Recently, a friend and I spent a night channel surfing. We ended up on Oxygen watching The Bad Girl’s Club, and incidently, the following re-run of the Tyra Banks Show. Because I have a low threshold for pain, I only lasted 15 minutes, but in that short period of time I experienced a range of emotions I never thought a talk show could provide. Embarrassment, fear, anguish, disgust and my gag reflex were all exercised before the first commercial break.

Tyra’s guest was a radiant looking Janet Jackson, who Banks described as golden sunshine. My friend and I burst into laughter in reaction to this contrived compliment. I should have expected this kind of banality from Tyra, however, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw next…

After Banks cracked a few jokes…if you could call them that…and tried to sing “Let’s Wait a While” to prove to Jackson that she knew the lyrics. She proceeded to go for the hard-hitting interview questions:

-Do you dance around your house like you did in the ‘If’ video? Because I’m always walking like I’m on a runway. I’m always doing my runway walk…

-How did you deal with the media talking about your weight? Because I know that it’s hard, and when those pictures came out of me, I know I…

Every question Tyra asked was about Tyra. This egotastic display actually made me embarrassed. When it was time to break for commercials, I saw the teaser for the upcoming segment…Tyra. On the floor. On top of her interviewee, Janet.

I always thought the teaser was supposed to entice the viewer to stay tuned. Yet, this one actually made me dry heave. I had to leave the room.

Watch out, Barbara Walters, looks like you’ve got some competition on the interview front.

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