Megyn Kelly Praises Tyra Banks for Suing Netflix Over ‘ANTM’ Docuseries

Megyn Kelly is coming to Tyra Banks‘ defense after she sued Netflix, claiming the streaming platform edited her interview in the documentary, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.

During the Thursday, June 18, episode of her eponymous YouTube show, Kelly, 55, weighed in on Banks’ lawsuit against Netflix and accused producers of turning documentaries into something closer to what she would describe as a “docudrama.”

“We’ve talked on this show with our audience for years about how these documentaries on Netflix are nothing of the sort,” the former Fox News reporter said. “I wouldn’t go so far to say mockumentary, but they should be called docudramas.”

Banks, 52, recently filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of “defamation through deceptive editing” regarding the docuseries. According to Kelly, the former America’s Next Top Model host alleged that the interview she did for the series lasted over three-and-a-half hours but was edited down to roughly 16 minutes to “create a false narrative.”

Kelly said Banks claimed that producers removed portions of her interview where she took accountability for some of the show’s more controversial moments and rearranged the footage to create a different picture.

“Good for Tyra Banks for doing something about it,” Kelly said.

The conservative commentator pointed to one segment of the series where a lawsuit involving former contestant Shandi Sullivan was discussed. Banks alleged that the docuseries made it appear as though she didn’t remember Sullivan’s story, which involved an incident Sullivan considered sexual assault.

Banks claimed she was never told Sullivan saw the incident that way and said she would have addressed the situation differently had she known. She further alleged that she nodded her head to confirm that she did remember Sullivan but that shot was edited out before the series aired.

“The implication is devastating and deliberate,” Kelly said.

The journalist also went on to say that producers and reporters have an obligation to represent their interview subjects fairly.

“You’ve got to be fair to them,” Kelly added. “[You’ve] got to make sure their defense or their contacts that they’ve offered is in there.”