Tyra Banks<\/a><\/strong> has taken legal action against Netflix, months after the streaming giant released the three-part docuseries about \u201cANTM<\/a><\/strong>\u201d titled \u201cReality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model.\u201d The reality show\u2019s former host claims the creators edited the show to create a false narrative and put her in a bad light.<\/p>\n Two of the show\u2019s former contestants, Adrianne Curry<\/strong><\/a> and Angelea Preston<\/strong>, are now weighing in on the lawsuit and what they really think about Banks\u2019 legal move.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica\u2019s Next Top Model\u201d Cycle 1 winner Adrianne Curry has been vocal when it comes to her thoughts about the reality series and its former host.<\/p>\n On June 14, after Tyra Banks\u2019 lawsuit against Netflix was reported, Curry took to Instagram<\/a> and posted a short video saying, \u201cI read that Tyra Banks is suing Netflix because she didn\u2019t like being edited,\u201d Curry said, adding air quotes as she said, \u201cedited.\u201d The former model laughed before saying, \u201cB-tch, for real, girl?\u201d She captioned the post, \u201cWelcome to the party, pal.\u201d<\/p>\n In the comments section, she shared her thoughts, wondering if the lawsuit was a \u201cpublicity stunt\u201d from Netflix or Banks \u201cbecause she has something new coming.\u201d<\/p>\n As The Blast<\/a> previously reported, Curry reacted to the release of the docuseries in February, mockingly praising Banks for not apologizing over some of the reality show\u2019s controversies.<\/p>\n Angelea Preston competed on \u201cANTM\u201d thrice in Cycle 12, 14, and 17. In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, Preston noted that Banks\u2019 allegations in her lawsuit about \u201cselective editing\u201d and \u201csurgical manipulation\u201d in the documentary.<\/p>\n \u201cNow you know how we feel. It\u2019s kind of like a taste of your own medicine, in a way,\u201d Preston told the outlet. The former model added that if Banks\u2019 claims against Netflix were factual, then it served as \u201ckarma.\u201d Over the years, several \u201cANTM\u201d contestants alleged that the reality show manipulated interviews and spliced footage to come up with false storylines.<\/p>\n In 2023, Preston revealed<\/a> that she was the original winner of Cycle 17. However, she later received a call from the producer asking about her brief engagement in sex work. Preston was later told that her title would be stripped because she violated a \u201cmoral clause.\u201d The end of the Cycle was then re-shot, and another contestant was declared the winner.<\/p>\n MEGA<\/p>\n On June 13, Banks filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the creators of the docuseries, directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, and EverWonder Studio, alleging that they created a \u201cdefamatory narrative\u201d against her.<\/p>\n In the documents, the former host claimed that she was interviewed for more than three hours, and only 16 minutes were used in the three-part series. When the documentary was released, Banks faced backlash for failing to take responsibility for some of the most controversial moments on \u201cANTM.\u201d<\/p>\n Her lawsuit read<\/a>, \u201cThe accountability Ms. Banks took ended up on the cutting room floor. It was there, but viewers were never given the opportunity to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n Shandi Sullivan participated in the documentary and discussed her \u201ccheating scandal\u201d in Cycle 2, which she said was a case of sexual assault. In that episode, titled \u201cThe Girl Who Cheated,\u201d Sullivan, who was heavily intoxicated, was shown with a male model in bed, implying they had sexual relations. Cameras also captured the moment she called her boyfriend to confess what had happened.<\/p>\n In the documentary, Sullivan said she was severely \u201chammered,\u201d and the \u201cANTM\u201d crew got footage of the encounter. \u201cNo one did anything to stop it. And it all got filmed, all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Banks\u2019 lawsuit states that the documentary made it seem that Banks was \u201cintentionally trying to evade the topic,\u201d adding that the creators used \u201cselective editing, deliberate omission, and surgical manipulation\u201d of her interview to make it appear that she used Sullivan\u2019s assault to get ratings.<\/p>\n MEGA<\/p>\n Many are weighing in on Banks\u2019s lawsuit, and users are divided. Some agreed that Banks was manipulated, with one saying, \u201cWith a 4 hour interview context matters. You can piece and cut the exact moments into a disturbing clip to make someone look like a villain.\u201d<\/p>\n Others, however, shared Preston and Curry\u2019s opinions. One wrote, \u201cThe irony of a reality TV manipulator getting manipulated.\u201d Another person added, \u201cLike how she took hours of footage of models but still made them look like train wrecks on ANTM? She\u2019s mad that she\u2019s being treated the way she treated others.\u201d<\/p>\n Banks claims that she was only shown the documentary a day before its release and was not given a chance to argue against others\u2019 accusations against her. The lawsuit read, \u201cShe would not have participated\u201d if she knew that she was \u201cbeing set up.\u201d<\/p>\n The ANTM Stars React To Tyra Banks\u2019 Lawsuit Against Netflix: \u2018For Real, Girl?\u2019<\/a> first appeared on The Blast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nAngelea Preston Said The Tables Have Turned<\/h2>\n
Tyra Banks\u2019 Lawsuit Against Netflix<\/h2>\n
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The Lawsuit Addressed Shandi Sullivan\u2019s Sexual Assault<\/h2>\n
Tyra Banks\u2019 Lawsuit Sparks Different Reactions<\/h2>\n
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