Janice Dickinson Looks Forward to ‘Brutally Rebutting’ Tyra Banks After Docuseries

The docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model spends time examining the clashes between judges Janice Dickinson and Tyra Banks. While the filmmakers talked to Banks, Dickinson did not play a role in the series. She said she looks forward to a different series, which she believes will serve as a rebuttal.

Janice Dickinson is not taking part in the new docuseries about ‘America’s Next Top Model’

Reality Check features interviews with a number of people involved with ANTM. Dickinson was not one of them. She appeared on the reality series as a judge for the first four cycles. Reality Check’s director, Daniel Sivan, said he wished Dickinson could have been a part of it.

“We would’ve absolutely loved to interview Janice,” he said, per Cosmopolitan. “She’s bigger than life. Unfortunately, she was tied up on another documentary.”

A representative for Dickinson told a different story.

“Janice wasn’t asked to do the Netflix documentary,” they said.

She will appear in the upcoming series Dirty Rotten Scandals in March and will give insight into the making of ANTM. Dickinson and Banks clashed often on the show. 

“[She] looks forward to brutally rebutting Tyra’s rewritten version of events and finally telling her side of the story,” her representative said.

In the trailer, Dickinson accuses Banks of mistreating the models. 

“America’s Next Top Model really tortured these girls for Tyra Banks’ ego,” she said.

The episode will air on E! on March 11. 

Former judges said they wished to have seen the model in the docuseries

Sivan said he was disappointed that Dickinson was not in the docuseries. Former judges Miss J Alexander and Nigel Barker shared this sentiment.

“Oh, she’s not going to be a part of the doc? Poor Janice D,” Miss J said, per Digital Spy. “Even though I would have loved to hear her retro takes on it as well.”

Barker said he would have loved to hear Dickinson’s takes on the show. He believed that even though she was a part of it for a short time, she made a big impact.

“Even though she was only there for the first four cycles, her impact was seismic,” he said. “She didn’t just participate in the show — she defined an era of it. And let’s be real: There’s only one Janice Dickinson. She’s irreplaceable, unforgettable, and utterly singular.”

Janice Dickinson once said she had respect for Tyra Banks

In 2015, Dickinson said she regretted her contentious relationship with Banks. They clashed both on and off the show.

“Tyra’s a tough businesswoman, and she does great TV. I respect her as a woman,” she said on Oprah: Where Are They Now (via People). “I’ve said some pretty bad things about her in the past because I’d been fired, and I was very hurt that I’d been fired, so I acted out. That’s not when I acted in a sober-like fashion. I really apologize to you, Tyra, for the things I might’ve said to you, because she is a great lady, and thanks to her, I’ve had a very successful career on television.”

Though she may not agree with this sentiment now, she said she enjoyed working with Banks.

“I loved working with Tyra Banks,” she said. “It was an amazing experience.”