Ken Mok Talks About Cycle 11 with After Ellen
July 27, 2008 by Erin Balser
Executive producer Ken Mok sat down with online magazine After Ellen to chat about the upcoming season of America’s Next Top Model. It’s the briefest interview ever–After Ellen was mostly interested in knowing whether or not there would be a lesbian or bisexual contestant this cycle.
Ken promises that this cycle is going to be an exciting one.
“I think you’ll have just as much variety of contestants on the show as you’ve had in every cycle,” he said. “It’s not a bland bunch.”
He does promise there is at least one contestant who is indeed bisexual or gay, but refused to divulge any other information, telling After Ellen they’d have to wait and see, but the contestant looks “promising.”
I don’t think After Ellen has anything to be concerned about. ANTM has always done an excellent job of covering issues about sexuality—right from the very first season, when Ebony Haith brought her girlfriend over to the house, to Cycle 5’s Kim Stolz’s open sexuality to Sarah’s confusion in the same cycle, to cycle 7’s Michelle Babin’s coming out. Yes, there’s been less coverage of such issues in more recent Cycles, but I think that has more to do with issues like these becoming more mainstream than anything.
What do you think about ANTM’s representation of gay/lesbian contestants?
I think it’s all about getting the ratings, actually.
Nothing new since we have had so many before. Im dying for a promo or something I mean, isnt it almost time? We should be seeing the girls by now.
I’m dying to see some promos and pics of the girls for season 11. It seems to be taking such a loooonnng time to get then this cycle.