Tyra Banks has been named as the new host on the NBC show, and she’ll be replacing Nick Cannon on season 12.
AGT judge Howie Mandel made the announcement on Sunday, March 12, when he took to social media to spread the news.
Banks also confirmed the news through her own Twitter account:
Banks, 43, will replace Cannon, who controversially resigned last month. In a Facebook post he claimed he was quitting because he’d been threatened with termination after making racial jokes on his Showtime special Nick Cannon: Stand Up, Don’t Shoot.
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