>> James: TYRA, SPH ALWAYS A THRILL EVERY TIME YOU ARE ON THE

SHOW.

EVEN IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU ALTHOUGH WE

HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITIMENT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THIS

BUT YOU SHOOT DANCING WITH THE STARS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO WHERE

WE SHOOT THIS SHOW.

HOW DO YOU LIKE IT OVER THERE.

HOW ARE YOU GETTING ON WITH THE SLOW?

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT, I ACTUALLY HEAR WHEN YOU FLUSH

YOUR TOILET IN YOUR DRESSING ROOM.

>> James: WOW, WELL THAT MEANS, YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

WHAT I HEAR.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THAT CLOSE.

>> RIGHT THERE, WE ARE BACK TO BACK.

>> James: HOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU ENJOYING YOUR TIME ON THE SHOW,

HOW IS IT?

>> I'M HAVING A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TIME ON DANCING WITH THE

STARS.

IS BANANA, I'M CHANGING CLOTHES AND THERE ARE DANCING, PEOPLE

FLIPPING AND GOING HOME, IT'S FUN.

>> James: WAS THIS AN OFFER WERE YOU EXPECTING IN YOUR LIFE?

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

HOW DO YOU SUDDENLY BECOME THE NEW FOS-- NEW HOST OF DANCING

WITH THE STARS.

>> RIGHT?

I MEAN YOU TELL ME, JAMES, THEY CALLED ME AND WERE LIKE ARE YOU

INTERESTED IN THIS, AND THIS WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND I'M LAKE YOU'RE CALLING ME AND ASKING ME THIS.

I WOULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THINK I WOULD BE ASKED TO HOST.

IT TOOK ME MONTHS.

I SAT ON IT FOR MONTHS, ASKED FRIENDS TIMELY ASKED MY MOM, SHE

WAS LIKE GIRL, I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO WATCH THAT SHOW, TURN ON

THE TV THE STARS WAS DANCING SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO TELL ME,

I TURN TDZ ON AND COULDN'T LOOK AWAY.

I SAID YES, I FEEL LIKE I COULD BRING SOMETHING TO THIS, SO I

THINK I MADE MY DECISION.

>> James: YOU YOU ABSOLUTELY DID.

NOW I AM TOLD YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, YOU PLAY A FUN GAME

WHEN ARE YOU OUT WITH EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THIS GAME IS?

>> YEAH,SO RIGHT NOW PARTICULARLY WITH COVID WE DON'T

REALLY GO TO RESTAURANTS.

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TO MAYBE TWO OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS.

SO WE WILL GET TAKEOUT, WE PUT IT IN THE CAR AND WE JUST LOOK

AT PEOPLE AS WE ARE EATING.

AND WE MAKE A BET ABOUT WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.

SO I WILL BE LIKE HE LOOKS LIKE AN AD EXEC, HE WILL BE LIKE

GNAW, HE LOOKS LIKE A SCIENTIST AND WE ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND

DO OUR MASKS AND SCIENTISTS AND BE LIKE YO, WE MADE A BET, YOU

CAN TELL US WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.

AND SO WE BOTH LOST THE LAST ONE BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE A

SCIENTIST OR AN AD EXEC, HE WAS A MOVIE PRODUCER, INVITED US TO

A MOVIE PREMIER AND WE WENT, HONEY, IN THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE

THEATER, LIKE A DAY LATER.

IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING.

>> I'M KIND OF INTO THIS GAME.

YOU MIGHT BE GOOD AT GUESSING WHAT PEOPLE DO FOR A LIVING BUT

LET'S PLAY LIKE, YOU SEE IAN HERE, HE IS ON OUR SHOW, SO IAN

IS ONE OF OUR TWO HEAD WRITERS ON THE SHOW.

TAKE A LOOK AT IAN, YOU CAN GUESS WHAT IAN MIGHT GET UP TO

ON THE WEEKENDS?

>> IAN ON THE WEEKENDS, YOU LIKE TO LAY IN YOUR BACKYARD WITH A

BEER IN YOUR HAND.

YOU HAVE ONE HAND ON YOUR CHEST AND YOU RUB YOUR CHEST HAIR AND

YOU ARE LIKE LOOKING AT THE SKY AND GUESSING WHAT KIND OF BIRD

THES ARE.

>> THAT IS 100 PERCENT ACCURATE.

>> James: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

>> I KNEW IT, SEE.

>> James: HOW DO YOU-- I MEAN IAN, SHE HAS NAILED YOU.

WHAT ABOUT TOM WHO IS A WRITER ON THE SHOW HERE, WHAT DOES TOM

GET UP TO ON THE WEEKEND.

>> TOM, OH GOD, TOM.

>> James: OH GOSH IS RIGHT.

>> WHAT TOM DOES.

>> James: KEEP IT LIGHT.

