The Aftermath of Brittany's Meltdown 

Natasha was treated so weirdly this season. It was like she was constantly both over-sexualised and infantilised, probably because of her marriage to an older man, and the speculation that she's a mail order bride. Throughout the show Natasha has been nothing but charming and sweet! They did her so dirty!

There is also something appalling about the Black woman being told her neutral face is angry and a White woman (Renee) being applauded for basically snarling at the camera.

It just occurred to me that Britney is the same poor girl who had that horrible scalp reaction to her hair and when she spoke up she was ignored or waved off until an ambulance was called. She's also the same girl who had to remember lines even though she has a brain injury caused by a traffic incident in her youth, making the task almost impossible. Honestly, with those recent experiences, I'd have melted down long before Britney had by this stage.

Jay - intentionally mean and difficult to understand Tyra - casually barrel roles into a minute long insult accidentally while trying to toss a compliment your way 😂

I think Tyra worded it wrong but I agree that people won’t want to work with you if you throw tantrums as an adult

It was probably Brittany's walk, most likely. I hate when Tyra thinks all the girls' personality should be like her, especially to the introverts.

Is it me or do they tend to always say the black ladies that they look "mean?" I feel uncomfortable every time they say it to them on different seasons/episodes.

Hold up.... So they tell Brittany no one wanted to book her and couldn't give real feedback of why they didn't want her? Tyra had to guess and give back a random reason

I was expecting ANYONE to bring up the client shopping, if I heard one of my dance students was going to auditions and asking to keep costume elements I’d be mortified 😂

Imagine unironically calling Tyra someone who is “sensitive to women’s experiences” or whatever the f*ck he said She was one of the biggest bullies we’ve ever seen on tv but okkkk

Brittany's hair was already short and they gave her a weave but it pulled so hard on her scalp that she got bald spots, so they took it out. Speaking of the weave, she'd got upset about the weave and they laughed at it until she showed those bald spots, and then Tyra had the nerve to say that Brittany needs to learn to speak up.

Something I noticed in ANTM is that there's always one girl who does amazing from the first photoshoot, but somehow, once they travel to another country, she becomes the target and they start destroying her confidence until the point of eliminating her befor the top 2 or 3. You can notice that in multple seasons: Season 3 (Nicole), Season 5 (Lisa), Season 9 (Lisa and Heather), Season 11 (Marjorie), and others. At least from my POV.

I just want someone to love me as much as Jessica loves Square Space. 😭

that is so sad that tyra is actually really good at direction when it comes to her being a photographer on the set. but when it comes to her being a judge she’s like just completely different person with unprofessional and caustic comments. the photoshoots like this let us see that she likes the industry, she likes modelling, she is very professional at this point, but antm made her so unbearable and cruel so you can’t perceive her as such anymore.

wish we had confirmation from the designers that none of them ACTUALLY didn’t want to book brittany 😭🤨 i wouldn’t put it past them to lie for the plot

Justice for Natasha. She was so precious and kind. They just made fun of her. I hope she's living her best life now.

I am sorry, but telling a very conventionally beautiful girl that men don’t understand her kind of beauty is just being mean for absolutely no reason

Your video schedule works perfectly with when I have to start winding down for bed. It helps distract me from thinking about my awful insomnia and, honestly, half the time I assume I'm already dreaming when watching these episodes. Straight out of bizarro nightmare land. (But weirdly relaxing with the added sensible reactions.)

With baited breath I waited for this

They really try to hype Tyra up as this ACCLAIMED photographer. It's funny! I will say though her direction is 10x better than any other photographer on the show.

Britanny was under extreme duress and, probably, doesn’t had the temperament to handle that. Natasha was also under the same stress but dealt with it gracefully and tried to calm Britanny. Nobody reacts the same and it’s fine. PS: Your cat casually appearing in your video is adorable.

I love how Tyra says 'Jay said" about the shoot, as if she wasn't there with the camera.

Totally agree about the “experienced photographer” thing. She’s definitely not checking that white balance! In her defence though she tells the models exactly what to do/move so she gets the shot rather than Jay and most of the other photographers just giving vague directions and blaming everything on the model! Also the muted tones on the women’s magazine shoot was definitely to make the contrast between the two shoots more noticeable. And the music 😂

Brittany has a traumatic brain injury as a fellow sufferer. You forget things and part of your brain that controls temper and patience has low tolerance. I don't think she could again handle the ridiculous pressure ATNM put on her and other girls.

