{"id":46213,"date":"2026-02-17T22:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=46213"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:32:35","slug":"inside-antm-tyra-banks-family-life-with-young-son-we-literally-never-knew-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/17\/inside-antm-tyra-banks-family-life-with-young-son-we-literally-never-knew-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside ANTM Tyra Banks&#8217; family life with young son we literally never knew about?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"668\">Tyra Banks is back in our Netflix queues thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/17\/the-brutal-real-reason-antms-first-winner-adrianne-curry-isnt-appearing-on-the-show\/\">Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/a>, a docuseries that\u2019s serving nostalgia, controversy, and a reminder that Tyra\u2019s always been way more than smizing and memes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"668\">But while the show is busy revisiting runway drama, Tyra\u2019s real plot twist has been happening off-camera&#8230; a super-private family life she\u2019s kept so under wraps that even longtime ANTM stans might\u2019ve missed key details.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"668\">And now, she\u2019s opening up, including the emotional, last-minute journey that finally made her a mum.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"710\">Tyra prioritised her career for years<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIkKv8KOXr1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIkKv8KOXr1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by BCK:Celeb Kids &amp; More (@officialbck)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"969\">Tyra recently summed it up in the most relatable way possible. She remembers being 24 and telling herself, \u201cin three years I\u2019m gonna have a child\u201d\u2026 and then repeating it over and over while work stayed front and centre.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1383\">And honestly, her career was a lot. She wasn\u2019t just <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/where-antms-jay-manuel-stands-with-tyra-banks-years-after-his-disappointing-walk-out\/\">the face of ANTM<\/a>, she created it, executive-produced it, and became the constant presence across its mega-run.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1383\">So when she says she kept putting her career first until it was \u201calmost too late,\u201d it hits different.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1383\">She told Jenna on She says on Today with Jenna &amp; Friends: &#8220;I remember being 24 years old and saying &#8216;in three years I&#8217;m gonna have a child&#8217;, &#8216;in three years, in three years, in three years&#8217; and I kept putting my career first and then it was almost too late.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1383\">She added: &#8220;IVF saved me, and it was the last of my eggs&#8230; I just made it, and it is just the most amazing thing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1383\">Tyra also revealed that she had &#8220;a kid bedroom&#8221; already before her son was born, with a tile that read: &#8220;Mommy already loves you&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1674\">She welcomed her son in 2016<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BFJm-__KQFC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BFJm-__KQFC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"2017\">Tyra became a mom in January 2016, welcoming her son York Banks Asla via gestational surrogate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"2017\">York\u2019s dad is Norwegian photographer Erik Asla, who Tyra was dating at the time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2019\" data-end=\"2419\">Tyra has shared that IVF \u201csaved\u201d her, and that it came down to the last of her eggs, like, truly down-to-the-wire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2019\" data-end=\"2419\">She\u2019s also spoken about the emotional sting of the process, including feeling \u201cinadequate\u201d during egg retrieval when she heard other patients getting higher numbers, per <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tyra-banks-recalls-feeling-inadequate-while-undergoing-ivf-11715816\">PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2784\">Tyra and Asla later split in 2017, but they\u2019ve continued co-parenting, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/tyra-banks-erik-asla-split\/\">reported PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2845\" data-end=\"3047\">These days, Tyra keeps York mostly out of the spotlight, which is why people feel like they \u201cnever knew\u201d about him, even though he\u2019s now a big kid at 9 years old.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3049\" data-end=\"3409\">She\u2019s also built a support system that feels very real-world. 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