Paulina Porizkova Gets Fired From “America’s Next Top Model”
Paulina Porizkova
Paulina Porizkova got fired from “America’s Next Top Model.”
That is what Porizkova said on Tuesday night on CBS’ “The Late Late Show,” telling host Craig Ferguson: “Do you know why I’m in Los Angeles, besides seeing you? … Because I’m looking for a job. Because I was fired by `America’s Next Top Model’ on my birthday.”
Porizkova, she turned 44 on April 9, joined the judges’ panel of the popular model-searching series last year. Wednesday night’s 12th season finale on the CW network marks her last appearance.
According to Porizkova, she got fired over the phone.
“Just to be fair here, the reason I was told I was fired was because … it seemed that `America’s Next Top Model’ had gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat — and the fat was me,” she told Ferguson.
Porizkova judged the group of `Top Model’ wannabes alongside with fashion insiders J. Alexander, Nigel Barker and the show’s creator and host, Tyra Banks.
Show representatives, Jeff Tobler and Chelsea Hettrick, refused to comment anything beyond confirming Porizkova’s departure. The supermodel’s publicist, Meghan Prophet, did not return a single phone call regarding Tuesday’s announcement.
Porizkova joked that her “gigantic huge ego” might have added to her untimely reality-show elimination. That motivated Ferguson to think whether there was rivalry between her and Tyra Banks.
Porizkova added: “I really believe that they just felt like they didn’t need me, which, of course, they don’t.”
