
Jay Manuel is speaking candidly about his fallout with Tyra Banks more than a decade after stepping away from America’s Next Top Model, revealing that a short email response from the supermodel marked the beginning of their long silence.
In the new documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, now streaming on Netflix, the former creative director reflected on the emotional toll of leaving the hit reality series and how his relationship with Banks changed permanently after his attempt to move on from the show.