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Tyra Banks Talks "FABLife", Chrissy Teigen, & Empowering Young Girls

Tyra Banks Talks "FABLife", Chrissy Teigen, & Empowering Young Girls

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The fabulous Ms Tyra Banks sashays into the YH Studio in a fierce onesie to give us the scoop on her lifestyle daytime talk show "FABLife" (which she produces and hosts), including working with Chrissy Teigen, Joe Zee, Lauren Maak, and Leah Ashley! She reveals which segments of the show are her faves, plus she discusses her TZONE Foundation to empower and mentor young girls and how her beauty products are meant to help women do more than just look amazing!

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Young Hollywood

Fashion. Wow. Yes. Home decor. Interior design. See? Sold me, I'm in. I'm Olly Vichena here on the Young Hollywood sofa, joined by the gorgeous Tyra Banks. How are you?

Tyra Banks Talks

Hello.

Young Hollywood

This is amazing. You're amazing.

Tyra Banks Talks

So are you. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

This is This outfit everything about you is amazing.

Tyra Banks Talks

Thank you. Do you like this outfit?

Young Hollywood

I've just confessed my love this soon into the interview. I think that was what, 10 seconds. Terrible. That's okay. Is it okay?

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, but let's talk about this outfit because it's a onesie, as you can see.

Young Hollywood

It is a onesie.

Tyra Banks Talks

It is a onesie. And so as I walked in, what did I say? I have to

Young Hollywood

You said you needed to pee. Yes, and that it would take a while.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, I think three minutes.

Young Hollywood

Three minutes because you have to take everything off to pee. Okay. The three minute onesie rule.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, the three minute onesie. Do they put that in the directions when you buy one?

Young Hollywood

You know what? They need to. And I feel like someone in Silicon Valley, in the tech world Okay. /fashion, needs to invent a onesie that you don't have to get undressed to use the restroom, but where it doesn't look like a diaper flap.

Tyra Banks Talks

I was gonna say it's a kind of aggressive look that. Yeah, no, where it doesn't look like that. Where it's like [Makes noise].

Young Hollywood

Okay. My mind's going now. My mind's going. I'm thinking of it. Thinking of it. That could be my one. My one that could be my one.

Tyra Banks Talks

Wouldn't that be really cool?

Young Hollywood

That could be really cool. Really and convenient 'cause they're comfy. Onesies. I only wear 'em at home. I can't do it like you. I can't do it like you. I should have worn a onesie today. That would have been twinsies. That would have been great. Onesie twinsies. Um, Fab Life. Yes. It's fabulous. It's fabulous. And it's life. It is. It's very clever. Fab Life. I like what you did there. Do you like that? You like it. I like it. And it's like one word. You like that? Even more. It's like Fab Life. Even more. It's not like Fab Even more. Right. Straight to the point. Yes. You know what you're getting. You're getting a Fab Life with an amazing team as well. Yes. Got Chrissy Teigen on the food. Yes. Leah Ashley on the DIY. Joe on fashion and Lauren on interior design and I'm beauty and business. I feel like you need something for the fashion interior design because you're like DIY. And then when you got to fashion you just said fashion. No, sorry. Was that bad?

Tyra Banks Talks

Kind of.

Young Hollywood

Oh my god, Joe, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cut you off. Do you want to give it another go? Fashion. Wow. Yes. Home decor. Interior design. See? Sold me. I'm in. Now Chrissy's like, you didn't post our food for me. Yeah, well, you can't win 'em all. You can't win 'em all. So roller coaster though, it's like emotional at times and the love and the this. Laughing, crying. I cried. I cried. There was moments when you and Chrissy were talking about stuff. Yeah, it was emotional. Did you cry? Not me, I'm a man. I don't cry, but if I was to cry, I would have cried. Did you cry? When you cry, do you cry with an accent or do you like not Or do you sound American? Like, you know, like people that sing from your town when they sing, they sound American.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, I guess so. I think I think I cry as an English boy.

