{"id":46007,"date":"2026-02-16T14:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=46007"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:54:33","slug":"where-antms-jay-manuel-stands-with-tyra-banks-years-after-his-disappointing-walk-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/where-antms-jay-manuel-stands-with-tyra-banks-years-after-his-disappointing-walk-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Where ANTM’s Jay Manuel stands with Tyra Banks years after his ‘disappointing’ walk-out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay Manuel is remembered for being involved in the biggest America’s Next Top Model<\/a> fallout ever, and it’s all because he walked out on Tyra Banks<\/a>. Now that Netflix<\/a> has brought out Reality Check: Inside ANTM, I need to know where they stand with each other.<\/p>\n

It didn’t end on good terms, and their friendship has never recovered. During the new documentary, Tyra refused to speak about him and said she should call him on her own. Jay, on the other hand, has claimed he was “iced out” by his colleague and former bestie.<\/p>\n

Jay was responsible for directing and producing the shoots, and directing the models on how to pose. And the reason he left the show in the first place is because he questioned the show’s ethics, as it “was slowly depleting me and chipping away at my soul,” he said.<\/p>\n

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For the first time, Tyra Banks explains why Jay Manuel, Miss J., and Nigel Barker were fired.<\/p>\n

Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model premieres February 16. pic.twitter.com\/mcGDMN5gsF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n