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As you’ve likely heard by now, the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973 over the weekend.

Though the series wrapped up in San Antonio rather than Manhattan, several stars were still on hand, including Prince Harry, who put in a surprise appearance.

But while Harry was certainly among the biggest names in attendance, his seat location had some royal watchers raising their eyebrows.

Instead of rubbing elbows with the celebrities occupying the coveted courtside seats, Harry found himself sitting in the eighth row, while stars like Timothee Chalamet and Ben Stiller enjoyed prime real estate much closer to the action.

For a man who once stood on Buckingham Palace balconies before cheering crowds, the eighth row probably wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.

Harry attended the game without Meghan Markle or the couple’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Instead, he was accompanied by JP Lane, a U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient who is expected to compete in the next Invictus Games.

The prince was reportedly already in San Antonio for the Warrior Games and was invited to attend the matchup by Silver.

In fact, Harry was seated near Silver during the game, which may explain why he wasn’t in the celebrity-packed courtside section.

Still, social media users couldn’t help but notice the contrast.

While Chalamet, Stiller and other Knicks superfans occupied the highly visible celebrity row, Harry’s seat was several rows behind the action. And yes, plenty of royal critics immediately seized on the optics.

Of course, Harry wasn’t the only recognizable face sitting outside the VIP section.

Sydney Sweeney, Scooter Braun, and Billy Baldwin were also reportedly seated away from the courtside spotlight.

Knicks superfan Spike Lee was also in attendance, and Harry haters alleged that he snubbed the Duke of Sussex.

“If it was a friendly interaction Spike would’ve first shaken Harry’s hand – not point at him,” one social media user wrote, according to GB News.

“Harry went to high 5 but when Spike ignored that Harry followed through with the hand to touch his chest,” another added.

But it appears that Spike was just joking when he declined to take Harry’s hand. Seconds later, the two laughed and embraced.

The outing came just hours after another event that likely generated far more headlines in royal circles.

Back in London, members of the royal family gathered for Trooping the Colour, the annual celebration of King Charles’ official birthday. Harry and Meghan were once again absent from the festivities, continuing a streak that dates back several years.

Instead of military pageantry and palace balconies, Harry spent his Saturday night watching basketball in Texas.

And while he may not have landed a courtside seat, he still managed to get people talking.

Prince Harry Sat In the 8th Row, Got Snubbed By Spike Lee at the NBA Finals was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Even those who celebrate Tyra Banks often see her as an almost cartoonishly villainous figure.

Her own on-screen behavior and antics have reinforced this notion.

But Tyra says that the Netflix doc that came out earlier this year went too far, using dishonest editing.

She’s suing for defamation and more, saying that her words were spliced to make her look evil to audiences.

She’s suing Netflix

On Saturday, June 13, Tyra filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over her portrayal on the 3-part Real Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model docuseries from February.

Unlike some similar documentaries, Tyra actually participated — even if she avoided some topics, like her erstwhile friendship with Jay Manuel.

In her legal filing, which People obtained, she alleges that the docuseries was maliciously edited to reinforce a false narrative against her.

Tyra is seeking a jury trial to determine “appropriate” compensation.

“[Tyra] did share her side. Her answers were very honest,” the legal filing claims. “But the story that viewers heard was the deceptive story producers chose to tell.”

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“Tyra Banks participated in the Netflix documentary series [on] America’s Next Top Model (‘ANTM’),” the filing explained.

The explanation continued: “Because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show’s legacy — its successes and its shortcomings.”

Tyra’s team added: “There are aspects of the show for which Ms. Banks takes accountability and she wanted ANTM viewers to hear that from her directly.”

Pursuant to this goal, the filing says that she “did not limit the ANTM topics the interviewer could ask.”

Even so, the filing alleges that only 16 minutes of Tyra’s lengthy interview made it into the final docuseries.

We allegedly didn’t see part of her responses to really pivotal topics

Tyra believes that the clips what the docuseries did include were “stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.”

A big issue in the filing is that the doc was marketed as a documentary, with the filing arguing that “the genre matters.”

“Viewers of a documentary do not expect manufactured drama or constructed narratives,” the filing notes. “They expect facts.”

Tyra’s team argues: “Because they were promised a documentary, that is exactly how viewers interacted with the Netflix Series.”

The filing highlights specific moments from interviews — moments that Netflix’s editors allegedly spliced out to rob other statements of context, and to make Tyra appear more villainous.

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Among the moments that Tyra alleges were robbed of vital context were the sexual assault of Shandi Sullivan and Miss J’s stroke and recovery.

Her lawsuit isn’t only about damages.

Tyra is suing for “loss of future business opportunities, loss of business income, other compounding losses as will be shown at trial.”

She also wants compensation for being part of the series given the “significant mental anguish” that she has experienced in the aftermath.

This sounds like a complex legal matter. We don’t know which way a jury might rule. There’s a non-zero chance that this ends with an out of court settlement of some kind. We’ll certainly be paying attention as this lawsuit unfolds.

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix: Their Doc Made Me Look EVIL! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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