Young Hollywood

Do you? So I'm so sad right now. Have you been spying on me? I know it. I know it. Um, yeah, I do cry with an accent. I've never thought of that, but I will next time I cry, I'm gonna be very conscious of if it's with an accent or not. I'll do that and I'll think of you when I cry as well. Fab Life. How did it all come about? Because you're executive producer. This is you. Chief stylist.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yes. Yes. So for many years, probably three or four years, ABC, uh, was coming to me wanting me to get back into the daytime game. Right, right. And I was like, whoa, I can't do this. This is too stressful. It's too much. Um, I'm starting a company, Tyra Beauty. You know, my own self-funded cosmetics company. Yes, you're rocking my brow right now. My brow. Pop it clean. Make it easy. I know. Pop it clean. Take the makeup off. I know. Yeah. Yeah. I use it all. And, um, so I, yeah, I said no for many years, many breakfast, lunches and dinners and meetings. And, um, finally I said, you know what? Let me give this a shot, but it has to be with other people. I have to have a team of people, um, and then one day I have to like not be on every single day. Um, and, but, uh, here we are.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Your and Chrissy's dynamic is amazing. The chemistry you guys have. Did you know each other before this? I'm gonna say sister.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, I did a little bit of mentoring, uh, with Chrissy. Um, and I remember sitting down at a table and like saying what are your goals, what are your plans? Like, let's, you know, map this out. And she has like exceeded, um, the goals and stuff that she wanted during that session that we had. So I'm so proud of her. I'm so proud of her. She's amazing. Chrissy. She's amazing. And she's crazy, which I love. I love a crazy model. She's mental. She's a great mental. A great crazy. But I love a crazy model because there's such a stereotype of us that we're just like, oh my god, it's so cute. Yeah, yeah. You know, and she's crazy. She's hard. She's fun and yeah. So her and her

Young Hollywood

She's good in the kitchen.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, she can cook. She's good in the kitchen. She can cook. Yes. And she's like, I'm not a chef. I'm not a chef. I'm like, whatever. You don't have to go to school to be great at something. You know, I didn't go to modeling school.

Young Hollywood

And obviously, uh, all the all the random things that you put on the show makes it what it is. You've got the concept, but then you do all the games and, you know.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, we got games, we got craziness. We have random acts of fab where

Young Hollywood

Random acts of fab is probably one of my favorites. This one woman like she wrote us and she's like, I can't afford Louboutin shoes. They're the red bottoms. I really wish I could have them and but I can't. But, you know, wishful thinking. So she came on the show, what do we give her? Some red bottom Louboutins. I should have brought you a letter.

Tyra Banks Talks

You should have. You should have said, Tyra, that Tesla, the new one with the wings that go up. How did you know I was gonna choose that? Of course. I come on, I can tell. You don't even need a letter.

Young Hollywood

I don't. Can we have a random act of fab right now? Can we have a random act of fab? You know. I'll close my eyes. I'll close my eyes to make it special. Oprah is coming to give you a needle for I've got Tyra. Of course there. Oh, you don't want to. I'm sorry, Oprah. Go back. No, no. Tyra, it's fine. This is about you. Oh my god, you just kicked Oprah out of the room.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, I do that.

Young Hollywood

That happens here at Young Hollywood. This is your moment. You're on the sofa. This is about us. Don't want Oprah just running in the place. Yeah. So yeah, do you have a personal favorite of all these things? All the things that we do?

Tyra Banks Talks

Well, we do this thing called like, um, BizBanks. And so I teach, you know, people how to like save money or like start businesses or reach their goals. We did this one thing. I'm not sure if it's aired yet. I don't think it has, called, uh, debitchification.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Okay. Yes. And and what it is is it's kind of like a little bit like a professor, but fun, crazy, wacky one. And so many people we write these emails and they're bitchy or they're mean and you don't really mean them to be or maybe you do. Right. But being a in that email is not gonna give you what you want. It's tough on emails and text messages. Yeah. It's tough. Yeah. So I teach you how to debitchify them and make them, you know, a little nicer. Okay. I feel like everyone needs that at times. Yes. Or else. So it's like apparently is a bad word in an email 'cause it's like apparently, you can't really say apparently without doing this. Yeah, I never look at that. See, I thought it was a really impressive word 'cause it was long. No, it's not. So I'd use it all the time. I'd be like, apparently, it was Sunday yesterday. Apparently, it's Monday now. Uh-huh. And then also to say, I'm sorry if you Okay. took my thing. No, I apologize for is what you should say. Lots going through my head right now. All the emails. Yeah, all the emails. You're wondering why you're not getting certain things. I know. Yes. Like the Tesla. I'm like, hello? Because you're like, apparently, Tyra, you didn't understand that I wanted a Tesla. If you got me a Tesla. If you got me a Tesla and I'm sorry if you didn't interpret right my mind reading, you understand? Yeah. Yeah. Juurin this moment, you've got loads of celebrity guests coming up.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, we've got my idol, Cindy Crawford coming.

Young Hollywood

Just a small little name there. Just a small little name. Who is Cindy Crawford? I, um, you know, I think she's an actress. I think she might have been on my wall. Not her. Poster, maybe. At some point. Okay. Not Cindy like stuck on the wall like

Tyra Banks Talks

Not Cindy stuck on the wall. No. No, don't throw me out for that.

Young Hollywood

Yes, we have John Legend, Chrissy's husband coming.

Young Hollywood

Um, so that's gonna be great. Yeah, we got some good people. Tea zone. Let's talk about Tea Zone 'cause that's amazing.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, so I have Tea Zone, which is my, uh, nonprofit organization that I've had for I don't know how many years. Um, 15 years maybe. It used to be camps where girls would go up into the mountains with me for a week. I didn't shower for a week the first time I did Tea Zone. Just did, you know, the bits. I didn't for this interview. 'Cause I thought I'd play along with Tea Zone.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's the They told me to scoot over a little bit when I sat down.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, and that's why I brought a dog 'cause I've got someone to blame. Oh. It's not me, it's the dog.