Growing up, my twin and I would walk to school, so we had to wake up at 5 every morning, and my favorite part about those walks was watching the sun rise. Sunrises and sunsets are my favorite times of the day, but as an adult I'm too lazy to wake up early, so I mostly catch sunsets these days. 😅

We appreciate Jessica for her effort and hard work on this channel. God bless you.

Obviously her outburst was waaaaay over the top and they were gonna call her on it (rightly so) but I wonder if it's anything to do with her TBI. Emotional problems and outbursts can be a problem for people with brain injuries.

I’m surprised that they didn’t say anything about the contestant that asked for stuff at each go see.

They were insanely slavophobic (phobia towards those of Slavic ethnicity) towards Natasha constantly. Telling her she's a mail order bride, making fun of her accent, constantly objectifying her. I don't know why people aren't calling that out.

Natasha’s photo looked like ads dor Calvin Klein 😍😍 She’s gorgeous and really photogenic!!

“If you haven’t had a c stand fall on you you’re not an experienced photographer” I felt that

Renee did such a great job, she was one of my faves. Its so hard to believe that she went to prison for armed burglary in 2013. She was supposed to serve 12 years but was released after 5. So insane!!!!!!!

Whether she told him to meet her there, I still think she handled herself really poorly. And no reason to take it out on Natasha either

I think Tyra did her first color photoshoot in Cycle 13. She mentioned she was nervous and had always shot in black and white because she learned from her mother.

26:13 he did NOT just say "Flamingo Dancing" omfg I can't

I completely agree with you regarding the feedback on Tyra's photos. When I was watching this video, I also thought that she should have composed some of the photos differently to make them stronger images. The struggles and mishaps of actually having to manage everything yourself when shooting portraits from balancing reflectors and changing light setups, in addition to the years of studying composition, your camera, and lighting, definitely make a tremendous difference in the impact of a shot. I loved your commentary on this video. I related to a lot of what you said as a portrait photographer myself and I also value how you still provide a lot of information for people interested in modeling and photography

I've decided, through extensive antm viewing and various other pieces of information, that Tyra isn't really a villain. She's just kinda oblivious, like Michael Scott from the Office. Just a theory

I RAN and clicked this video…I’m addicted 🤦🏾‍♀️

I feel her direction as a photographer is 10x better and if anything it makes her a better "photographer". As a model, she knows what they usually look for and knows they don't always say the best critiques (as much as they deal with it, she has to as well so she knows). She probably gets help with everything and I'm sure they made sure she knew what she was doing with that camera, not only work efficiently, but to make sure she looks like she knows what she's doing. Help with setting up aside, she at least tries her best directing techniques to get the best photo out of the model.

I actually agree with them about Dionne, though I would say she tends to look angry rather than "mean", mostly because of the shape of her eyebrows and the way they interact with her eye shape and cheekbones. But instead of telling her she should spend time working in a mirror on her expressions and understanding her face and how to work it, they just... told her to stop looking mean. She's not intentionally making that face, its just the way her face is shaped, so telling her to stop is so unhelpful.

I like that the entire show is like a projection of Tyra's Id and reflects her PERCEPTION of what she FEELS she went through to become a model. So all these stunts and abuse are reflective of what she felt like it took to become a model.

Brittany needed to learn to keep it in. It’s a rough lesson to learn. Especially on TV. But yeah. Just react the way Natasha did - be a bit put out and then just don’t react otherwise. Brittany did apologize according to interviews she did afterwards. But also: she went too far. Tyra is a bad photographer….

Brittany was a bad walker and awkward irl but damn the girl was photogenic. One of the shows most naturally gifted models imo

Thank you for not making us wait a long time!!! I was so excited.

thank you for doing a commentary on this episode! it was one of my favorites growing up. especially for the male photographer's photos as well, the lighting is everything xD

Hungover, watching this with my doordashed McDonald's ❤️ this is perfect lol

They really did Renée dirty with that haircut. It's like Sharon Stone's mullet from Casino

The amount of specifically black girls who they said photographed “mean” or “harsh” over the course of this show…

Dude you’re so right about the whole “relearning different cameras” I thought I was such a n00b when I tried to use my friends cameras growing up, but after hearing from a certified photographer that it can be hard to relearn other cameras. You seriously make me feel better about so many things I went through growing up lol

Natasha was my favorite on that cycle too...me and my bbf were obsessed with antm back in the day and i enjoy watching your videos and hearing your comments you are always spot on and crack me up! thank you for that i wish you all the success and happiness in life! and i hope you have a little party when you hit 2m subs you are getting close!!

