Paulina Porizkova fired from ANTM by phone
Paulina Poizkova, a former supermodel and one of the judges on America’s Next Top Model, announced last night on Craig Ferguson that she was fired from ANTM – over the phone. Craig announced Poizkova in conjunction with the season finale of ANTM to air the following night, but the conversation soon took a turn for the negative. Craig asked her what it’s like working with Tyra Banks and then it got awkward. “Tyra could be a barrel of laughs,” Craig opened. Paulina responded “Yeah, I’m sure she can.” Burn.
Paulina Porizkova claims she was fired from “America’s Next Top Model” on her birthday, over the phone, and told she had a big ego.
Talking to Craig Ferguson Tuesday night, the supermodel said she’d been pink slipped from the CW reality show hosted by Tyra Banks, on which she has been a judge.
“Listen, do you know why I am in Los Angeles? Because I am looking for a job, because I was fired by ‘America’s Next Top Model’ on my birthday,” Paulina told Craig.
“The reason I was told I was fired was because, it seemed that ‘America’s Next Top Model’ has gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat and the fat was me,” Paulina recounted. “So I figured it was either that or my gigantic huge ego. Which I wasn’t aware of before I was told by the producers that I have an ego problem.”
[from Huffington Post]
Craig suggested that the firing is due to a rivalry, which Paulina deniesed because she says she was working for and not with Tyra. But I’m inclined to believe that he’s exactly right. Janice Dickinson, who essentially had Paulina’s spot on the show when ANTM was still new, claims that she too was fired from ANTM because Tyra was jealous of her and the attention she was getting. She also said that Tyra “is no walk in the park.”
Paulina is no Janice – she’s not nasty or crazy or an attention-seeker. However, she’s smarter and funnier than her boss, and I’m sure Tyra found that intimidating. Tyra’s star is fading. For a while, she was being hailed as the next Oprah, but her gimmicks have quickly grown stale and no one’s really paying attention – at least not in the media. If there’s one thing Tyra wants, it’s attention, and she’s not going to let any other supermodel take the spotlight away from her.
The Huffington Post has video of Paulina’s interview.
Paulina Porizkova is shown out with her husband of 20 years, Ric Ocasek of The Cars, on 4/28/09. She is also shown on 4/16/08. Credit: WENN.com
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