{"id":2316580,"date":"2026-03-07T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2316580"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:01:19","slug":"americas-next-top-model-contestant-in-viral-we-were-all-rooting-for-you-scene-slams-tyra-banks-for-being-a-bully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/americas-next-top-model-contestant-in-viral-we-were-all-rooting-for-you-scene-slams-tyra-banks-for-being-a-bully\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAmerica&#8217;s Next Top Model\u201d Contestant in Viral &#8216;We Were All Rooting for You&#8217; Scene Slams Tyra Banks for Being a &#8216;Bully&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Tyra Banks and Tiffany Richardson in America&#8217;s Next Top Model, Cycle 4, Episode 7, 2005.<br \/>Credit: UPN<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Tiffany Richardson, a cycle 4 contestant on <em>America&#8217;s Next Top Model, <\/em>shared her feelings towards Tyra Banks in an Instagram post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Banks and Tiffany got into a heated exchange during an elimination ceremony that became a viral moment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Tyra Banks opened up about the moment on\u00a0<em>America&#8217;s Next Top Model\u00a0<\/em>in the new documentary <em>Reality Check: Inside America&#8217;s Next Top Model<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tiffany Richardson doesn&#8217;t believe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tyra-banks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tyra Banks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Tyra Banks<\/a> has any regret over her treatment of her.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson, a cycle 4 contestant on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/americas-next-top-model-winners-170000736.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:America\u2019s Next Top Model;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><em>America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0took to Instagram earlier this month to share her thoughts about the explosive elimination that went viral as Banks shouted at her while sending her home.<\/p>\n<p>While the &#8220;We were all rooting for you,&#8221; moment has lived on in viral history, it&#8217;s being re-examined in the context of Banks&#8217; comments about it in the\u00a0three-part Netflix docuseries\u00a0<em>Reality Check: Inside America&#8217;s Next Top Model.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, Banks admitted, &#8220;I went too far. I lost it,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It was probably bigger than her \u2014 it was family, friends, society. Black girls, all the challenges that we have, so many people saying that we&#8217;re not good enough. I think all of that was in that moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s some Black girl stuff that goes real deep inside of me, but I knew I went too far,&#8221; she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson urged the supermodel to &#8220;keep it cute&#8221; in her response to the moment resurfacing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are one lying ass [tired] ass bitch&#8230; you know how you treated me the whole time off and on camera, YOU WAS A BULLY!!!&#8221; Richardson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You treated me like s&#8212; and said the nastiest things about me and my son. That is not how the argument went but YALL EDITED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU CARED,&#8221; she alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Tagging Banks, she continued, &#8220;I BET YOU WONT SIT DOWN WITH ME FACE TO FACE AND TALK ABOUT IT!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today, Richardson lives in Miami, Fla., and while she ultimately decided against modeling, she has made an impact by working with the disabled at a group home in her area, per her 2017 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/michaelblackmon\/we-were-rooting-for-you-we-were-all-rooting-for-you\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BuzzFeed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">BuzzFeed<\/a> interview.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the mom of two suffered a difficult loss in 2023 when her son, Chadrick, who she discussed throughout her season as her motivation for wanting more, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/14031534\/antm-tiffany-richardson-son-chadrick-coats-shot-killed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was killed during a robbery;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">was killed during a robbery<\/a> at 21-years-old. She is also mom to a daughter, Chaz.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81928842\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><em>Reality Check: Inside America&#8217;s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>is streaming now on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/americas-next-top-model-contestant-tiffany-richardson-slams-tyra-banks-as-a-bully-11907959\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyra Banks and Tiffany Richardson in America&#8217;s Next Top Model, Cycle 4, Episode 7, 2005.Credit: UPN NEED TO KNOW Tiffany Richardson, a cycle 4 contestant on America&#8217;s Next Top Model, shared her feelings towards Tyra Banks in an Instagram post Banks and Tiffany got into a heated exchange during an elimination ceremony that became a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2316581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[392150,318808],"class_list":["post-2316580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-reality-check","tag-tyra-banks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Americas-Next-Top-Model-Contestant-in-Viral-We-Were-All.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316582,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316580\/revisions\/2316582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}