Tyra Banks confirms breakup with longtime partner

Tyra Banks and longtime partner Louis Bélanger-Martin have broken up.

The 52-year-old supermodel told HOT 97 that she is now single. She opened up about lessons from love and relationships in an interview posted by the outlet Wednesday, Nov. 11.

“That’s a good question. I think that it’s never too late to start again,” Banks reflected. “I’m a single woman now. I’m 52 years old, and I’m single, and I kind of was over it. I’m like, I’ve got my mom, I’ve got my son, and I’m good. I didn’t even have, like, a drive.”

“But now I’m like, you know what? It’s not too late,” she continued. “Now I feel feminine, dating, you know, I’m back to that. There’s no such thing as, ‘Oh, it has to be over because of an age or because you’re just done… so I’m living my feminineness right now.”

On Nov. 12, TMZ confirmed she is no longer with Bélanger-Martin.

“I am dating. It’s nice to be single. It’s been a while,” she told the outlet.

Banks and Bélanger-Martin were first linked together in October 2019 after they were seen having dinner twice in one week, according to Page Six. The Modelland author was seen with the businessman two months prior, but he wasn’t identified until they had dinner.

Bélanger-Martin, who co-founded private investment firm Groupe W Inc. in 1996, is a private person and has only been spotted with Banks several times.

In May 2024, Banks told People that she had moved to Australia with Bélanger-Martin. They worked on her ice cream company SMiZE Cream together.

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