So many people, including me, watched Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model and were horrified about what happened behind the scenes on the modeling competition show. We also wanted to know more about what happened to other people who participated in the series.
Well, E! is doing their own BTS doc series, and Janice Dickinson is talking to them for Dirty Rotten Scandals.
ANTM is one of the three shows they are focusing on. On March 4th, they will look at the horrors of The Dr. Phil Show. Then on the 11th, ANTM is their model. Finally, on the 18th, The Price is Right comes on Down.
The docuseries talks to people who worked on the shows, in front of and behind the camera, contestants, guests, and Dickinson.
I knew how horrendous Dr. Phil and ANTM were to be part of from people who worked on those shows, but I am shocked about The Price is Right. So I can’t wait to watch.
Netflix is telling stories we haven’t heard from ANTM in the 3-part documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. It is also the first time the show’s creator, Tyra Banks, has talked in depth about the show that made her infamous, both in good and in bad ways.
At first, she was considered a hero among models, but shortly afterwards, she was a villain for the way she treated them. This documentary highlights the latter.
I try to take these documentaries with a grain of salt because my friend was featured in one and it was manipulated to make them horrendous. I also talked another friend out of doing one because I knew they would take what they said out of context, and that is all they would be known for.
The producers tell their side of the story, no matter who they hurt. And most of the people who participate are trying to get a second chance at fame.
However, in this case, I don’t think Tyra helped herself by being part of this one.
Why? She and Ken Mok, with whom she co-created the show, did not have better answers for Shandi’s claims that she had sex with someone when she was blackout drunk, and the on-scene producers didn’t do anything to stop it. Then she claims they made her call her boyfriend and tell him about the one-night stand as they filmed it.
People should come before ratings, but they don’t. And in this case, they cared more about great TV.
Mok and Banks should have apologized and taken responsibility for what happened to Shandi, but they didn’t. And I think that made them look worse.
And it continues to go downhill from there for them.
It wasn’t only the contestants that Tyra shit on for fame and ratings, it was also her co-stars.
When Jay Manuel wanted to leave the show, Tyra iced him out, and their relationship is still ice cold.
Then, when he, Nigel Barker, and Miss J. were fired from the show by the new head of The CW, she did not do more to protect them or be by their side. They took the high road, while she didn’t.
Finally, her coldness was again exposed when she did not go visit Miss J. in the hospital after he had a massive stroke in 2022. And she has not seen him since, even though it had been three years.
She might think that she can bring back ANTM for another cycle. But her time, and the show’s time, have come and gone. So she needs to stay in Australia because America doesn’t want her. As if Dancing with the Stars didn’t show her that.
Anyway, after writing all of that, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is really interesting, and I am happy I watched it in one sitting.
I know these docs are manipulated, but it is still fun to watch. As long as you realize not everything you see is true. And that it can unfairly destroy someone’s life. People have their agendas and will do anything to make that agenda happen even take quotes out of context to suit their needs. I can go on, but you get the point. Reality television is not real.
For years, we have been hearing how awful America’s Next Top Model was to be on from the contestants and some of the judges. And once again, their story is going to be told.
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is the definitive, must-watch chronicle of America’s Next Top Model — and the chaos in front and behind the camera. What started as a glamorous launchpad for aspiring models became a pop-culture juggernaut defined by explosive drama, public meltdowns, and controversies that still fuel viral moments today. Reality Check exposes the show’s complicated legacy and asks a provocative question: how far are we willing to go for entertainment?
This three-part series is different from past documentaries about the model competition show. How? Tyra Banks is finally going to answer what has been said about her.
In the trailer, she admits they went too far. But then it seems that she turns around and blames the viewers for “demanding it.” Did we? I stopped watching after it started going too far.
It will be interesting to see what else she has to say. And we will hear that when it drops February 16th on Netflix.
Tyra Banks went to the Nets game on Wednesday, and things got foul when the camera was on them. That is because she was seated next to two Furries, and they did things that Furries do. I hope they got a room after the game because that is the kinkiest three-pointer I have ever seen.
They say bad things come in threes. And we can say that about the number of years that Tyra Banks hosted Dancing with the Stars. It is strike three for the former model because she told TMZ she is leaving hosting to focus on her business.
“I feel it’s really time for me to focus on my business and my entrepreneurship, and also producing more TV — but behind the scenes,” Banks said. “I think it’s time to graduate from the dance floor to the stock market floor.”
Instead, she will focus on her ice cream company and producing shows behind the scenes, which includes an upcoming business show.
Talking business. I believe that Disney opted not to renew her contract because I have never seen a host be as hated as she was for doing this job. She was such a ratings killer the once-popular show went from ABC to Disney+. So I am sure Disney+ will keep her co-host Alfonso Ribeiro on as a host and maybe add Cheryl Burke to the show to help him out.
Are you going to miss seeing Tyra’s face and awful fashion choices on our TVs? On that note, imagine how much DWTS is saving by not having to dress her every week.
