If she doesn’t remember the infamous episode when Tyra Banks confronted Naomi Campbell on The Tyra Banks show…she’s too young for you bro.
Now that we got that out of the way, Tyra banks and her boo Erik Asla were on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show, Skavian, where they were spilling tea on their relationship and everything in between.
When the talk show host Fredrik Skavian asked Tyra about her early modeling days, Tyra talked about how difficult it was for her starting out, especially with the many rejections she received. Ms. Banks also spilled some tea on how she feels about Naomi Campbell, and it may be shocking to some.
“I did really well really fast,” she said. “But then the industry was saying, ‘oh look out Naomi Campbell, here comes Tyra Banks, so Naomi Campbell sit your butt down. This younger one is coming to take your place.”
Tyra believes that it was the media that started the ‘rivalry’ between the two, and that it wasn’t fair to Naomi.
She continued to say, “To this day I’m very scared of her,” referring to the way Naomi allegedly treated her back in the day.
“I don’t want to go too deep into the past, but it was very difficult, like some of the lowest times in my life, dealing with that,” she said.
Although Tyra was clearly hurt by those moments in her life, she now says that she understands why Naomi was a certain way towards her.
“I don’t condone her actions and her response,” she said. “But I understand where it comes from. Because the world is saying, ‘You’re not gonna have your spot, we’re gonna take your money, we’re gonna take your fame…go sit down, there’s somebody else.'” Yikes!
After all was said and done, Tyra still appreciates the apology Naomi gave her during a commercial break when she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show.
“To hear that apology meant the world to me. She has no idea what that did for me. It did a lot. Thank you Naomi.”
Watch the full clip below:
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