Tyra Banks opens up on her reputation as a 'gross person', says she 'loves' picking toes and popping pimples

American supermodel and television personality Tyra Banks recently got candid with Jenna Bush Hager while co-hosting the latest episode of Today with Jenna & Friends. The multi-talented Banks, who is also an actress, writer, and producer, opened up about some of her "gross" habits on the July 31, 2025, episode of the NBC show.

The America's Next Top Model alum, Tyra Banks, discussed her favorite hobbies that include popping pimples and clipping toenails. Not to mention, she also talked about her July 28 comments, which went viral, about eating the leftover crumbs in her bed. The Life Size actress, Banks, also made a few other confessions during the show. Jenna Bush Hager asked:

"Do you clip toes? I don't clip anybody's toes"

Hager confessed that she doesn't clip anybody's toes, but when she asked Banks if she does, Tyra quickly nodded. The supermodel turned producer, while mentioning how her reputation is becoming that of a gross person, wittily said:

"I am, like an aesthetician, pedicurist, everything. I love it. I'm getting a reputation for being a gross person."

The duo began joking about Tyra's viral comment regarding eating the leftover crumbs in her bed. Hager, who began hosting Today with Jenna & Friends in January 2025, laughingly said:

"The eating of the crumbs article really got some pickup."

To which Tyra Banks quipped:

"It did, and they're saying because 'Jenna was disgusted."

Hager responds by saying:

"I was not disgusted!"

To which Tyra added:

"That's what they said. And it's okay, I still love you – but, I'm about to disgust you."

As per certain reports, Tyra Banks, who started her modelling career when she was quite young, got her major break at the age of 17 when she was hired by Elite Model Management in 1990, the biggest modelling agency in the world. Banks, who eventually became one of the very few African-American supermodels, was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005.

However, as Hager and Banks continued their conversation, Tyra, about her current reputation, said:

"It's my reputation now. 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. So you have to have, like, some alcohol or some, you know, some stuff."

Hager then asked:

"Now, who are you doing that to?"

Banks replied:

"Anyone who that wants it? My mom, my friends, my man, my son, and then a pimple. Like, if you had a pimple, it would be staring at me the whole time time."

When it comes to clipping toes, Tyra Banks said, "I want it so bad"

During their conversation on Today with Jenna & Friends, Hager asks Banks what goes on in her mind when she clips someone's toes. Jenna asks:

"What would be your mental track? What would be going on in the brain?"

To which Tyra Banks said:

"I want it so bad. Like, I just love it."

Hager further asked:

"Like, Dr. Pimple Popper, like that, you know, did you watch that show?"

To which Banks replied:

"I don't watch it too much because it maybe, like an addiction. It's disgusting and erotic at the same time. It touches those parts of you."