans of the show may remember, Banks yelled at the Cycle 4 aspiring model, infamously telling her that “we were all rooting for you” — a moment that Banks admitted she took “too far” in Netflix’s new bombshell docuseries about the show.
Richardson blasted the supermodel, 52, in a recent Instagram post, accusing her of being a “lying ass bitch.”
“You know how you treated me the whole time off and on camera, YOU WAS A BULLY!!!” Richardson alleged. “You treated me like s–t and said the nastiest things about me and my son.”
The former contestant claimed that their argument was “edited” to make it seem like Banks “cared” about her.
“F–K YOU @tyrabanks I BET YOU WONT SIT DOWN WITH ME FACE TO FACE AND TALK ABOUT IT!!!” Richardson went on, before also calling out her family for never “defending” her.
Richardson, who has been working at a group home in Miami supporting people with mental disabilities since 2017, also noted that she’s “got more money and helping more people than all or many of the top models.”
“damn shame.. it’s giving yall still hating on lil black ass me,” she added. “@tyrabanks hoe just let it go, ITS BEEN OVER 20 years 😭.”
Richardson’s post included a clip of their heated fight on the show.
In Netflix’s “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” docuseries, Banks reflected on her part in the pair’s “tough” altercation.
“I went too far. You know, I lost it,” the “Life-Size” actress admitted. “It was probably bigger than her. It was family, friends, society, Black girls, all the challenges that we have. So many people saying that we’re not good enough. I think all that was in that moment.”
“That’s some Black girl stuff that goes real deep inside of me, but I knew I went too far,” Banks added.
Jay Manuel, who was the show’s creative director, chimed in and called the incident “the most difficult moment on set I had ever experienced.”
He also claimed that after filming wrapped, “production staff literally just took Tyra off set.”
“There was a lot more that was really said,” Manuel stated. “And some of the things that were said, were really not well-intentioned. I’ll probably never repeat the lines that were said in that room, that day.”
Former “ANTM” judge and runway coach, Miss J. Alexander, called the fight “very scary” and said that lawyers were on set the following week.
In an interview with Buzzfeed in 2017, Richardson claimed that Banks’ verbal lashing was “1,000 times worse” in reality.
She also alleged that the “Coyote Ugly” actress told her during the rant, “You can go back to your house and sleep on your mattress on the floor with your baby.”
“It was just, like, bullsh-t,” Richardson said while reflecting on the fight. “It was so over-the-top for no reason.”
“Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model” is streaming on Netflix.
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