Did Tyra Banks Take It Too Far? ( Exclusive interview with Toccara Jones)
The Breakfast Club
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 14.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
With Netflix’s America’s Next Top Model docuseries reigniting debate, Toccara Jones joins Loren LoRosa for a powerful, emotional, and deeply reflective conversation.
From being labeled “too big” to never getting real answers about her shocking elimination, Takara revisits her ANTM experience with honesty — but not bitterness. While the new series highlights trauma, Takara shares a different perspective: one rooted in resilience, faith, and self-worth.
She opens up about reality TV editing, beauty standards, and how she refused to let the industry define her. Now a wellness healer and mental health advocate, Takara explains how her journey from modeling to meditation helped her reclaim her power and step fully into her purpose.
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| 0:12.2 | Lauren came in hot. |
| 0:14.7 | Hey y'all, what's up? |
| 0:15.7 | It's Lauren LaRosa, and this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. |
| 0:20.0 | This is your deli dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, |
| 0:23.4 | and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. |
| 0:27.3 | Now, we are going to go right on in, |
| 0:29.3 | because y'all know I take y'all in. |
| 0:30.9 | We're going right on in to the middle of a conversation |
| 0:33.4 | that has begun online. |
| 0:36.2 | America's Next Top Model, there is a docu series that is dropping on Netflix. |
| 0:42.3 | That will be diving into America's Next Top Model for what it seems like some of the bad, some of the good, some of the ugly, |
| 0:48.3 | and it seems like, you know, Tyra Banks, you know, is going to be taking some accountability for some things. |
| 0:54.3 | So in all things, America's Next Top Model, I had to go get one of my phase from the show ever, |
| 1:01.3 | Mr. Carr Jones. |
| 1:03.7 | Hey, Jamie. |
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