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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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?
Hello.
This is amazing. You're amazing.
So are you. Thank you.
This is This outfit everything about you is amazing.
Thank you. Do you like this outfit?
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?
Yeah, but let's talk about this outfit because it's a onesie, as you can see.
It is a onesie.
It is a onesie. And so as I walked in, what did I say? I have to
You said you needed to pee. Yes, and that it would take a while.
Yeah, I think three minutes.
Three minutes because you have to take everything off to pee. Okay. The three minute onesie rule.
Yeah, the three minute onesie. Do they put that in the directions when you buy one?
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.
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].
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.
Wouldn't that be really cool?
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?
Kind of.
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.
Yeah, I guess so. I think I think I cry as an English boy.
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.
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.
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.
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
She's good in the kitchen.
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.
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.
Yeah, we got games, we got craziness. We have random acts of fab where
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.
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.
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.
Yeah, I do that.
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?
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.
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.
Yeah, we've got my idol, Cindy Crawford coming.
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
Not Cindy stuck on the wall. No. No, don't throw me out for that.
Yes, we have John Legend, Chrissy's husband coming.
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.
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.
Oh, that's the They told me to scoot over a little bit when I sat down.
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.
Oh, all this time. Okay. I got it. That's a good Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you went up to the mountain.
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.
You're thinking this lovely way of helping people. It's amazing.
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.
Which you did very well.
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.
FU money?
Forgive you money.
Forgive you money. Okay. Just checking on that.
Yeah, yeah.
I feel more powerful just in the time we've spent here.
Do you? Yeah. Yay.
I do. It's brilliant. It's brilliant.
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?
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.
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.
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
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