Tyra Banks makes admission over viral America’s Next Top Model rant

• Tyra Banks has reflected on her infamous on-air clash with America’s Next Top Model contestant Tiffany Richardson, admitting she 'lost it' during the incident.
• The confrontation occurred during ANTM's fourth cycle in 2005 after Richardson's elimination, leading to Banks's viral 'I was rooting for you!' tirade.
• In the new Netflix docuseries 'Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model', Banks describes the moment as her 'toughest' on the show, stating she had mentored Richardson and felt she could have been a 'supermodel'.
• Banks confesses she 'went too far', attributing her outburst to deeper societal and personal pressures she felt as a Black woman, beyond just Richardson's reaction.
• Former judges and producers, including Niguel Barker and Jay Manuel, also recall the incident in the docuseries, describing Banks's rant as frightening and the 'most difficult moment on set'.

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Tyra Banks admits she ‘went too far’ with viral ‘we were rooting for you’ rant at ANTM contestant