Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Eva Marcille was a guest on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, who asked about her experience with Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model.
“Tyra was always fierce. Tyra was always right. And she’s always on top,” declared Eva the Diva.
Andy followed up by asking her opinion of Netflix‘s Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. “We don’t have enough time, Andy. We don’t have enough time.”
Still, Andy persisted and got Eva to spill more tea. “I am pro-Tyra. [The docuseries was] just shady boots. It was not balanced. It was very biased.”
She revealed, “They never asked me [for commentary] because it would be contradictory to the entire narrative.”
This isn’t the first time Eva has defended Tyra and ANTM’s legacy. In late 2024, Eva – who won Cycle 3 of ANTM – showed up for Tyra and the reality show that opened the doors for so many models from 2003 to 2018.
Eva explained to the Associated Press how the times have changed since America’s Next Top Model’s debut in the early aughts. “In today’s society, you can’t say” certain things without them being labeled “politically incorrect or insensitive.”
However, “At the time, I bonafide believe NO ONE was trying to insensitive. They were trying to be inclusive and funny at the same time. The temperature gauge and the barometer we now measure the things that were are all off. The metric system is so off.”
“Tyra Banks set off to do one thing, which was to show beauty in a different light. We forget Tyra is not Jesus. She is a woman, a human. Every intention she had was pure.”
