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“FABLife” premiered on September 14, 2015; the day after, Cosmopolitan published an interview with Tyra Banks where she dug into her decision to follow up her Emmy Award-winning talk show, “The Tyra Banks Show,” with a panel-format show. According to Banks, ABC had been approaching her to do another talk show, but she’d wanted to “pull away” from the entertainment business and focus on her burgeoning beauty brand. After some urging from her mom, Banks told ABC she’d another show with one caveat: “I don’t want to do it alone.”
She reasoned that other co-hosts would allow her some breathing room. “Now, with ‘FABLife,’ Chrissy might be cooking a full meal or Lauren might be decorating somebody’s home on the stage — and I am literally in the back having a business meeting. And I can feel like I’m not neglecting my startup.”
Of course, the astute businesswoman also addressed those pesky feud rumors that she and Teigen just couldn’t shake. When asked why she and Teigen had made such a “public effort” to “squash the feud rumors,” Banks replied, “Well, I don’t run that type of show. I’ve chosen every person to be on this show and I’m the executive producer of the show, so it just doesn’t make sense, since I’m kind of people’s bosses. It just doesn’t make sense. It’s just a lazy rumor.”
Written by: Nicki
