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The Truth About Tyra Banks And Naomi Campbell's Feud

Writer Michael Hansen

Tyra Banks understands that Naomi Campbell was worried about her spotlight being stolen, but she described her time in Paris as incredibly hard regardless. However, the "ANTM" host made it clear there was no rivalry because, as she told The Wall Street Journal, "A rivalry is with two equals to me, where one was very dominant. She was a supermodel and I was just some new girl that got on a plane from Paris and was studying fashion in magazines at a fashion library." 

Banks invited Campbell onto "The Tyra Banks Show" in 2005 so they could work out their issues together. At the end of their lengthy heart-to-heart, Banks gushed it was a great day because she'd finally made peace with Campbell. Although they were pitted against each other, the supermodels found common ground through their shared experience, with Campbell telling Elle in 2013, "I'm proud of her as a woman of color. She's given girls opportunity, and God bless her." 

However, their feud was seemingly reignited in 2016 when Campbell shared a story about Banks being "the real mean girl." As BuzzFeed notes, Banks was facing damning accusations about her questionable behavior on the show, in particular painting models in blackface, and the article claimed Campbell's former rival could no longer play the victim as a result. However, nothing more came of it, so it seems this one has been put to bed.