AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Awkward. Isn't there a really good way to answer that question where none of the parties come out badly? Her acting like that just cements that she was definitely the problem.
Tyra's forced, grim smile and repetition of "YOU SAID IT CYNTHIA I DIDN'T SAY IT" makes her seem totally demented. Way to bring even more negative attention to the issue you claimed not to want to discuss, Ty.
Also, Cynthia McFadden really ought to be able to pronounce Paulina Porizkova's name correctly. It's right there in front of her and it's not like Paulina was one of the biggest supermodels of the 1980s or anything. Sheesh.
Tyra, if someone as historically tactless as Kathy Griffin can answer questions about her pedophile brother with class, then you should be able to answer a question about some ladies that you fired.
Does she think she's above the hard questions? As if that question was even particularly hard?
Something is different about her face...I can't quite put my finger on it.
Oh and seriously, Tyra with the "I interview people" response? You have a daytime talk show where the interviews generally involve you relating topics back to yourself or being judgey mcjudgeface to "controversial" guests. That DOES NOT qualify you as some hardhitting journo.
There are few celebrities I would LESS like to PR for than Tyra Banks. Because even the celebrities that are viewed as even crazier than she (think Ozzy Osbourne, Megan Fox, etc.) well, that gets incorporated into the PR strategy. Tyra crazy, but still wants people to take her seriously, so you can’t really incorporate too much of that crazy into her media interactions/presentations. With Tyra, everyone loses.
sorry, but i love it when tyra gets her own medicine shoved down her throat. what was this "i didn't say that, YOU said it" shit? if the tables were turned, tyra would have asked just as hard hitting questions of cynthia, so stop with the vapid toothy smile or whatever bullshit she was trying to pull out of her ass.
@JessaFields: That's exactly what I was going to say! How hard is it to pull something out of your ass and say "I don't know" or SOMETHING other that making creepy googly eyes at the interviewer...
@rednrowdy: And she had done so in the past on ANTM, when they've had to give interviews and some of the contestants "did bad."
Plus, saying "she's not gonna go there" 10 times is the worst possible way to go about this. It just makes people think oh wow there must be some really juicy gossip there she doesn't want to "go to."
And "why did you say it"? Because it's the interviewers job to say thing, formed as a question, and expect you to answer...?
@JessaFields: at the same time, perhaps she might face litigation if she comments on the termination or separation of a former employee. I imagine that's why they negotiated to not address those issues from the start.
@jadelyce: I hadn't thought of that, but I agree with rednrowdy that she should have said "I can't comment on that" or something, anything other than what she did say.
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Sorry Ty, you didn't win this teach, someone else gets the cheap walmart cardboard cutout!
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Oh. snap.
Heeeelll to the yes!
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Also, Cynthia McFadden really ought to be able to pronounce Paulina Porizkova's name correctly. It's right there in front of her and it's not like Paulina was one of the biggest supermodels of the 1980s or anything. Sheesh.
Oh I hope we are we getting an ANTM recap? :D
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Does she think she's above the hard questions? As if that question was even particularly hard?
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Oh and seriously, Tyra with the "I interview people" response? You have a daytime talk show where the interviews generally involve you relating topics back to yourself or being judgey mcjudgeface to "controversial" guests. That DOES NOT qualify you as some hardhitting journo.
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sorry, but i love it when tyra gets her own medicine shoved down her throat. what was this "i didn't say that, YOU said it" shit? if the tables were turned, tyra would have asked just as hard hitting questions of cynthia, so stop with the vapid toothy smile or whatever bullshit she was trying to pull out of her ass.
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Sorry, it's just now I'm suddenly seeing situations in which that particular outburst seems appropriate.
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Plus, saying "she's not gonna go there" 10 times is the worst possible way to go about this. It just makes people think oh wow there must be some really juicy gossip there she doesn't want to "go to."
And "why did you say it"? Because it's the interviewers job to say thing, formed as a question, and expect you to answer...?
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then that's what she should have said. all she needed to say was "i can't comment on that" rather than pull the whole smiley bullshit.
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