>> TOM DRIVES TO LIKE EVERY TACO JOINT IN L.A

HE ORDERS LIKE ALL THE GROUND BEEF ONES, HE LINES THEM UP, AND

THEN HE BLINDFOLDS HIMSELF IN HIS CAR AND HE, HIS LOVER SHOVES

THE TACOS IN HIS MOUTH AND HE HAS TO GUESS AS FAST AS HE CAN

WHAT TACO JOINT THEY CAME FROM.

>> OH MY GOD, THAT IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE, MI BANNED FROM MOST

TACO JOINTS AFTER THIS, OBVIOUSLY.

>> James: I'VE LOST TRACK OF THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WHEN I SAID

TO TOM THIS WEEKEND AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, THE SAME OLD

BLINDFOLD, TACO STUFF IN THE CAR.

>> BLINDFOLD TRACKO STUFF.

>> James: WHAT ABOUT ROB.

AND I'M ONLY PICKING ROB BECAUSE HE ASKED THAT WE DON'T GO TO HIM

ON THIS.

SO THERE IS ROB.

ROB IS AN EXEC PRODUCER OF THE SHOW.

KEEP IT LIGHT, WHAT DOES ROB GET UP TO ON THE WEEKEND.

>> ROB, HE WATCHES MOVIES AND THEN HE GOES ON TWITTER, WITH AN

ALIAS AN REALLY SMASHES THEM AND DECIMATES THEM AND SMILES TO HIS

FRIENDS AND TELLS THEM THAT THEY WERE AMAZING.

>> TOTALLY ACCURATE, THANK YOU TYRA.

>> LOOK AT THAT, THIS IS-- I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT WHAT BE A

GOOD AT THIS GAME.

NOW TYRA, HERE IS SOMETHING I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU THAT I

DIDN'T KNOW, AND I AM ANNOYED THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU HAVE GOT YOUR OWN LINE OF ICE CREAM CALLED SMIZE CREAM.

>> YES T IS LAUNCHING VERY SOON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AN ALL-NATURAL ICE CREAM, SUPERPREM QUUM WHICH MEANS IT IS

REAL FANCY AND REAL GOOD.

BUT GET THIS INSIDE OF EVERY SERVING IS A HUGE, THICK CHUNKA

LUCIOUS TRUFFLE TREAT THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND IT IS CALLED A

SMIZE SURPRISE.

>> James: I AM SO TURNED ON RIGHT NOW I MEAN THIS IS MY

DREAM HOW INVOLVED WERE YOU IN COMING UP WITH THE FLAVORS.

LIKE HOW MUCH ICE CREAM DID YOU SAMPLE?

>> OH MY GOSH T IS CONSTANT, IT'S EVERY DAY T IS NOT EVEN

ABOUT INVOLVED T IS MY LIFE.

I EAT ICE CREAM.

BUT IN ORDER TO LUKE REALLY TELL IF AN ICE CREAM IS REALLY GOOD

YOU HAVE TO POUND THE PINT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND.

YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW POUNDABLE THAT PINT IS SO IT CAN'T BE TOO

SWEET, IT CAN'T BE TOO RICH.

>> James: I DON'T KNOW IF I AM COMFORTABLE DOING THAT IF MY

WIFE AND KIDS ARE IN THE HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO-- I KNOW THIS HAS TAKEN A TURN.

IT'S GONE FROM ME SAYING I AM TURNED ON AND NOW I'M POUNDING

PINTS.

>> NOW, POUNDING PINTS MEAN YOU CAN POUND IT, CAN YOU GET IT ALL

INSIDE OF YOUR BODY, THE WHOLE PINT SCRZ THAT IS DIFFERENT.

>> THAT IS WHAT I MEAN.

>> James: RIGHT.

>> AND SO IF IT IS TOO SWEET, TOO MUCH SUGAR F IT IS TOO RICH,

TOO MUCH BUTTER AND FAT AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, OR IF IT IS JUST

TOO BORING, ARE YOU NOT GOING POUND THAT PINT.

SO LIKE I HAVE BEEN TESTING TO SEE NOT JUST MOUTH FEEL,

OVERRUN, YOU KNOW, BUTTER FAT, ALL THESE THINGS OF ICE CREAM

THAT YOU TEST AND TASTE.

BUT I ALSO SEE IF I CAN POUND THAT PINT.

AND IF I CAN'T POUND THAT PINT THEN IT GOES IN THE TRASH AND I

GO BACK TO MY R & D LAB, BACK TO THE CHEFS AND SAY IT IS TOO

ITCH, TOO BUTTERY, I CAN'T POUND IT.

>> James: DO YOU EVER, CAN I BE HONEST.

>> YEAH.

>> James: IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEONE TO HELP YOU WITH THIS,

FROM A SAFE DISTANCE, I I I WILL BE THERE AND I SWEAR TO GOD I

WILL POUND THAT PINT.

>> ARE YOU SERIOUS JRS I WILL JOKE WITH YOU ABOUT A LOT OF

THINGS.

