Tyra Banks confirms she's single after seven years with Louis Bélanger-Martin

If you were rooting for Tyra Banks and Louis Bélanger-Martin, we have some sad news. The America's Next Top Model host and producer has confirmed that the two have split after seven years together.

But she isn't sounding down about it. If anything, she sounds ready for what comes next.

What happened? 💔

Banks shared the news on Nov. 10 during an appearance on the Hot 97 radio show. "I'm a single woman now," she said. "I'm 52 years old and I was kind of over it. Like, I've got my mom, I've got my son and I'm good."

She didn't go into the details of the breakup. She has a 10-year-old son, Yorks, with her ex Erik Asla.

Banks said that right after the split she didn't even have "a drive" to date. That has changed. "Now, I feel feminine. I'm dating. I'm back to that," she said.

What does she want now?

Her checklist has been rewritten. "When I was young, he just had to be fine as hell, man," she joked. "He just had to be pretty. And now, I don't care." She still wants to be attracted to him, she added, but it's not the main thing anymore.

The quality that matters most today? "Just somebody that is present."

And the biggest lesson she's taken from love so far: "It's never too late to start again." She also pushed back on the idea that romance has an expiry date, saying nothing has to be over "because of an age or because you're just done."

How did we get here?

Banks first stepped out with Canadian photographer Bélanger-Martin in 2019. In April 2025, the couple attended the Shadow Force tastemaker event in Los Angeles. It was their last public outing as a couple.

That same month, Banks confirmed that she, Bélanger-Martin and her son were moving to Australia. She said she was weighing the move for the growth of her ice cream company, SMiZE and Dream. On the Today show, she recalled asking her then-partner and son, "So, are we going to do this family?" And they did.

What's next?

Banks didn't say when exactly the split happened. What she did make clear is that she's open to dating again, and she's not apologising for it.