Supermodel Tyra Banks reveals how motherhood has changed her life and whether she would let her son become a model. Then, Banks weighs in on the #MeToo movement.
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00 I know you wanted to have a child.
00:01 Yes.
00:02 Went through IVF.
00:03 You were public about it.
00:04 Yeah, very public about it.
00:05 What happened?
00:06 So, I wanted a baby for so long, probably since I was 24 years old.
00:10 But I would always, every year I would say, "I'm going to have a baby in three years.
00:13 I'm going to have, and then the next year, I'm going to have a baby in three years."
00:16 Cut to being 40 years old.
00:18 "I'm going to have a baby right now."
00:21 And it wasn't easy.
00:22 And I just was like, "I'm not sure if this is going to happen."
00:25 And finally, I was on the set of America's Next Top Model, never forget.
00:30 And we had a fashion show, and the whole audience, just like you guys, are waiting and waiting
00:37 and waiting and not understanding why the show wasn't starting.
00:40 I was in the back, waiting for the time to do my final shot before surgery the next day.
00:47 You know, you have to do this final shot thing, and blah, blah, blah.
00:50 And that was my son.
00:52 That was your boy.
00:53 That was my boy.
00:54 So, little York is 27 months old?
00:55 Little York is, yes.
00:56 27 months old.
00:57 I feel like very good.
00:58 I was doing the math.
00:59 So, how's that change your life, having a baby?
01:03 As beautiful as they are, they do influence what you do.
01:07 Yes.
01:08 He is.
01:09 I mean, I, yeah, sometimes I'm like, "Okay, am I going to brush my teeth, shower?
01:12 Okay, I'm going to shower, but I don't have time to put on lotion."
01:15 Because he's like, "Mommy, now.
01:16 Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy."
01:18 You know, and my mom and I are together so much that he calls us Mama Nana or Nana Mama.
01:24 Oh.
01:25 Yeah.
01:26 You merged into one.
01:27 We merged.
01:28 "Mama Nana, I'm hungry.
01:29 Nana Mama, I want to go to store.
01:30 Mama Nana, I want ice cream.
01:32 Mama Nana, I want froyo."
01:33 And he gets everything he asks for, I'm sure, from one of the-
01:36 From his grandmother, he does, not from me.
01:37 So, his grandmother let his mother become a model.
01:41 Will his mother allow him to be a model?
01:43 Oh my God, you're a rapper.
01:46 Right?
01:47 His grandmama let his mama be a model.
01:48 His mama let his son be a model.
01:49 Like, oh my gosh.
01:50 Dr. Oz.
01:51 I'm going to work on it.
01:52 I'm going to work on it.
01:53 I'm going to work on it.
01:54 I'm going to work on it.
01:55 I'm going to work on it.
01:56 I'm going to work on it.
01:57 I'm going to work on it.
01:58 I'm going to work on it.
01:59 I'm going to work on it.
02:00 I'm going to work on it.
02:01 I'm going to work on it.
02:02 I'm going to work on it.
02:03 I'm going to work on it.
02:04 I'm going to work on it.
02:05 I'm going to work on it.
02:06 I'm going to work on it.
02:07 I'm going to work on it.
02:08 I'm going to work on it.
02:09 I'm going to work on it.
02:10 I'm going to work on it.
02:11 I'm going to work on it.
02:12 I'm going to work on it.
02:13 I'm going to work on it.
02:14 I'm going to work on it.
02:15 I'm going to work on it.
02:16 I'm going to work on it.
02:17 I'm going to work on it.
02:18 I'm going to work on it.
02:19 I'm going to work on it.
02:20 I'm going to work on it.
02:21 I'm going to work on it.
02:22 I'm going to work on it.
02:23 I'm going to work on it.
02:24 I'm going to work on it.
02:25 I'm going to work on it.
02:26 I'm going to work on it.
02:27 I'm going to work on it.
02:28 I'm going to work on it.
02:29 I'm going to work on it.
02:30 I'm going to work on it.
02:31 I'm going to work on it.
02:32 I'm going to work on it.
02:33 I'm going to work on it.
02:34 I'm going to work on it.
02:35 I'm going to work on it.
02:36 I'm going to work on it.
02:37 I'm going to work on it.
02:38 I'm going to work on it.
02:39 I'm going to work on it.
02:40 I'm going to work on it.
02:41 I'm going to work on it.
02:42 I'm going to work on it.
02:43 I'm going to work on it.
02:44 I'm going to work on it.
02:45 I'm going to work on it.
02:46 I'm going to work on it.
02:47 I'm going to work on it.
02:48 I'm going to work on it.
02:49 I'm going to work on it.
02:50 I'm going to work on it.
02:51 I'm going to work on it.
02:52 I'm going to work on it.
02:53 I'm going to work on it.
02:54 I'm going to work on it.
02:55 I'm going to work on it.
02:56 I'm going to work on it.
02:57 I'm going to work on it.
02:59 I'd never experienced anything, but at the same time, I remember being a young model
03:03 in Paris going to what we call a go-see, which is like an audition at a photographer's house,
03:08 which is very normal in the modeling industry.
03:10 He looks at my portfolio and he's like, "Thank you, Tyra."
03:13 And then same hour, one of my friends goes and she's like, "He dropped his pants."
03:17 And it's just like, you know, and my friend is not giving him eyes or doing anything.
03:20 I just think I was very lucky.
03:22 Like there were these sliding doors and I was just very lucky to not be a victim of
03:26 this.
03:27 But it doesn't mean that it's not prevalent.
03:28 It's very prevalent and I'm glad things are getting done now.
03:31 It's fascinating to me because I think it's a slippery slope.
03:34 You start to tolerate things that you know aren't right, but who wants to make a big
03:37 stink about it?
03:38 Yeah.
03:39 Thank you for watching.
03:40 Don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss out on new videos to live