Tyra Banks: How A Barack Obama-Less Tyra Banks Broke My Heart

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Bait And Switch: Heartbreak overcame our dear colleague Slut ...
Published 9/28/2007 by FLESHBOT at Fleshbot
... swapped out Barrack Obama for an entry-level talk about vajayjay at a taping of her show. (Yes, we would have much preferred seeing Obama live than hearing about Tyra's vadge too. What is this world coming to?) (jezebel.com)

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Published 10/1/2007 by Rich Juzwiak at fourfour
... It's just like, after reading about the needlessly fabricated nature of her talk show (seriously, if people can't ask their own questions as they arise, Tyra is decidedly sub-Donahue), I just feel like this woman revels in artifice. At this point, she doesn't know a way other than constructed reality. I can't fault her for attempting to teach young girls (and no one else, obviously!) about planetary preservation, and I obviously feel home in the constructed reality she presents. But you know, as a viewer with a brain, I can't help but feel like it's all a big Sanctimonious Day Parade. The upside of that is all you gotta do is attach some strings to Tyra, toss her up in the air and you have your main-attraction ...