Media hyphenate and fierce wig fronter Tyra Banks recently told reporters that she isn’t ready to endorse presidential candidate Barack Obama, who she will be interviewing later this month. This political hedging comes in marked contrast to the recent endorsement of Obama by Oprah Winfrey
“I love Oprah using her power,” said Banks, though “Oprah has been endorsing a lot of things.”
Banks, who has never ever shilled for a product she didn’t endorse 100%, seems to be using the Obama issue to stake her own position as a media and political kingmaker. But my sources tell me that the real reason behind Tyra’s equivocating is that she plans to endorse former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as America’s Next Top President.
At a recent Elle photo shoot, Banks was overheard explaining her choice:
“Like me, he’s battled weight and image issues in a way that can inspire all Americans. Like me, he believes that all these so-called illegal immigrants are invested with a universal right of self-determination that trumps all this skanky-ass xenophobia. And like me, he doesn’t let the coccyx and other human vestigiality cloud his understanding that God put us on this earth to be fierce and free. Where’s my god#@mn pumpkin spice latte?!?”
Stay tuned, pundits and populace.