I cannot staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Tyra Banks. I’ve never been able to listen to her – or watch her – for more than two minutes. She makes me absolutely CRAZY. I’ve never watched America’s Top Model for this very reason. The whole bit at the end – where she flips over the cards to reveal which model is staying – makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a plastic spoon.

Anyway, on to why I’m talking about Tyra. Apparently she just fired everyone from America’s Next Top Model. AGAIN: EVERYONE. That includes judges Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel.

Host and producer Banks, 38, has fired her panel of experts, The New York Post’s Page Six reported Friday. They were reportedly informed Thursday morning that their contracts would not be renewed for Cycle 18.

Banks later confirmed that photographer Barker, 39, runway coach Alexander, 53, and creative director Manuel, 39, will be leaving America’s Next Top Model via her official Facebook page.

“To my Nigel Barker, Miss J, and Mr Jay: Thank you for all of our years together on America’s Next Top Model,” Banks wrote. “Working with you is always an absolute pleasure. Excited for what the future holds for us.”

Barker, Alexander and Manuel have been with America’s Next Top Model since its inception in 2003. Previous judges include Janice Dickinson, Kimora Lee Simmons, Twiggy, Paulina Porizkova, Andre Leon Talley, Beau Quillian, Eric Nicholson and Nole Marin. As of Friday, judge Kelly Cutrone is expected to return for Cycle 18.

In a statement, executive producers Bank and Ken Mok tell Us Weekly: “Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander have been an integral part of the America’s Next Top Model brand and they helped turn this show into the household name it is today. They have been amazing assets to the show and will always be a part of the Top Model family. We will continue to actively work with each of them on future projects.”

Can you believe all this!? Who’s Tyra going to bring in as judges now? (And who really cares….that’s the better question!)

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Tyra Banks has shut down whispers of an off-screen feud on America’s Next Top Model. The mogul and host, 34, denied claims that she and the show’s photo director, Jay Manuel, have been fighting so often that she was considering leaving the show.

“It’s stupid!” she told In Touch as she hugged and kissed her fellow fashion-loving friend at the Fiercee Awards on March 28 in New York. Jay couldn’t agree more. “Top Model will last forever,” Jay, 35, said. “It’s funny, people just make up things. Tyra is never leaving the show!” “Tyra and I go out shopping and eat dessert,” Jay says.

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