Young Hollywood

Oh, all this time. Okay. I got it. That's a good Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you went up to the mountain.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, so we go to the mountains every year and, um, do camping and and self-esteem building exercises, like self-esteem in dating and gender stereotyping and all this stuff. And then we do, you know, climb ropes and stuff all day. But now Tea Zone is at a place. It's a place in the Lower East Side Girls Club in New York. And it's 30,000 square feet. Huge space. We've got like art classes and like digital photography classes and yoga and a rooftop garden.

Young Hollywood

You're thinking this lovely way of helping people. It's amazing.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, the first part of my career was honestly just like, you know, typical entertainment where it's like, how many of this can I get? How many of this can I get? Me, me, me. Covers, covers, covers. Runways, runways, runways.

Young Hollywood

Which you did very well.

Tyra Banks Talks

Oh, thank you. Which you did. Yeah. But then I switched my my strategy and I was like, you know what? I want to do this as opposed to this. So, you know, with America's Next Top Model, yes, it's my show. Yes, I created. Yes, I own a portion of it. It isn't profitable for me. However, the premise of the show is giving. Giving opportunity to all these girls that were in trailer parks or certain urban areas that never would have had a chance and now they're modeling all over the world. So that makes me so proud. And then with Tyra Beauty, it's not just like products on a shelf where it's like, buy my product, make me rich. Um, I've created a a business, um, and it's self-funded and it's where women can be entrepreneurs. They can sign up, sell the makeup and make money. I want people around me to make money. I want to create people that are prosperous. Also, FU money too.

Young Hollywood

FU money?

Tyra Banks Talks

Forgive you money.

Young Hollywood

Forgive you money. Okay. Just checking on that.

Tyra Banks Talks

Yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

I feel more powerful just in the time we've spent here.

Tyra Banks Talks

Do you? Yeah. Yay.

Young Hollywood

I do. It's brilliant. It's brilliant.

Tyra Banks Talks

Thank you. Um, everyone should check out Fab Life. I love it. It's the best show on daytime. And when will I not be able to be on Young Hollywood anymore? At what age?

Young Hollywood

Darling, I'm still pushing it. You're fine. By the way, I have two of these things in my house. I have that camera with that flash thingy, the fake like flash. Yeah, it's like a flask or something. I have that and I have the, um, the studded skull in my house. Those two things.

Tyra Banks Talks

Okay. Well, the rest of it is yours. And the camera and the TV. And we've now given you a suite at the four seasons. See? This is wonderful. We do random acts of fab. This is wonderful. My face is not on this. That's why.

Young Hollywood

It'd be it'd be kind of obnoxious if you took a pillow with your face. Oh, you're right. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. But you need to make them pose better than this. Everybody's just kind of like, [Makes noise]. Okay, do your do your pillow pose right now. This is gonna go on a pillow. Okay, ready? Pillow pose, everyone. #pillow. Your light's up there, so I'm going towards the light. Find your light.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Tyra Banks

    Main interviewee, discusses her shows and foundations

  • Olly Vichena

    Interviewer

  • Chrissy Teigen

    Co-host on FABLife, friend, and mentee

  • Joe Zee

    Co-host on FABLife for fashion

  • Lauren Maak

    Co-host on FABLife for interior design

  • Leah Ashley

    Co-host on FABLife for DIY

  • Oprah

    Mentioned humorously in a hypothetical scenario

  • Cindy Crawford

    Idol and upcoming guest on FABLife

  • John Legend

    Chrissy Teigen's husband and upcoming guest on FABLife

FAQ

What is Tyra Banks's show "FABLife" about?+
"FABLife" is a lifestyle daytime talk show that covers topics including fashion, beauty, home decor, DIY, and food, hosted by Tyra Banks and her team.
Who are the co-hosts of "FABLife"?+
The co-hosts of "FABLife" include Chrissy Teigen for food, Leah Ashley for DIY, Joe Zee for fashion, and Lauren Maak for interior design, with Tyra Banks covering beauty and business.
What is Tyra Banks's TZONE Foundation?+
TZONE is Tyra Banks's nonprofit organization that focuses on empowering and mentoring young girls through self-esteem building exercises and educational programs.
How did Tyra Banks choose Chrissy Teigen for "FABLife"?+
Tyra Banks had previously mentored Chrissy Teigen and was impressed by her talent and how she exceeded her goals, leading to their collaboration on "FABLife."
What is Tyra Beauty?+
Tyra Beauty is a self-funded cosmetics company created by Tyra Banks, designed to provide women with beauty products and entrepreneurial opportunities to sell them and earn money.
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