America’s Next Top Model judge Janice Dickinson has spoken up in defence against the harsh critiques on the show.
In a video posted to the reality TV judge’s Instagram account, we can see her address a question about whether she regrets any of the comments she made on the show after it recently faced backlash on social media for being extremely harsh on its contestants.
“Um, no. It was acting. And that’s that,” she said in the video before elaborating in text, writing: “People forget that TV is acting.”
Tyra Banks, who was one of the most popular judges on the show during its 24 year long run, addressed the criticisms in 2020 after numerous clips resurfaced on Twitter.
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The show has been criticised for the harsh way it treated its contestants and the impossible standards it set for them. Among other things, they called ANTM out for making its contestants pretend to be Black and for the ill treatment of one for simply having a gap tooth.
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She wrote on the platform at the time: “Been seeing the posts about the insensitivity of some past ANTM moments and I agree with you.
"Looking back, those were some really off choices. Appreciate your honest feedback and am sending so much love and virtual hugs,” she added.
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A producer on the show, Ken Mok, piggybacked on Banks’ tweet, writing: “Want to reiterate what @tyrabanks said. I look at some of those #ANTM moments and cringe.
"Just a FYI - the entire creative team made the choices in those shows - not just Tyra. So please feel free to yell at me for some of the worst moments in ANTM history! Apologies to all."
"Yes, times have definitely changed," he added, "Thank goodness they have. And truthfully, we all learn more from our mistakes in life than our successes. I am certainly learning from these comments, both negative and positive,” he added.
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