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Tyra Banks is best known for being a supermodel and the mastermind behind America’s Next Top Model, but these days, she’s been racking up bizarre side quests that are leaving fans totally confused.
After a video of Tyra DJing in Australia went viral this week — including a strange rant about Santa Claus — people have a lot of questions. Seriously, is Tyra okay?
Tyra is on stage in the video.
@huntwherever Tyra Banks is officially the new queen of Christmas #australia #smizeanddream #santasmize ♬ original sound – Hunty
The video, which includes several different clips from Tyra’s DJ set, was shared earlier this week by @huntwherever on TikTok. Tyra can be seen wearing a long, bright yellow wig and a matching Santa hat as she speaks to the audience from the stage.
At one point, she’s speaking directly to the audience; at another, she’s energetically performing her song “Santa SMiZE, Santa SMiZE.” In another clip, Tyra is standing on stage with drag queens, confessing, “I am a gay man trapped up in this body. I am an LGBT queen!”
So yeah, there seems to be a lot going on with her at the moment.
She also had a hot take on Santa Claus to share.
As TMZ reported at a different point in her set, Tyra accused Santa Claus of trying to sabotage the hot ice cream business she launched in Sydney earlier this year, SMiZE & DREAM.
“Child, he ain’t biting that cookie. He ain’t sipping that cream. He taking a bowl from your cabinet … and he putting a little bit of cookie, and he putting a little bit of that milk, and he mixing it up,” she said. “And then he put it in your freezer. And he trying to make it taste like Santa SMiZE, and it tastes like Santa s—!”
Tyra has been spending a lot of time in Australia lately.
Judging by the comments on the TikTok video, while some fans are highly entertained by her actions, the vast majority seem to be concerned about Tyra at this point.
“She going broke or something? What’s happening?” one commenter asked.
“I know you have a lot going on right now, America, but we can’t keep humoring her,” one viewer from Australia said.
Here’s hoping Tyra is just in a silly, goofy mood and filled with the holiday spirit. Or maybe she has some explanation for her erratic behavior coming soon?
