Tyra Banks Goes Off In Bizarre Rant Accusing Santa Of Sabotaging Her Brand

Tyra Banks has delivered her fair share of viral moments over the years, but her latest public appearance has fans concerned. The 50-year-old supermodel, entrepreneur, and former "America's Next Top Model" host took the stage at a pub in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend, where she was booked to DJ a festive holiday set. But what began as a fun, Christmas-themed appearance quickly spiraled into one of the most chaotic celebrity videos to hit social media this season. Dressed in a knee-length yellow Santa hat, a matching canary-yellow wig, and a skintight black dress, Banks stunned the crowd when she abruptly paused the music to launch into a bizarre monologue about Santa Claus sabotaging her SMiZE & DREAM ice cream brand. Within hours, clips from the night went viral, leaving fans equal parts entertained, bewildered, and concerned.

In the now-viral video circulating across TikTok and X, Banks warns the audience that Santa is not the wholesome cookie-and-milk icon he pretends to be, at least not when it comes to her ice cream.

"Child, he ain't biting that cookie. He ain't sipping that cream," she declares dramatically as the crowd laughs nervously. "He taking a bowl from your cabinet… and he putting a little bit of cookie, and he putting a little bit of that milk, and he mixing it up. And then he put it in your freezer. And he trying to make it taste like Santa SMiZE, and it tastes like Santa sh-t!" The audience appears unsure whether to laugh or brace themselves for whatever she might say next as Tyra continues describing Santa's alleged "counterfeit" ice-cream-making operation.

The video features additional snippets from the night, including Tyra suddenly proclaiming, "I think I'm going crazy!" in a tone that only added to the online frenzy.

Once the clip of Tyra's Santa monologue hit TikTok and X, the internet wasted no time weighing in, and reactions ranged from amused to genuinely concerned.

Some fans rushed to her defense, insisting this was simply classic Tyra. "I'm sorry this is so funny to me lol," one user wrote. "She's always been quirky like this and her entire brand is centered around it so back up off Tyra Banks." Another fan echoed the same sentiment, adding, "I love Tyra Banks. She deserves more respect, and I hope she knows that she is an icon."

Others, however, were far more baffled by the moment. "She on cloud 9," one viewer joked, while another commented bluntly, "Baby girl is drunk as hell right now. She is lit like a candle on Christmas." The commentary didn't stop there, with one user calling the moment "sad."

Tyra's unexpected rant also arrived on the heels of another headline-making moment. She was absent from this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. After returning to the runway for the brand's highly publicized 2024 comeback, many fans assumed she would once again appear in the 2025 production, especially as the show streamed live on Amazon Prime and across the brand's social platforms.

But when the night arrived on October 15, the former "America's Next Top Model" host was nowhere to be seen, sparking speculation online. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Tyra addressed her absence directly, explaining that she wasn't snubbing the event; she was simply on the other side of the world.

"I'm in Australia," she said, noting that she was there focusing on her SMiZE & DREAM ice cream business. "I don't know. We'll see."

Tyra's unusual onstage behavior is landing at an especially delicate time for the former supermodel, who recently revealed she lost her Los Angeles home in the devastating wildfires earlier this year.

She had initially kept the tragedy private, explaining that she didn't want to shift attention away from the many other families suffering similar losses. "I just didn't want to pull a lot of attention to me," she said at the time. "I feel like there's a lot of people that need that attention. … But I can't sit here and not tell the truth."

Banks recounted the heartbreaking moment she realized her home was gone. She and her partner, Louis Bélanger-Martin, were at a friend's house when she began checking her phone for evacuation updates.

"I kept checking my phone, not for my house, but for friends and family," she shared. When she finally showed a concerning update to her partner, he simply nodded, confirming what she feared. "I pulled it together and just didn't say anything to my friends and just stayed in the moment," she said. "And then we went home, and we cried, and we had our moment."

Between the wildfires, the VS no-show, and now a full-blown Santa sabotage rant, Tyra Banks is keeping 2025 anything but boring… and the internet can't look away.