Tyra Banks and the cast of America’s Next Top Model are confronting the show’s most controversial moments in a new Netflix docuseries, with Banks herself admitting, “I knew I went too far,” as the series revisits extreme makeovers, body shaming, and the intense pressures of early reality TV.
The era of fashion was once defined by the glamour and drama of Tyra Banks‘s competition series, America’s Next Top Model. Netflix’s bombshell new docuseries, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, looks back at the controversial moments, scandals, and Banks admitting that things went too far.
Banks, Jay Manuel, Nigel Barker, and Miss J. Alexander reunited for the upcoming documentary series. Alongside former contestants and winners, they look back on some of Banks’ most controversial scandals involving creative decisions that pushed boundaries and caused immense emotional distress.
Anyone who watched the series in the early 2000s would remember Banks’s on-screen makeovers that left many models in tears. The trailer tackles everything from cosmetic changes like Joanie Dodds getting extensive veneers to jaw-dropping haircuts that were far too extreme for the contestants.
The biggest scandal was Banks’s decision to center an entire photoshoot around the models “swapping ethnicities.” Cuts of the trailer also reveal inappropriate moments on set, medical issues, body shaming, and even the crew wondering why they were filming certain challenges.
Amid the jaw-dropping confessions, Banks is seen admitting in the trailer, “I knew I went too far,” and claiming, “I wanted to fight against the fashion industry.”
The docuseries also brings back Danielle Evans, the winner of Cycle 6, who said Banks’s decision to fix her problematic gap in her front teeth was “horrific” and “so f—ed up.” Manuel and Barker are also seen speaking about Manuel’s sudden removal from the series, and it being a sign of “betrayal.”
At some point in the trailer, Banks explains America’s Next Top Model “was very, very intense, but, you guys were demanding it. So, we kept pushing more and more and more.” The docuseries is a tell-all, looking back at one of the biggest competition shows in pop culture that was full of drama, yelling, tears, and young girls wanting a chance at stardom.
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model debuts all three of its episodes Feb. 16 on Netflix, promising a raw and unflinching look at the legacy of a show that shaped reality television.
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