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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Alexandra Del Rosario

Tyra Banks is leaving 'Dancing with the Stars' for ice cream ambitions: 'It's time'

LOS ANGELES — Tyra Banks' time in the "Dancing with the Stars" spotlight has come to an end.

The model and TV personality will not return to host the long-running celebrity dance competition show three years after joining the cast, the L.A. Times confirmed Friday. TMZ, who caught up with Banks as she was leaving a Whole Foods in Santa Monica on Thursday, broke the news Friday morning.

"I feel it's time for me to really focus on my business and my entrepreneurship and also producing more TV but behind the scenes," Banks said Thursday in a video shared on the website. "You know what? I think it's time to graduate from the dance floor to the stock market floor."

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