Tyra Banks isn’t holding anything back—and her latest confession might just make you squirm. The supermodel turned media mogul got uncomfortably honest on Thursday’s Today With Jenna & Friends, describing her obsession with popping pimples and picking gunk from people’s toes as both “disgusting and erotic.”
The Overshare That Left Everyone Speechless
Sitting beside Jenna Bush Hager, Banks dropped a bombshell that had the audience in stitches—and some maybe slightly nauseous. “I like to pick. I like the toe,” she said with zero shame, “and if it has some stuff in it, I don’t mind digging it out.”
And she’s not doing this with her bare hands. “I have a kit,” Banks added proudly. “Some alcohol, you know. Some stuff!”
She’s not talking about spa treatments or pedicures. This is toe jam extraction. Literal dirt-under-the-nails level habits.
Everyone’s Fair Game—Even Her Man and Her Kid
Jenna, clearly both intrigued and appalled, asked who Tyra targets for her, uh, services. The answer? Pretty much anyone around her.
“Anyone that wants it—my mom, my friends, my man, my son,” Banks revealed, referencing her longtime boyfriend Louis Bélanger-Martin.
And don’t think it stops at feet. Banks admitted she’s got a thing for pimples too. “If you had a pimple, I would be staring at you,” she told Hager.
Tyra’s Got Boundaries, But Not Many
Before anyone accuses her of going too far, Banks clarified she does have limits. There are places even she won’t pick.
“Nether regions. I’m not picking up in those,” she declared flatly. “If somebody’s like, ‘Oh, can you check this?’ I’m like, ‘No… that’s where I draw the line.’”
So where’s the safe zone?
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Chest up and knees down is fair game
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Private parts are off-limits
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Everything else? “It’s on,” Banks said
This wasn’t just a silly segment. It turned into a strange, oddly fascinating look into the oddly specific things people find satisfying.
Toe Jam Talk Gets Real Gross, Real Fast
Things got extra detailed—maybe too detailed—when Banks elaborated on her foot-focused habit. Apparently, the toe jam isn’t just… toe jam. It comes in colors.
“The toenail, because there’s been stuff in there. The jam. The toe jam is up in the nail,” she explained. “Sometimes it’s brown, sometimes it’s green.”
And she’s not exaggerating for TV. The way she spoke about it, you could tell: she means it. This isn’t a one-time thing. It’s a full-on lifestyle.
Bush Hager visibly recoiled. The audience did that awkward half-laugh, half-gag response. But Banks stayed cool as ever, owning her oddball behavior with confidence.
Inside Her Long-Term Relationship With Louis Bélanger-Martin
Banks has been with Canadian businessman Louis Bélanger-Martin since 2018. While he wasn’t on the show, his presence was certainly felt—especially since Banks included him in her list of pimple-picking victims.
Back in 2019, Page Six reported that the couple had taken a major step and moved in together. Sources at the time said Louis splits time between multiple homes around the world, including a house in Barbados and a property in Magog, Quebec.
One insider even noted that Tyra’s child has a room in Louis and his ex-wife Valérie Martin Scraire’s home in Quebec—and that Tyra had moved some of her belongings there, too.
Celebrity Gross-Out Confessions Are Becoming a Thing
In recent years, stars have been letting their guard down in strange new ways. Whether it’s Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher admitting they don’t bathe their kids daily or Cardi B tweeting about… well, everything—there’s a growing trend of oversharing the unsavory.
Banks, though, has taken it up a notch. This isn’t just self-grooming. She’s volunteering her services to friends and family, and she’s doing it with joy. It’s a little gross, a little weird, and somehow very Tyra.
But maybe it makes sense. She’s always been about raw honesty, even when it veers into the bizarre. This latest revelation? Just another chapter in Tyra being Tyra.
