Tyra Banks on Naomi Campbell: ‘I’m very scared of her’
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Before Tyra Banks secured her place as one of the most sought after models of her time, the former “America’s Next Top Model” host tackled a few major obstacles, including her weight and a longtime rift with a fellow supermodel, Naomi Campbell.
In a new interview, alongside her Norwegian boyfriend, Erik Asla, the new mother opened up about her journey to the top — of the catwalk — including being declined by six Los Angeles modeling agencies before being accepted by the seventh, exclusively as a runway model.
“I got to Paris, and it was very difficult. I did really well really fast, but then the industry was saying, ‘Oh, look out Naomi Campbell, here comes Tyra Banks! So Naomi Campbell, sit your butt down,’ ” Banks said during her appearance on Norwegian/Swedish talk show “Skavlan.” “It wasn’t fair to Naomi, but her response was … to this day, I’m very scared of her. It was very difficult — like some of my lowest times of my life — dealing with that.”
The pair eventually made up on Banks’ now-canceled talk show. “I cried like a baby,” she confessed.” Campbell’s animosity wasn’t the only obstacle she had to overcome.
I mean... Everybody knows Naomi is just not that good of a person and she has attitude issues. But Tyra needs to get over it, they're both over 40 now and it's time to be mature.
GROW A BACKBONE BITCH! Girl, it's been decades! And I love Tyra but that episode was a criiiinge fest and she always overpowered all of her guests!! Her show was a mess, as she was.