I’m a experienced photographer, for I have had a C stand fall on me 😅 although, i did work in camera rental house … But saying that its Brittanys personality is not ok. She might be trying to ”fix” her personality for a long time after this, not realizing her personality is ok as long she is not Hanninal Lecter..

Thank you for new ANTM video. Love your reactions.

As a professional photographer I felt so validated when you said what you said about photographers hiding behind black and white bc the colors didn’t come out right! I’m in the wedding industry and when I see b&w night/indoor photos lol, we already know babe…

When I saw the first half I frantically went looking for the second and I'm so glad it's here now lol

Tyra's shots ALWAYS have this tone! The Great Wall, the birds one...

I'm sure there's things that happened that we don't know about. She definitely didn't handle the situation well at all; but also I don't trust production one bit. 😅 For all we know, she could have told him to meet her there but they told him not to, to mess with her memory issues. 🤷‍♀ It's something I could see them do.

also love natasha so much too, she has such a sweet personality!! we need more reactions on photoshoots with her!!

The way Dion and other DSBW constantly gets hit with historically rooted microaggressions is wild

Oliver Twixt actually did an interview with Brittany and she confirmed after the show she was diagnosed with ahd and she’s taking medication for it it’s treats stressful environments, raging outbursts. Also this is one of the reasons why I never felt awful for Jay Manual’s fallout with Tyra because he had his fair share of semi-bullying contestants from cycle 1-17.

Tyra’s shots are giving me 2000’s Hollister vibes

Hi Jessica! Just came across your channel and I love these ANTM videos! Your commentary is smart, interesting, and sweet. Loved your videos with Keenyah too. Please do more ANTM model interviews!

I might be reading too into this as a black girl but I just wonder how much of Dionne’s “meanness” is just colored by the fact that she’s black and we have the “angry black woman” stereotype impacting their biases against her. Like she never looked mean to me.

Thank you for the part 2

I always get good warm vibes when I watch your videos. Love you jessica🤩💗🙏

OMG!!! i just realized that they were telling the “mean” story for Dionne since the beginning! I think it was the first or second photo shoot with the high school labels, Dionne’s role was literally “MEAN GIRL”. It’s crazy the story lines they tell with these girls.

YESSS ive been waiting desperately for this

its the villain story for the taxi driver. Now he hunts young models on go sees after being so brutally and falsely maligned on TV.

I think think what happened with Brittany and the cab driver was a simple miscommunication which was easy to happen in the high pressure situation that she was in. When she said "I am going to Cooper Street" I think she assumed that the cab driver would meet her there. Of course, it wasn't a clear instruction so the cab driver understandably stayed where he was (for example, maybe Brittany thought he was in an easy to find spot and that he should stay there while she goes to Cooper Street and comes back). I think when Brittany continued to blame it on the cab driver she either didn't remember what she said and really thought she told him to meet her on Cooper Street OR she didn't understand how saying "I'm going to Cooper Street" wasn't a clear instruction for the cab driver to meet her there.

If you wanna see a color shoot from Tyra, check out cycle 10 with the Renaissance photo shoot. Top 5. She also did the Happa shoot in cycle 13. You reacted to that one.

I've seen worse tantrums from every judge on ANTM😂 And, in every profession, I've observed the most "anti-social" (not UN-FRIENDLY) are the most successful. Cordial, professional, passionate when appropriate is a STRONG work ethic.

You’re right. Brittany did have extensions in. Well technically a sew in weave. They fucked her hair up. She had short thin hair and it seemed like the weave was slipping out of her hair because she didn’t have the right hair type for weaves.

The way they treat Natasha is sooooooooo bad! The fake accent, the hypersexualisation?? How did people ever think this was ok

Thank you for this 😊

Hey Jessica I just wanted to say how much I love these antm reaction videos

Call her out, get her Jessica 😂

The way they tell Black women they look mean or angry is a consistent microaggression throughout the seasons.

Brittney took such stunning shots but that personality/ victim mentality she had throughout the season really dimmed her shine.

