{"id":2459476,"date":"2026-06-14T22:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2459476"},"modified":"2026-06-14T22:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:32:34","slug":"antms-adrianne-curry-reacts-to-tyra-banks-netflix-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/antms-adrianne-curry-reacts-to-tyra-banks-netflix-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTM&#8217;s Adrianne Curry Reacts to Tyra Banks&#8217; Netflix Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The original winner of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/americas-next-top-model\/\"><em>America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a> is reacting to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/tyra-banks\/\"><strong>Tyra Banks<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 defamation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tyra-banks-sues-netflix-over-americas-next-top-model-doc\/\">lawsuit against Netflix<\/a> following the platform\u2019s bombshell docuseries, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/americas-next-top-model-doc-biggest-tyra-banks-show-revelations\/\"><em>Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read that Tyra Banks is suing Netflix because she didn\u2019t like being edited,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/adrianne-curry\/\"><strong>Adrianne Curry<\/strong><\/a>, who won the inaugural season of the hit reality competition show, said in a video shared via Instagram on Sunday, June 14. \u201cBiiiiiiiiiiiitch, for real girl? Like?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curry, 43, ended the video with a boisterous laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrya doesn\u2019t like being \u2018edited,\u2019\u201d Curry captioned the post. \u201cLol. Welcome to the party, pal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/antm-winner-says-tyra-banks-wasnt-initially-involved-in-netflix-doc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/antm-winner-says-tyra-banks-wasnt-initially-involved-in-netflix-doc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018ANTM\u2019 Winner Says Tyra Banks Wasn\u2019t Initially Involved in Netflix Doc<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAmerica\u2019s Next Top Model winner Whitney Thompson is sharing her honest review after watching Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model. \u201cSo I just finished watching Reality Check, which I don\u2019t think is a great name, on Netflix, and I have to say I\u2019m a little disappointed,\u201d Thompson, 38, shared via Instagram on Tuesday, February [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One day earlier, the model named the streaming giant in a defamation lawsuit filed on Saturday, June 13, and obtained by <em>People<\/em>. Banks reportedly accused Netflix of defamation and heavily editing her on-camera interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTyra Banks participated in the Netflix documentary series America\u2019s Next Top Model (\u2018ANTM\u2019) because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show\u2019s legacy \u2014 its successes and its shortcomings,\u201d the filing reportedly reads in part. \u201cThere are aspects of the show for which Ms. Banks takes accountability and she wanted ANTM viewers to hear that from her directly. Going into her interview, Ms. Banks did not limit the ANTM topics the interviewers could ask. During a three-and-a-half hour interview, Ms. Banks answered questions about the show\u2019s groundbreaking history, including criticism of decisions she would approach differently today.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZkjGtHxsMB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Netflix has not publicly responded to the reported lawsuit. <em>Us Weekly<\/em> reached out to the streaming platform for comment but did not hear back at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em>, which premiered on February 16, featured rare interviews with executive producers Banks and <strong>Ken Mok<\/strong> and former judges <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jay-manuel\/\"><strong>Jay Manuel<\/strong><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/americas-next-top-models-miss-j-alexander-suffered-debilitating-stroke\/\"><strong>Miss J. Alexander<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/nigel-barker\/\"><strong>Nigel Barker<\/strong><\/a> as they broke down the reality competition\u2019s best \u2014 and worst \u2014 moments. Former contestants \u2014 including <strong>Whitney Thompson<\/strong>, <strong>Giselle Samson<\/strong>, <strong>Shannon Stewart<\/strong>, <strong>Shandi Sullivan<\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/dani-evans-skin-bleaching-eating-disorder-accusations-201584\/\"><strong>Danielle \u201cDani\u201d Evans<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/keenyah-hill-recalls-losing-weight-to-model-after-antm-drama\/\"><strong>Keenyah Hill<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 also opened up about their behind-the-scenes experiences, which they claimed included discrimination and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/top-models-tyra-banks-wont-discuss-shandi-sullivans-sexual-assault\/\">sexual assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/adrianne-curry-reacts-to-netflixs-top-model-doc-and-slams-tyra-banks\/\">Curry reacted to the docuseries<\/a> shortly after its release, accusing Banks of simply feigning her remorse over some of the show\u2019s more controversial and downright detrimental moments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/americas-next-top-models-tiffany-richardson-slams-tyra-banks-over-doc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tiffany-Richardson-Breaks-Her-Silence-on-Americas-Next-Top-Model-Doc-Slams-Tyra-Banks.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Tiffany Richardson Breaks Her Silence on Americas Next Top Model Doc Slams Tyra Banks\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/americas-next-top-models-tiffany-richardson-slams-tyra-banks-over-doc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">America&#8217;s Next Top Model&#8217;s Tiffany Reignites Tyra Banks Feud After New Doc<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTiffany Richardson broke her silence about Netflix\u2019s tell-all America\u2019s Next Top Model docuseries \u2014 and made it very clear where she currently stands with Tyra Banks. Netflix released Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model on Monday, February 16, which featured Banks, 52, addressing the infamous moment she yelled at Richardson on the show. Richardson, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have made respect for Tyra Banks,\u201d Curry said in a sarcastic video shared online. \u201cShe is not sorry. She is not apologizing to you. That bitch is not effing sorry. She will not bend the knee. And I respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>She continued at the time, \u201cWe want her to lie, lie and say how bad she feels? Everyone\u2019s coming to me and they\u2019re like, \u2018None of the judges are sorry.\u2019 Why should they be? They\u2019re all loaded. Why should they give a flying f***, you know? If they didn\u2019t give a f*** at the time, they certainly ain\u2019t gonna give a f*** now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curry concluded the video by addressing Banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep on being yourself, which is someone who doesn\u2019t give a flying s***,\u201d she said, before breaking into laughter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original winner of America\u2019s Next Top Model is reacting to Tyra Banks\u2019 defamation lawsuit against Netflix following the platform\u2019s bombshell docuseries, Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model. \u201cI read that Tyra Banks is suing Netflix because she didn\u2019t like being edited,\u201d Adrianne Curry, who won the inaugural season of the hit reality competition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2459477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,233436,21738,306169],"class_list":["post-2459476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-scandals","tag-news","tag-scandal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ANTMs-Adrianne-Curry-Reacts-to-Tyra-Banks-Netflix-Lawsuit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459476","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=2459476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459478,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459476\/revisions\/2459478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2459477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}