Adrianne Curry-Rhode she made it clear that she is not interested in reviewing her time America’s next top model.
The ANTM The 43-year-old Cycle 1 winner spoke following the release of a captivating new trailer for an upcoming exposé docuseries taking a closer look at the hit show led by Tyra Banksrevealing that she chose not to be introduced Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.
“I’m deeply grateful that I won the first season of Top Model. I think people psychoanalyzing her 20+ years later with an awakened lens is absurd,” Curry. wrote in a statement via X Monday January 26. “I don’t trust people not to manipulate the things I say for TV, so I decline everything. Besides, the public is cultured and cruel, so the last thing I want is a bunch of mirrors.”
Curry added: “I hope the other girls don’t get their words twisted on their netflix show.” She also posted via Instagram“I say no to all that. I don’t trust any producer, I don’t feel like being really public these days… and I’m very withdrawn from Hollywood.”
Adrianne Curry claims she was paid “zero dollars” after winning the first season of America’s Next Top Model. The 42-year-old model addressed her past experience on the reality competition on the Tuesday, June 3, episode of the “Just B With Bethenny Frankel” podcast. Curry, who claimed the Top Model crown in 2003, alleged that (…)
The three-part series is set to “unpack the inner workings of the show” and include interviews with “key actors” who reflect on their experience filming ANTMwhich spanned 24 seasons from 2003 to 2018.
ANTM remains a controversial show, having garnered praise for opening doors to the fashion world and its representation of contestants of different races, ethnicities and backgrounds. Despite its claims of diversity, the show has also been criticized for problematic beauty standards, extreme makeoversmental health issues and exploitative reality television editing.
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.
Courtesy of NetflixBanks, 52, will appear in docuseries alongside former judges Jay Manuel, J. Alexander “Miss J” i Nigel Barker and executive producer Ken Mok. Former winners Shandy Sullivan (cycle 2), Keenyah Hill (ANTM cycle 4), Danny Evans (winner of cycle 6), i Whitney Thompson (cycle 10), will also make an appearance.
Curry, who now enjoy a quiet life in Montana with the husband Matthew Rhode after leaving the glitz and glamor of Tinseltown behind, she previously addressed her time on the show in 2024.
“They told us every day that whoever was going to win was going to be a great Revlon model, and then they dubbed out the voices when it aired on TV because they never wanted it,” she shared during a Zoom call with people. “We were lied to because none of us would have fought as hard as we did for a half-ass prize. We’d be like, that’s stupid.”
“That’s the industry. That’s what it is. It’s daunting,” Curry added, revealing that it ultimately worked in his favor to leave the catwalk life behind.
“I’m thankful that things didn’t work out the way they were supposed to because I don’t think I would have been a very good person if I had found great success in modeling,” she shared in retrospect. “I don’t think my young brain would have been able to wrap it around that in a good way.”
Curry said life was “much slower” for her and that she had embraced the change, adding, “It’s like a complete reversal of where I was, and I feel richer than ever, and I have less than ever.”
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model opens on February 16.