NOT WARM. BUT WERE TRYING.
HODA?
HODA?
>> DYLAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> YOU KNOW HER. TYRA BANKS IS A SUPERMODEL, A TV
HOST, AN ACTRESS, ENTREPRENEUR,
AN EMMY WINNER.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. WE KNOW BEHIND EVERY STRONG
WOMAN, THERE IS A STRONGER ONE.
A STRONGER MOM IN THIS CASE. TYRA AND HER MOM TEAMED UP TO
TELL THE STORY CALLED "PERFECT
IS BORING: TEN THINGS THAT MY
MOMMA CAUGHT ME ABOUT BEAUTY, BOOTA CAUGHT ME ABOUT BEAUTY,
BOOT
BOOTYY AND BEING THE BOSS." THE FRONT COVER IS ADORABLE.
ITS YOU.
ITS YOU. YOU FLIP IT TO THE BACK COVER
AND ITS YOUR MOM.
YOU TWO, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
DO THIS TOGETHER?
>> WE WANTED TO DO IT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, MY MOM, WAS
TIRED OF BEING PARENTS.
WERE LIKE, WE WANT TO TELL THE
WORLD OUR STORY AND SHE RAISED
ME AND MY JOURNEY TO GET TO
WHERE I AM TODAY.
AND SHES SO UNFILTERED AND SO
RAW.
RAW.
THE THINGS SHE TAUGHT ME WHEN IT COMES TO SEX, DATING, ME WHEN IT
COMES TO SEX, DATING, EVERYTHING, MADE ME BLUSH.
>> YOU WERE SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THIS BOOK COMES WITH A PARENTAL ADVISORY. COMES WITH A PARENTAL
ADVISORY.
PUT THIS BOOK IN THE TRASH IF
THAT EMBARRASSING YOU. WERE YOU ALWAYS THAT OPEN, WHEN
IT COMES TO SUBJECTS THAT MOMS
AND DADS WERE SENSITIVE ABOUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU JUST TOLD IT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. WE WERE ALL CHILDREN AT ONE TIME
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES.
AND WE DID THINGS. AND WE HEARD THINGS.
AND WE BELIEVED THINGS.
I CAME UP IN A TIME WHERE ALMOST
EVERYTHING REGARDING SEXUALITY
WAS TABOO.
WAS TABOO. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I WENT INTO THE WORLD
BLINDLY.
BLINDLY.
AND TALKING ABOUT BUMPING INTO WALLS --ING ABOUT BUMPING INTO
WALLS --
>> YOU WANTED TYRA TO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW.YRA TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT VIEW.
>> I KNOW WHERE TYRA GETS HER
STRENGTH WHEN I WAS READING
ABOUT YOU.
YOU WERE A SINGLE MOM, A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH TWO
KIDS.
KIDS.
EVERY YEAR, YOU HAD ANOTHER ROOM. YEAR, YOU HAD ANOTHER
ROOM.
>> I TOLD THEM, EVERY YEAR,
WERE GOING TO GET ANOTHER BEDROOM.NG TO GET ANOTHER
BEDROOM.
>> YOU HAD DREAMS OF BEING A MODEL AND ALL THESE THINGS.A
MODEL AND ALL THESE THINGS. YOUR DAD FREAKED OUT AND SAID, I
THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
YOU KNEW THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU
WERE GOING TO GO INTO.
>> I HAD A CROSSROADS. I HAD AN ABILITY TO GO TO PARIS
AND MODEL OR GO TO COLLEGE.
AND I TOLD MY MOM, WHAT SHOULD I
DO?
DO?
AND SHE SAID, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? SHE SAID, WHAT SHOULD YOU
DO?
SHE PUT IT ALL ON ME. AND I HAD TWO WEEKS TO FIGURE IT
OUT AND DECIDED, IM GOING TO
TAKE THIS PARIS ROUTE AND
COLLEGE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.
AND I ENDED UP GOING BACK TO
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. >> LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
WERE YOU A LITTLE NERVOUS,
CAROLYN, WHEN SHE DECIDED ON
PARIS?
PARIS?
>> I WAS FREAKING OUT INSIDE.
THE ONE THING I TOLD HER WHEN SHE ASKED ME, THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER
CHOICE YOU MAKE, I WILL SUPPORT
YOU IN THAT, IN MY HEART, I
WANTED HER TO GO TO COLLEGE,
TOO.
TOO.
>> BUT YOU LEDT HER DO WHAT SHE
WANTED.
THERES A LOT OF LIFE LESSONS FOR ANY CHILD AND PARENT IN THIS
BOOK.
BOOK. YOU OWN WHO YOU ARE.
YOUVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO TALK
ABOUT WEIGHT, ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF REVELATIONS
IN THE BOOK, TOO.
YOU GOT A NOSE JOB AND YOU
DIDNT TALK ABOUT IT.
AND YOU SAY, WHAT WAS YOUR
PHRASE?
PHRASE?
>> FIX IT OR FLAUNT IT. >> YEAH.T OR FLAUNT IT.
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN I WAS -- HOW OLD WAS I?
5?
OR 3?
>> YOU WERE ABOUT 3.
>> I DIDNT KNOW I BROKE MY NOSE.DIDNT KNOW I BROKE MY
NOSE.
I DIDNT KNOW IT.
>> I DIDNT KNOW IT.
>> SO, MY AUNT SAID, YOUR CHILD -- HER SISTER SAID, TYRA
BROKE HER NOSE.
SHES NOT CRYING THAT MUCH. CUT TO YEARS LATER, IM LIKE,
CONSTANTLY SCRATCHING MY NOSE.
IT WAS GROWING SIDEWAYS.
I DIDNT NOTICE UNTIL A MAKEUP
ARTIST TOLD ME.
GIRL, YOUR NOSE, ITS LIKE
ALIVE.
ALIVE.
ITS GROWING SIDEWAYS.
ITS GETTING BIG ON THE SIDE.
AND WHEN I TOUCH IT, I FEEL LIKE
BONES STICKING OUT. >> YOU FIXED IT BECAUSE IT WAS
BROKEN.
BROKEN.
>> YES, IT WAS BROKEN. HOWEVER, THE DOCTOR WAS LIKE,
YEAH, ITS BROKEN, BUT YOU CAN
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
IF YOU WANT TO FIX IT, MAYBE WE
SHOULD MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR MOMS.D MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR
MOMS.
AND HERS WAS TOO KEEN FOR MY
FACE.
HE SAYS, LETS DO THIS AND MAKE
IT AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IT WAS COSMETIC/MEDICAL.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THIS BOOK HAS SO MANY GREAT STORIES.S BOOK
HAS SO MANY GREAT STORIES. YOU WRITE IN YOUR OWN VOICE, I
FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU AFTER
READING THIS BOOK.
>> THATS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "PERFECT IS BORING." IS CALLED "PERFECT IS