The CW decided to fire him, Nigel Barker says; low ratings blamed

Top Model 18 »
by Andy Dehnart / April 20, 2012, 6:45 PM

The decision to fire Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel, and Miss J—America’s Next Top Model’s most long-standing cast members besides Tyra Banks—was made by The CW, not Tyra or the show’s producers.

That’s according to Nigel, who told E! News, “This isn’t a Tyra thing. This is a network thing.” He also said, “There had been a discussion that ratings were down and that something like this would happen. There had been previous years where discussions about me being eliminated from the show had happened and I had actually survived the chopping block before.”

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