I think this video is a bit dated, but I just came across it now.
Tyra Banks literally goes insane over Vaseline. Vaseline is her secret eye-and-any-thing cream. Wow, some secret. And wow, she’s crazy!
*UPDATE*
It turns out that the episode of Tyra that that video above is from was a spoof of the episode where Oprah gave away cars on her show. It was all in good fun, as you can read below.
MESSAGE FROM TYRA: What’s Up with the Vaseline?
Hi Everybody,
I had a ball giving away that bejeweled VASELINE on the show! I really have used it since I was a little girl, and my mom is addicted to it too. I hope you all got my joke when I was acting all crazy. I was acting all high energy and super excited about the VASELINE giveaway because I was spoofing the time Oprah gave away cars on her show a few years ago. In fact, I actually studied that Oprah episode and copied her body movements and phrases she used, exactly like she did them. But a spoof wouldn’t be a spoof without a little (or a lot) of exaggeration, so I had to be over the top with it. If you noticed, we put my VASELINE jar on a key chain to push the Oprah car spoof up one extra notch. It was soooooo much fun. I made sure my office called Oprah’s office to make sure they knew it was all in fun. I love Oprah, and she has a great sense of humor and I wanted to make sure she knew the spoof was all in love. She’s my idol. I actually pay MAJOR homage to Oprah on “America’s Next Top Model” this season. It’s coming up so you have to watch “Top Model” to see what I do. It’s a lot of love, mixed with a lil’ bit of spoof, done in that campy way we do things on “Top Model.”
But getting back to the Vaseline. Years ago, Vaseline heard I was a fan of the product, and they sent me a bling bling jar of the product. I loved that hot little jar of Vaseline and wanted to share that with my audience. Each jar I gave to the studio audience was worth $100. I know that’s a whole lotta money for some Vaseline, but it’s because they were all hand beaded with Swarovski crystals. But underneath all that bling is just a regular jar of Vaseline that you can get at the drugstore or in your own medicine cabinet. I have been reading your messages and a lot of you are concerned that putting Vaseline on your face is not the best thing to do. I have very dry skin, so Vaseline is great for the skin on my face. But if you have oily or acne prone skin, you should probably keep the ‘LINE (nickname for Vaseline – pronounced “LEENE”) off of your face.
Today, my feet were really ashy, and I put some Vaseline on them before I put my socks on. I just got home. (I went to the movies today to see CRANK. That movie ROCKED. It was sooooo good. It was really violent though and has some sexual stuff that is too strong for the young’uns out there. So I am NOT recommending that people under 18 years old see it! That Jason Stratham – star of the flick – is one sexy dude.) But anyway, I came home from the movies and took my socks off and my feet were ash free. They were glowing!!! Vaseline came to the rescue!!!
I wanna thank all of you for all of your tips on how to get rid of my rough hands. I am trying your advice. I tried the tip today that one of you gave me that involves baking soda. My hands are soft, Soft, SOFT! I’m going to keep trying the tips. Thanks everybody!!!
Much Love,
Tyra
Thanks JJ for correction and the heads up! I still think its a hilarious video though. Hehehe. :)
It’s a tribute to Oprah, when she gave out a car to all of her audience members. Tyra wrote about it on her blog soon after the episode aired…
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MESSAGE FROM TYRA: What’s Up with the Vaseline?
Hi Everybody,
I had a ball giving away that bejeweled VASELINE on the show! I really have used it since I was a little girl, and my mom is addicted to it too. I hope you all got my joke when I was acting all crazy. I was acting all high energy and super excited about the VASELINE giveaway because I was spoofing the time Oprah gave away cars on her show a few years ago. In fact, I actually studied that Oprah episode and copied her body movements and phrases she used, exactly like she did them. But a spoof wouldn’t be a spoof without a little (or a lot) of exaggeration, so I had to be over the top with it. If you noticed, we put my VASELINE jar on a key chain to push the Oprah car spoof up one extra notch. It was soooooo much fun. I made sure my office called Oprah’s office to make sure they knew it was all in fun. I love Oprah, and she has a great sense of humor and I wanted to make sure she knew the spoof was all in love. She’s my idol. I actually pay MAJOR homage to Oprah on “America’s Next Top Model” this season. It’s coming up so you have to watch “Top Model” to see what I do. It’s a lot of love, mixed with a lil’ bit of spoof, done in that campy way we do things on “Top Model.”
But getting back to the Vaseline. Years ago, Vaseline heard I was a fan of the product, and they sent me a bling bling jar of the product. I loved that hot little jar of Vaseline and wanted to share that with my audience. Each jar I gave to the studio audience was worth $100. I know that’s a whole lotta money for some Vaseline, but it’s because they were all hand beaded with Swarovski crystals. But underneath all that bling is just a regular jar of Vaseline that you can get at the drugstore or in your own medicine cabinet. I have been reading your messages and a lot of you are concerned that putting Vaseline on your face is not the best thing to do. I have very dry skin, so Vaseline is great for the skin on my face. But if you have oily or acne prone skin, you should probably keep the ‘LINE (nickname for Vaseline – pronounced “LEENE”) off of your face.
Today, my feet were really ashy, and I put some Vaseline on them before I put my socks on. I just got home. (I went to the movies today to see CRANK. That movie ROCKED. It was sooooo good. It was really violent though and has some sexual stuff that is too strong for the young’uns out there. So I am NOT recommending that people under 18 years old see it! That Jason Stratham – star of the flick – is one sexy dude.) But anyway, I came home from the movies and took my socks off and my feet were ash free. They were glowing!!! Vaseline came to the rescue!!!
I wanna thank all of you for all of your tips on how to get rid of my rough hands. I am trying your advice. I tried the tip today that one of you gave me that involves baking soda. My hands are soft, Soft, SOFT! I’m going to keep trying the tips. Thanks everybody!!!
Much Love,
Tyra
wow….some people are just not attractive without make-up after you see them with it on all the time….
i think it’s funnier how the audience goes insane over vaseline along with Tyra….
RE: Jared
updated the post with your info! :) thanks!
this is the third time i’ve seen this video in a day, its spreading like pb&j.