Tyra Banks Is Reportedly Pissed Off Over Jay Manuel’s Satirical Book About “America’s Next Top Model” 

Jay Manuel was the creative director on America’s Next Top Model for 18 seasons and so he knows shit. Which is why he’s milking his time on ANTM for all its worth by releasing a fictional book about a modeling show hosted by a crazy mess. So yeah, he spoofed Tyra Banks for his novel, The Wig, The Bitch & The Meltdown, and Tyra is reportedly not happy. Sources tell Page Six that Tyra is telling ANTM alums to stay away from Jay and to not publicly support his book. Jay Manuel is not welcome in Modelland!

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Jay Manuel Says He Was Afraid To Speak Up While On “America’s Next Top Model”

Jay Manuel really lucked out. The former America’s Next Top Model photoshoot-director has a new fictional book coming out called The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown (which sounds more like a Wendy Williams memoir, but okay). It’s about a fictional modeling show called Model Muse which is hosted by a supermodel named Keisha Kash. I’m surprised the fictional modeling show isn’t called The Nation’s Upcoming Big Model, hosted by Myra Tanks. But it’s beneficial for Jay’s book that Tyra Banks‘ antics on the show have been getting a shit-ton of scrutiny recently. Well Jay has come to tell you that it was a mess. He talked with Variety about some of the messy moments in his ANTM career and about that time Tyra swapped people’s ethnicities and he was like, “Please don’t.” Continue reading