Tyra Banks reveals 'disgusting and erotic' obsession
Published in Entertainment News
Tyra Banks loves to pop other people's pimples.
The America's Next Top Model host - who is in a relationship with Louis Bélanger-Martin and has nine-year-old son York with former partner Erik Asla - admitted she also enjoys "picking" dirt from behind toenails and is happy to help most people with such issues, though she won't get too intimate with her extraction duties.
Speaking during her guest co-hosting stint on Today with Jenna and Friends, Tyra admitted to Jenna Bush Hager: "I like to pick. I like the toe, and if it has some stuff in it, I don't mind digging it out.
"But I have a kit. You have to have a kit. Some alcohol, you know. Some stuff!"
Jenna asked: "Who are you doing that to?
Tyra replied: "Anyone that wants it -- my mom, my friends, my man, my son.
"And then, a pimple? If you had a pimple, I would be staring at you. I want it so bad -- like, I just love it."
The 51-year-old model confessed her habit is an "addiction" and noted it is "disgusting and erotic at the same time" because "it touches those parts" of her.
She added: "You know what I'm talking about, people!"
Jenna then asked Tyra to clarify if there's anywhere she deems off limits.
She said: "Nether regions. I'm not picking up in those. If somebody's like, 'Oh, can you check this?' I'm like, 'No, that's where I draw the line.' Chest up and knees down? It's on. I'm not popping and picking nothing [outside of] there...
"God, I wish you had a pimple."
The SMiZE and DREAM founder went into further detail about her habit and insisted she doesn't even mind when the feet "stink".
To audible groans from the crew, she said: "Sometimes they stink. The toenail, because there's been stuff in there. The jam. The toe jam is up in the nail, and then you pick, and sometimes it's different colorus. Sometimes it's brown, sometimes it's green.
"Come on, you guys know this!"
Earlier in the week, Tyra revealed another of her gross habits - eating crumbs she finds in her bed.
She said on the show: "I love to get in the bed with my mom and watch TV. We do ice cream in bed, popcorn in bed.
"But the great thing is that a couple days later… I clean crumbs by eating them, because if you put it in the trash, I'm like, 'You might get roaches or something.' So just clean it up with your finger and eat it."
She admitted she does the same if she finds food debris on the floor, though she does have some limits.
She explained: "A few days if it's not super perishable Like popcorn? C'mon. That's like astronaut food, it lasts forever. You just pick it up. I'm not joking."
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