MTO EXCLUSIVE!!! COLLEGE STUDENT CLAIMS THAT TYRA TRICKED HER INTO LYING ON HER SHOW . . . FED HER FAKE STORY LINES . . . NOW SHE'S THREATENING A LAWSUIT!!! (VIDEO INSIDE)
One of MediaTakeOut.coms faithful reached out to us, claiming that she was DEFRAUDED by Tyra Banks and her show. The girl , who attends an IVY LEAGUE college, claims that she was pushed into lying on Tyra's show about being anorexic. Now she says that her life is ruined.
Here is her story:
My name is Lin W, and I am the actress/model who appeared on Tyra Banks' pregorexia segment that most recently aired on January 2010.
With last summer being the season that numerous models/actresses were getting preggo and looking skinny, [Tyra] decided to do a segment regarding this issue. I signed on to doing the show with a clear understanding that I as a model, would be explaining to America my healthy eating/diet habits that I adopted while pregnant. . . while also promoting a show that I recently appeared on.
Instead, 30mins before taping on the day of the show, the producers give me a script to memorize with lines about how I starve myself because I care what my boyfriend thinks, and staged responses to the questions Tyra would ask me (I only eat 2 cups of rice a day, I refuse to let myself gain weight, LIES LIES LIES)
The producers even took the footage I recorded, and wiped out all the detailed explanations i had given. . . instead leaving parts in to make me look like an anorexic.
Not to mention, Tyra hissing at me to "poke my tummy out to look more preggo" for more of a reaction when I get on stage, and 2 producers yelling at me to "cry" on que when pictures of malnourished babies came up.
Now I was under contract to do this, but the whole time during the show I was really confused and emotionless. like "wtf, this is so left field"
Basically, I was hired to portray a false image of myself. as an anorexic pregnant woman.
The result of this? Wave upon wave of people making threats to incarcerate me or put me in a hospital, my medical records were tapped into, and overall distress amongst my family.
I feel that Tyra needs to be put on blast for this, because her treatment towards me was wrong. Had i really been a lady with an eating disorder instead of some actress they paid to play this role, it really would've shaken that woman up.
All i want out of this is a re-taping and an apology. To switch up on me last minute and make me memorize lines to s*** that wasn't even asked.
You know there's TWO SIDES to every story. But if Tyra did this, she is REAL FOUL!!!!