Tyra Created Crack Addicted Persona to Ward Off French Men

This is probably the most amusing thing I’ve read in a while. Looks like when Tyra was living in Paris, from ages 17-19, she created a crack addicted character to make sure creepy men left her alone!

Banks admits she was terrified when she had to ride the city’s subway after late modelling auditions because she’d encounter men who she felt sure meant to do her harm.

So she came up with a crazy bad-lady character in a bid to make sure that creepy men left her alone.

She says, “I lived in Paris for two years from 17 to 19-years old and I’d have to do auditions in the modelling world from 8am to 11pm at night and I was by myself getting off of the subway.

“There’d be these men on the street and I was really nervous and scared that they might attack me or come up to me or do something, so I came up with this character. I didn’t give her a name.”

Banks would start talking to herself and shaking and shivering.

She adds, “I did that and it made the men who probably wanted to do something think again.”

Hey, this is great advice for all the ladies. I live in France, after all. Hm, maybe I’ll follow in Tyra’s footsteps!

[via Contact Music]