ALT Talks ANTM, Anna & Elephants!

Filed Under: Reality Television Fashion Smashion Tyra Banks Anna Wintour Andre Leon Talley Vogue Diane von Furstenberg

If you tuned in to catch new ANTM judge Andre Leon Talley, you were probably disappointed since TyTy made it a two part premiere (which BTW, no one even bother to tell Andre he wouldn't be on the first part, nice going Tyrannosaurus.)

But to make up for that, Andre recently sat down to talk about anything and everything including squashing that nasty rumor of him riding an elephant.

Here are some highlights from the Vogue editor at large's interview:

On Anna Wintour watching the show:

Oh no, Anna doesn't look at television. Maybe tennis. Just tennis…I don't think she's a television-watcher. I've been to her home many times and I've never seen her watch the TV.

On fitting in on the judging panel:

No! I love Tyra. It's like coming home.

On whether or not "dreckitude" will become the new 'it' word:

We will see! I don't know. I can't gauge these things. This is all new to me.

On riding the rumors of riding an elephant:

Oh no, no, no, no, no! I love the rumor, but it's not true. I went to see an elephant in a zoo and we bonded. Tyra and I spent an afternoon with an elephant. But we by no means rode the elephant. I love the idea that people think I'm riding elephants on the show. That's cool.

On the lack of diversity on the runway:

Oh, but Diane Von Furstenberg did her duty! Half her show was black models. That was one of the great shows. You know, it's never going to go back to what it was. We will always make them aware. There is always going to be an awareness about that. I don't think that is a fair criticism of that, because in all the shows there was lots of diversity.