Supermodel, talk show host and 'ANTM' executive producer Tyra Banks obviously has a thriving career, but her self-esteem is booming now, too. In a 'Larry King Live' interview Tuesday, Banks admits that after two years of criticism for inflated weight and a recent weight-loss challenge, "I might be doing a little TMI - I always feel great when I don't have clothes on."Tyra Banks: I Feel Great Naked
By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 23rd 2009 08:10AM
Supermodel, talk show host and 'ANTM' executive producer Tyra Banks obviously has a thriving career, but her self-esteem is booming now, too. In a 'Larry King Live' interview Tuesday, Banks admits that after two years of criticism for inflated weight and a recent weight-loss challenge, "I might be doing a little TMI - I always feel great when I don't have clothes on."Banks says, "When I told the world to kiss my fat a**, I remained that size for two years. I maintained it with my ice cream and my salad with ranch and dressing and croutons and bacon bits."
She goes on to explain the happiness she felt showing off her real hair on the season premiere of 'The Tyra Banks Show.' She says, "I've worn weaves and wigs and pieces and clip-ons and clip-outs and clip-downs and around since I was 17, 18, and I wanted to show the real me. I wanted to show the raw me, and I just got out of the shower -- beat the face first of course, you all -- and then came out of here -- on this stage, and this is me, you all. This is me... It felt so liberating. I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old."
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Celeb Weight Issues
Tyra Banks tells Larry King that after dropping the excess weight she carried for two years, "I always feel great when I don't have clothes on."
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Celeb Weight Issues
Tyra Banks tells Larry King that after dropping the excess weight she carried for two years, "I always feel great when I don't have clothes on."
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Kathy Griffin admits her time in Hollywood quickly took a toll on her self-esteem. The comedian got a nose job at 26 and started trying extreme diets and almost died following a liposuction procedure. Today, Griffin says staying thin has been a struggle, but she is losing the weight safely with exercise.
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After weeks of dieting and exercise, Sherri Shepherd revealed her slimmer figure on 'The View.' She lost 5 inches from her waist and 10 inches overall, but she would not reveal how many pounds she shed.
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Enough with the fat jokes - Kelly Clarkson tells an Australian radio show that she's tired of weight criticism and actually, she loves her curvy figure.
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In an PEOPLE interview, Kirstie Alley says she'd like to lose almost 100 lbs. "One time on 'Cheers,' I weighed about 148 lbs., and they told me to lose, like, 20 lbs.... I wasn't fat. But they're saying, 'You need to lose 20 lbs.' So what does that put me at?"
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Anna Faris isn't worried about keeping her 'House Bunny' shape now that she's getting married. "I am fattening it up!" she tells PEOPLE.
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Singer and 'American Idol' judge Kara DioGuardi reveals to Extra that she's fought an eating disorder for quite some time. She says she used to binge eat because she didn't have music as an outlet at the time.
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Former tennis pro Monica Seles reveals in her new book, 'Getting A Grip,' that she has finally beaten her 9-year battle with food. Seles admits she packed on the pounds to cope with stress relating to her father's death and being stabbed in the back on court during a match in 1993.
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Audrina Patridge says her new appearance has nothing to do with plastic surgery, and everything to do with dropping some "baby fat." Some had speculated she got a nose job and other work done.
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According to rumors, Scarlett Johansson has dropped 14 lbs since she began work on 'Iron Man 2' with Gwyneth Paltrow, who is mentoring her young co-star. Scarlett is seen here on Nov. 5, 2008 and March 24, 2009.
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Her interview with Larry King also touches on the shock and disbelief Banks felt upon learning of Chris Brown's assault charge. "There are so many rumors in the entertainment industry," Banks says. "And I was like, 'Oh, that's just a rumor.' And then more and more, you know, police evidence and things come out and photos and things. And I just was like in shock."
Banks adds, "I went back to the interview that I had with Chris Brown. He told me that he experienced this abuse of - I think it was a father figure - on his mother. And that he was so scared, you know, hearing his mother scream and in so much pain... So when I heard (about the attack), I said, 'Wow, the cycle is repeating.' That's the first thing I thought."
She says, "I feel sorry for him because we all know... that it is a cycle. When you experience something, there is a large chance that you are going to become the perpetrator. So that is where the sympathy goes out, because he is a victim. But at the same time, your reasoning for doing something does not excuse the fate of somebody else."
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Wednesday 23 September
By JOHNY
THIS WACO BRAIN IS SUCH A PHONEY!
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ATTENTION.
TAKE OFF ALL THAT MAKE-UP___LOOKS LIKE A FELLA.
HUNG-UP ON HERSELF___SHE THINKS THE WORLD OWES HER EVERYTHING.________CAN'T EVEN FIND A MAN.
WONDER WHY????
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Saturday 26 September
By celeste
i thinks she looks great, she just needs a man in her life
Saturday 26 September
By marie
HATERRRRRRRRRRRRR
Monday 28 December
By david
i love the thought of TYRA being NAKED
you are doing great sister
Wednesday 23 September
By LOUIS
Hey Tyra, thank god for Q-Cards on your show. Without them you would be sucking your thumb.
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Wednesday 23 September
By economysensai
I'd like to see her naked. No problem here.
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Wednesday 23 September
By Dave
mmmmmmmmm yes tyra naked love the thought of that she s soooooooo hot n sexy
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Wednesday 23 September
By Earl da Pearl
Lookin' a little thin in da ass .... but that's ok .....
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Saturday 26 September
By victor
good work,you are so fantastic
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Friday 25 September
By ANGEL
If she wasn't abducted they wouldn't have those grand daughters if Adam Walsh wasn't murdered there wouldn't b no AMW I guess God has a reason 4 creating monsters n if they r doing Gods will how can we fault them. Look at all the lives AMW have helped 4 the sake of 1 sacrificial lamb. Look at the joy in their faces from the coming home of their lost lamb. N look at the results a 2nd autopsy can find if u can afford it.. Not until 911 was the eyes of our nation opened 2 the appreciation of those in service 2 the police n fire departments N 2 Tyra Banks miss goody 2 shoes had that beautiful babe not become a stripper in the Bunny ranch she would never have crossed your mind like all those shortchanged people God has cursed 4 u 2 bless in your ministry n as much as He allows others 2 go hungry 4 feed the children n others homeless 4 covenant house, Fred Jordan ministry n homeless shelters..Like in war or tragedy He chooses who lives n what lessons r learned.4 His glory n praise
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Friday 25 September
By myke Hawke
It very sad to see these are the role models for our children.
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