Pure and Simple. Sounds like a ratings gimmick to me.
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Tyra Banks
TYRA BANKS GOES UNDERCOVER AS A STRIPPER: TV host gets to the 'bottom' of men?s fascination with shake joints.
(February 28, 2006)
*T-Pain speaks for a number of men in his latest single ?I?m In Love with a Stripper,? and now Tyra Banks wants to find out the reason behind the obsession.
Although February sweeps is a done deal, tomorrow's episode of ?The Tyra Banks Show,? (March 1) will feature the host going undercover as a stripper in a topless club...as research.
"So many women have emailed me and I've personally had so many conversations with my friends who are frustrated with the men in their lives spending so much time and so much money in strip clubs,? she explains. ?I dated a guy that went to these places all the time, and he would say nothing was happening. And I was like, 'Yeah right.'"
On the episode, Banks will sport a wig, fake teeth, prosthetic nose, and gobs of makeup to transform herself into a dancer named "Chanel."
"When I found out the majority of business is from males from married homes, I wanted to go inside the minds of the men who frequent these clubs,? she continues ....
Read the story ...
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur25060.cfm
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Tyra Banks
TYRA BANKS GOES UNDERCOVER AS A STRIPPER: TV host gets to the 'bottom' of men?s fascination with shake joints.
(February 28, 2006)
*T-Pain speaks for a number of men in his latest single ?I?m In Love with a Stripper,? and now Tyra Banks wants to find out the reason behind the obsession.
Although February sweeps is a done deal, tomorrow's episode of ?The Tyra Banks Show,? (March 1) will feature the host going undercover as a stripper in a topless club...as research.
"So many women have emailed me and I've personally had so many conversations with my friends who are frustrated with the men in their lives spending so much time and so much money in strip clubs,? she explains. ?I dated a guy that went to these places all the time, and he would say nothing was happening. And I was like, 'Yeah right.'"
On the episode, Banks will sport a wig, fake teeth, prosthetic nose, and gobs of makeup to transform herself into a dancer named "Chanel."
"When I found out the majority of business is from males from married homes, I wanted to go inside the minds of the men who frequent these clubs,? she continues ....
Read the story ...
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur25060.cfm