>> I WILL NOT JOKE WITH YOU ABOUT ICE CREAM.

>> AND WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOR FLAVORS?

>> James: I'M QUITE A NATURAL GUY, I LIKE A STRAWBERRY, YOU

KNOW, LIKE A STRAWBERRY AND CREAM VIBE, THAT IS ME.

>> I GOT YOU.

>> James: BUT I SORT OF, I HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD A BAD ICE

CREAM.

>> YES, YOU HAVE.

YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT

YOU WEREN'T POUNDING THAT PINT MEANT IT WAS BAD.

>> James: NOW I WAB TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN IN

THE BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME NOW, TYRA, WHEN YOU FIRST

STARTED OUT AND YOU FIRST STARTED MAKING A BIT OF MONEY,

WHAT DOES A YOUNG TYRA BANKS SPLURGE ALL HER MONEY ON?

>> I USED TO TAKE ALL OF MY FRIENDS FROM LIKE HIGH SCHOOL TO

TGI FRIDAYS AND CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN AND LIKE CHEESE CAKE

FACTORY AND I'M LIKE YO ORDER THE MENU YO, THAT WAS PIE THING.

>> James: I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU POUND WHOLE PINTS OF ICE CREAM, YOU WORK ON THE SAME LOT

HERE, AND YOU GO NUTS OVER CHEESE CAKE.

BUT HOW HAVE WE NOT MEETING ALL THE TIME.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE NOT BEST FRIENDS, TO BE HONEST.

I DON'T GET IT.

>> James: IT'S CRAZY.

I AM SO HAPPY THAT ITS SHOW IS ITS BIGGEST IT'S EVER BEEN AND I

THINK ARE YOU A MASSIVE PART OF THAT.

DANCING WITH THE STARS AIRS MONDAY NIGHTS AT 8:00 ON ABC.

STICK AROUND, MORE WITH TYRA BANKS WHEN WE COME BACK.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING A

THING ON THE SHOW CALLED THE "LATE, LATE SHOW" N TELL WHERE

WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH US THAT WE MAY

OTHERWISE NEVER GET TO SEE.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US THIS

EVENING?

>> I DO, I HAVE SOMETHING HERE, BEFORE I SHOW YOU I WILL START

BY SAYING I WAS A MODEL AND WAS QUITE THIN AND THEN OVER THE

YEARS I GAINED WEIGHT AND MY BODY GOT THICKER.

>> James: I WISH I KNEW WHAT THAT FELT LIKE.

I WAS VERY LUCKY, I CAN EAT WHATEVER I WANT, I JUST NEVER

GAINED WEIGHT, INCREDIBLE.

>> SO I GAINED WEIGHT.

PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF ME ON THE BEACH MANY YEARS AGO AND

PLASTERED ALL OVER TABLOIDS, AMERICA'S EX-TOP MODEL TYRA

SHANKS, ALL OF THAT.

AND THAT JUST MADE ME LIKE BE A CHAMPION NOT JUST IN MY OWN BODY

FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

SO I HAVE THIS WONDERFUL BOOTY MUG AND THIS BOOTY MUG SAYS X YO

BOOTY STANDARDS, AND I HAVE MY COFFEE IN IT EVERY DAY TO REMIND

ME THAT MY BOOTY IS THICK, IT'S JIG ELY, IT'S A WIGGLY AND IT'S

SEXY.

>> Reggie: YES!

(APPLAUSE).

>> James: THIS MUG NOW FEELS POSITIVELY BORING, I WILL BE

HONEST.

REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?

>> Reggie: OH WOW, OKAY, FIRST TIME.

YEAH, TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO THE BANKS.

IF YOU WERE FLYING IN AN OLD AIR SHIRP LIKE A ZEPPELIN OR A BLIMP

AND THE PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING TROUBLES WITH CONSCIOUSNESS, AND

YOU HAD TO TAKE OVER THE CONTROLS, WOULD YOU TRY TO LAND

IT SAFELY OR WOULD YOU JUST TRY TO ESCAPE REALITY ALL TOGETHER?

>> I WONDER WHAT ESCAPING REALITY MEANS, DOES THAT MEAN

LIKE JUMP OUT OF THE PLANE OR THE BLUMP?

I WOULD TRY TO LAND THAT DAMN BLIMP, I WOULD BE LIKE MAY DAY

OR WHAT IS IT, OCTOBER DAYS.

I WOULD DEFINITELY TRY TO LAND IT.

I MEAN WE WOULD PROBABLY NOT SURVIVE BUT I WOULD TRY.

>> James: TRYING TO LAND THE BLIMP.

>> Reggie: THAT IS CRAZY BECAUSE OCTOBER DAY IS ACTUALLY

THE BONUS ANSWER AND IT IS BEYOND CORRECT.

>> James: ST BANG ON, BEYOND CORRECT, TYRA BANKS YOU ARE SO

GREAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE