ANTM winner Lisa D’Amato calls out host Tyra Banks for exploiting her ‘childhood traumas’ for profit: ‘How do you sleep at night?’
- The America’s Next Top Model: All Star winner put Banks on blast Friday on Instagram, calling out the host for exploiting her ‘childhood traumas’
- D’Amato revealed that she previously risked breach of contract to discuss the mistreatment she faced on E! True Hollywood Story
- She got choked up as she explained: ‘It was just so f***ed up, and it broke my heart. Like, how could you do that?’
- In addition to calling out Banks, she took aim at the show’s co-creator Ken Mok
- D’Amato also included footage from fellow ANTM contestants Jeana Turner and Angelea Preston detailing their own traumatic experiences on the show
- She later asked other contestants to come forward, issuing Banks a proposition: ‘Help me help you, Tyra. Lets do a one-on-one?’
Lisa D’Amato has put Tyra Banks on blast for exploiting her ‘childhood traumas’ for profit on reality TV.
The America’s Next Top Model: All Star winner took to Instagram Friday, calling out the supermodel host in a video confessional, set to Lily Allen’s 2009 hit F*** You.
She revealed that she risked breach of contract by appearing on an episode of E! True Hollywood Story, where she discussed the alleged mistreatment she faced on the show.
On blast: Lisa D’Amato has put Tyra Banks on blast for exploiting her ‘childhood traumas’ for profit on reality TV
F*** you: The America’s Next Top Model: All Star winner took to Instagram Friday, calling out the supermodel host in a video confessional, set to Lily Allen’s 2009 hit F*** You
The 40-year-old got choked up as she explained: ‘I did it knowing that it was a breach of contract, still, because I felt like it was my duty to warn other girls that were going to audition for America’s Next Top Model to know that what you guys do.
‘And the way that you guys would poke me and use my childhood trauma against me, day in and day out. It was just so f***ed up, and it broke my heart. Like, how could you do that?’
She continued: ‘I don’t know how you sleep at night. You, Tyra, you knew very well the horrible trauma that my mom inflicted on me.
‘And you also talk so much about how you wouldn’t be where you are without your mother and how powerful she is [in your life]. So knowing that, you still did that to me and continued to do it to other girls, even after I spoke publicly about it.’
Breach of contract: She revealed that she risked breach of contract by appearing on an episode of E! True Hollywood Story, where she discussed the alleged mistreatment she faced on the show
Heartbreaking: The 40-year-old got choked up as she explained: ‘And the way that you guys would poke me and use my childhood trauma against me, day in and day out. It was just so f***ed up, and it broke my heart. Like, how could you do that?’
Traumatic experiences: D’Amato also included footage from fellow ANTM contestants Jeana Turner and Angelea Preston detailing their own traumatic experiences on the show
In addition to calling out Banks, 47, she took aim at the show’s co-creator: ‘You know, I never knew if you were innocent or guilty. I always just pinned Ken Mok.’
D’Amato, who first appeared in cycle five, also included footage from fellow ANTM contestants Jeana Turner (cycle 24) and Angelea Preston (cycles 12, 14 and 17) detailing their own traumatic experiences on the show.
She later addressed the Coyote Ugly actress in another statement on Instagram: ‘I warned you that I was coming after not you specifically months ago. But then I found out more information so now it is you directly. I’m still nicer that you tho because I gave you warning. Come out come out where ever you are?…
‘I’m just so f***ing done. So many girls are so fucking done and voiceless. I had to do it and stand up for all of us.’
Fair warning: She later addressed the Coyote Ugly actress in another statement on Instagram: ‘I warned you that I was coming after not you specifically months ago. But then I found out more information so now it is you directly’ (pictured in August, 2017)
Teaming up: The native Angeleno called for other ANTM alums to come forward: ‘More girls/ boys from #ANTM dm me. Get on the train. No f***ing liars tho’
One-on-one: She also gave Banks a chance to come forward: ‘Help me help you, Tyra. Lets do a one-on-one? We can be like your Naomi and Tyra interview except it’s worst and your the villain. I dare you’
The native Angeleno called for other ANTM alums to come forward: ‘More girls/ boys from #ANTM dm me. Get on the train. No f***ing liars tho. Come at me with lies and I’ll expose you too. Only truth tellers. Now’s the time. No do-overs. I worked hard for this.’
She also gave Banks a chance to come forward: ‘So crazy…found out some new information in quarantine about other girls and I was like…ohhh hell NO! Done with this bulls***.
‘Help me help you, Tyra. Lets do a one-on-one? We can be like your Naomi and Tyra interview except it’s worst and your the villain. I dare you.’
Banks has faced backlash over the years from past contestants and fans alike, most recently last May, when a clip resurfaced of her telling cycle six winner Dani Evans she would never be a covergirl with the gap in her two front teeth.
Poor taste: Banks has faced backlash over the years from past contestants and fans alike, most recently last May, when a clip resurfaced of her telling cycle six winner Dani Evans she would never be a covergirl with the gap in her two front teeth
Owning up: She addressed the moment on Twitter: ‘Been seeing the posts about the insensitivity of some past ANTM moments and I agree with you. Looking back, those were some really off choices. Appreciate your honest feedback and am sending so much love and virtual hugs’ (pictured in November, 2020)
She addressed the moment on Twitter: ‘Been seeing the posts about the insensitivity of some past ANTM moments and I agree with you. Looking back, those were some really off choices. Appreciate your honest feedback and am sending so much love and virtual hugs.’
Former ANTM creative director Jay Manuel took aim at Banks and the show in his satirical novel The Wig, The B**** & The Meltdown, which came out in August.
He previously told Variety: ‘I do think it’s a little unfair for people to persecute Tyra now, especially because she has already taken heat for her past executive decisions in past years. However, I can’t really defend her either because when ratings were high and things were great, she remained a clear figurehead, because it was her show.
‘Consistently, when s*** hit the fan and people wanted to talk about some of the things that were said on the show, we would have another singular EP come forward to claim that all creative decisions were made as the team, and I really wish that were the case, but that just simply is not true.’
Literary inspiration: Former ANTM creative director Jay Manuel took aim at Banks and the show in his satirical novel The Wig, The B**** & The Meltdown, which came out in August (pictured in December, 2019)
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