Word on the street is that Miz Tyra Banks is getting a little tired of baby-sitting 18-year-old drama queens from Middle America all day, and she wants to ditch her post on America’s Next Top Model to focus her energies on her talk show.

She’s also reportedly feuding with Jay Manuel.

“It’s gotten so bad that Tyra and Jay aren’t speaking,” says an insider. Um … doesn’t Tyra Banks executive produce Top Model? And doesn’t Jay Manuel not executive produce Top Model? It seems that if they were feuding, Tyra wouldn’t be the one to go. I call bullshit on this part of the story.

Continues the source: “Tyra barely interacts with the contestants and only wants to show up on judging day.”

Dude, can you blame her? Do you want to interact with the contestants of America’s Next Top Model? I mean, except for in a sex way? It’s become painfully, almost comically, clear over the years that this show is a farce when it comes to producing actual top models. The most famous of the show’s graduates is Adrienne Curry, who went on to the fame and success of marrying a Brady and scoring a spot on not one but two additional reality TV shows. If I were Tyra, I, too, would be a little bored of trying to keep a straight face while teaching these girls how to tilt their chins just so, a skill which will certainly come in handy when they return to their jobs at the K-Mart in Tuscaloosa.

Says another source: “She’s really throwing all her weight behind her talk show. She’s putting lots of pressure on her staff to keep her show on the map. She had Barack Obama on, she had Hilary Clinton on — she got a taste of playing with the big boys and now ‘Top Model’ seems to detract from her big plans.”

Tyra had no comment on the story. She’s ignoring the whole thing, hoping that this little 10-cycle career misstep doesn’t interfere with her plans to moderate the 2012 Presidential debates.

Poor JC Chasez, he was on Tyra earlier today, and was completely grilled about Lance Bass the whole time..

Gary Coleman and his 22 year-old wife on Tyra Banks talking about sex, money and their relationship.

Check out Danielle Fishel talking about her DUI on Tyra.

Part II of the interview is after the jump.

Tyra Banks had models doing a homeless photo shoot on America’s Next Top Model yesterday and it hit pretty close to home. You know because Tyra pretended she was homeless for a day. I’m sure in between breaks of being homeless she was fed $50 lunches flown in from France, but whatever. Tyra knows what it’s like to live in filth. See that doorag she was wearing while begging for change? I think it cost $10 from Mervyn’s. Mervyn’s?! Ick!