Kenya Moore is opening up about the sisterly bond she shared with Tyra Banks.
The former Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 53, was recalling her ’90s era in an interview with The Shade Room when the conversation turned to Banks, 51.
“In the 90s, we were inseparable,” Moore recalled of her bond with the supermodel. “If she wasn’t at my house, I was at her house. Like, her mom was my mom.”
Moore then recounted how the conversations between the “best friends” were like those days.
“We just could not get off the phone. It’s almost like when you’re on the phone with your man and you’re like, ‘Are you going to hang up? Are you asleep?’ That’s what we were — we were sisters,” she explained.
“That’s another thing about people from the ’90s: We didn’t talk. We didn’t talk about the dates and the guys and always on social media crying and talking about your problems. We didn’t do all of that,” she said. “There wasn’t social media, so everything was private.”
Moore also got candid about having learned a lot about business from Banks, who in addition to modeling and acting, has launched numerous ventures including an entertainment company.
“Just seeing her marketing, her business savvy was just above and beyond anything I had ever seen, coming from Miss USA. You know, I met her right after Miss USA, so my head wasn’t there,” she continued, referring to winning the prestigious pageant title in 1993.
However, the reality star also remembers Banks as a hyperactive businesswoman, comparing her to “a machine” when it came to building her business empire.
“You know how you have all your people? She had all these people and she had all these ideas and she was able to see everything through,” she explained. “It was really beautiful to watch a young Black girl flourish in that way.”
