Tyra Banks Issues Statement on Next Top Model Chaos
Tyra Banks and executive producer Ken Mok issued a brief statment saying they are concerned about the chaotic incident Saturday when six people were hurt after the large crowd of model wannabes in New York to audition for the show got out of control.
"We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call for the next cycle
of 'America's Next Top Model,'" Banks, who hosts and produces the show, said in a joint statement with executive producer Ken Mok.
"At this time, we still don't know all the details of what happened or what triggered the incident. We appreciate the efforts of the
NYPD and will assist them in any way possible in this matter," the statement said.
It looked pretty clear from the video (see here) that there were way too many people there and and not enough security. There clearly was not enough crowd control for that big of a crowd. The number of people auditioning was extra big this year because Tyra Banks invited models 5'7" and under to audition.
CNN says Saturday's audition was shut down after the incident.
