A fan-favorite 1990s-era supermodel just revealed she's split from her longtime partner and is living and loving the single life.
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Tyra Banks dropped the juicy marital status news during a recent interview with NYC's HOT 97, telling host Nessa Diab that her partner since 2019, Canadian businessman Louis Bélanger-Martin, is no longer in the romantic picture. Banks got candid after Diab pressed the supermodel and TV personality about the biggest lesson she's learned from her new single status.
"That's a good question. I think that it's never too late to start again," Banks said in the Nov. 11 interview. "I'm a single woman now: I'm 52 years old, and I'm single, and I kind of was over it. I'm like, I've got my mom, I've got my son, and I'm good. I didn't even have, like, a drive."
Banks went on to imply that getting back into the dating world rebooted her femininity.
"But now I'm like, you know what? It's not too late," she continued. "Now I feel feminine, dating, you know, I'm back to that. There's no such thing as, 'Oh, it has to be over because of an age or because you're just done... so I'm living my feminineness right now."
In a short but sweet street interview with TMZ, published today (Nov. 12), Banks further stressed how happy she was to be single and dating again.
"I am dating. It's nice to be single. It's been a while," she insisted to the outlet.
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Of course, once upon a time, the supermodel reportedly couldn't get enough of her former beau. According to Page Six, Banks had been linked to Bélanger-Martin since 2019, when they were spotted getting cozy at a restaurant in Los Angeles twice in one week.
Bélanger-Martin co-founded private investment firm Groupe W Inc. in 1996 and has held high-profile gigs at several companies... like Banks' ice cream venture, SMiZE Cream.
The supermodel even previously tipped her hat to her former beau for helping her gain confidence as a businesswoman.
"That's where my stuff happens... self-doubt. Am I good enough? Am I just a model?" Banks said on Today in 2024. "My man is amazing at helping me through those moments."
But alas, her "amazing man" must presumably venture once more into the dating scene. Here's hoping he's as happy with the situation as Banks seems to be.
