Tyra Banks is speaking out again about the controversy surrounding America's Next Top Model, more than six years after her series ended its run after 24 seasons.

"We fought to bring diversity to that television show at a time when it didn’t exist, a time when people in the fashion industry were telling me, 'Oh, you putting girls from the hood on your show?' " Banks said.

Let's be honest, we've all spent far too many hours rewatching America's Next Top Model and collectively gasping at just how wild it all was. For years now, social media has been dragging the show for its deeply problematic content (for good reason), and finally, Tyra Banks has acknowledged the criticism. Well... kind of.

Tyra Banks has recently broken silence on America’s Next Top Model criticism.After receiving Luminary Spotlight award at the Essence‘s 18th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards,

I refuse to have my legacy be about some stuff linked together on the Internet when there were 24 cycles of changing the world,” Banks said at a Feb. 27 awards show

Tyra Banks acknowledged her past missteps on America’s Next Top Model during her speech at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards, stating: “I said some dumb shit.” The event recognized Banks as its inaugural Luminary Spotlight recipient on Feb.