I love Dionne. Her personality was so cute and bubbly! I don't think they picked her best pictures. Ugh. Love her.

"So far the male photographer's photos are much better" This is my shocked face 😲😲😲

Just let Tyra do the shoots, shes the only one, surprisingly, that gives direction 😭

Tyra with the literal Borat impression when she talks to Natasha wtf

13:56 just when you thought this couldn’t get more uncomfortable, Mr Jay comes with another bombshell comment 🤦‍♀️ basically, what he said about Natasha is another display of that one American stereotype about Russian & Ukrainian women…

When she is the photographer she seems to become more light hearted and connecting on a more one-on-one with each model.

It's important to remember that Brittany has memory issues, I believe that's why she was so harsh in her reaction. She actually thought she told him to meet her.

As someone who has adhd and doesn't remember things right often, I can sympathize with Brittany. She probably just misremembered or misspoke when she talked to the taxi driver, given her TBI. When you spend a lot of time feeling like a disappointment or like you're a failure because you didn't remember something right, you can get defensive. So when she was sure she did everything right and would not have failed otherwise, she needed everyone to know she did everything right. I get that, I understand the feeling. Still, it might be because she was young at the time, but she had to learn how to curb the tantrum. Her tantrum reminded me of my brother, who has yet to learn how to not get mad when things don't go right. It was hard to watch. But like you said, it's a high pressure situation and filmed for all the world to see. She had a right to be upset, but not so much to make it everyone's business. Hopefully that was a blip in her behavior and not something she did all the time, or has done since.

Hey, I just wanted to say something (I'm the beginning of video) I don't Tyra is the one that controls the lights and a lot the things that are about photography in the show. But I do think she has knowledge in photography, her mom was photographer she was the one that took her first photos ever. So I think she has some knowledge of what she is doing, but I'm not sure if professional can be the term or not! But just wanted to say this, cause it explains a bit why she photographs so much in the show (besides the fact she's a producer) and I also think is a fun fact!

LOL That's how you know a c stand has fallen on this man

Brittany’s extensions in that second photo shoot 😂 they cut her hair off just to give her a mismatched mullet

Im just surprised me too/times up havent had multiple former models/contestants come forward about/against the crew "assistants" producers judges photographers etc and co taking advantage of them because it DEFINITELY happened

It's funny how everyone's lowkey roasting Nigel at panel 🤣

29:40 ok so my theory with hugging the girls after being eliminated was a note given to Tyra by production as this became a thing starting as late as cycle 7, before this there were only rare instances like when Sara got eliminated in Bangkok. cycle 6 and she hugged Tyra (a few more I can't remember, and she always hugged ther runner ups), as Tyra would usually would just say thanks and smile to the eliminated girl. Hence, to seem a bit more personable/likable/cordial she started hugging all the eliminated girls and giving them a brief farewell speech. I do feel it worked like it made her more likable and compassionate for me and more touching like she really cared for the girls, at least how it was portrayed.

Mr Jay is like a cat. He doesn't like being touched, he likes to play with people and he stayed out of the water

I really liked them all at this point way back when, and Brittany was one of my two favorites along with the model who won. The drama between the models *really* starts next episode.

The constant claims of Dionne looking mean is such a common micro aggression directed at dark skinned BW. The fact that Tyra parroted the same ish Mr Jay did is gross, honestly, especially as a BW. It’s so uncomfortable to watch knowing how many impressionable girls watched this show and picked up on that.

Jess’s comment s about Brittany’s hair though 🤣🤣🤣. I can’t remember what the episodes were (there were multiple), but Brittany was crying about her weave being too tight and then she wasn’t keeping up with it and complaining about how bad it looked.

What's so crazy is Tyra would be a great coach photographer for girls that want to become models, but not as a show.

So true about what she said about photographers choose b&w because sometimes colors doesn’t get right in the pictures. Lol. That’s why as much as I love b&w and how dramatic it looks like, I shoot in color majority of my shoots. Whenever I shoot B&W it’s 99% intentional.

You are not making it up about Brittany's weave. It's horribleness is infamous. Edited to add that I forgot this was after they took her janky extensions and these were just for the shoot.

Randomly Googled the male model Brittany posed with and he is apparently now a successful auctioneer, so there is a life post appearing on top model haha

Tyra is always calling the Black models mean.