Brooke Burke Says Tyra Banks ‘Diva’ Comments Were Not Meant in a ‘Negative Way’

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No bad intentions! Brooke Burke is clearing the air about the comments she made about Tyra Banks being a “diva” when she started as the new host of Dancing With the Stars.“Boy was that big news when I called her a diva,” television personality, 51, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, November 14, while promoting her collaboration with Longevity. “So not meant in [a] negative way.”Burke made headlines after appearing on David Yontef’s “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast in April and talking about her experience on the Disney+ reality competition series.

She noted that Bank’s first season hosting was a “tough transition” for both viewers and the cast.“There’s nothing wrong with that, and I’m not saying anything bad about her.

Be a diva,” the Brooke Burke Body founder said at the time. “It’s [just] not the place to be a diva. Your pros are the diva[s], your winners, your perfect 10-score dancer who’s never done it — that defines diva in the ballroom.”On Monday, Burke told Us that she meant no ill will for the America’s Next Top Model star, 48.“’Diva’ is not a negative thing. ‘Diva’ is a fabulous thing,” she clarified. “If I would’ve said ‘queen,’ it would’ve been OK.”Banks joined the Disney+ show in July 2020 after the series parted ways with Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews.

The Life-Size actress got off to a rocky start during her first season of DWTS, from wardrobe malfunctions to announcing the wrong bottom two couples — earning criticism from viewers.“Every host messes up.