Banks denies Spears suicide remark

Tyra Banks has dismissed rumours that she thinks Britney Spears should commit suicide.

Reports claimed that the America's Next Top Model host was overheard declaring that Spears should follow the example of Marilyn Monroe and take a drug overdose.

The alleged witness said: "Tyra was saying, really loudly, 'Britney should just go ahead and kill herself after the album and go out like Marilyn, very grand. She should have done it after the last album'."

The onlooker added: "It was terrible, nobody could believe she was saying it, let alone saying it without caring who heard!"

Banks' spokesperson denied the claims, saying: "This is absolutely not true."