Paulina Porizkova made an intriguing confession during her appearance last week on CBS’ The Late Late Show, hosted by Craig Ferguson. Apparently the Czech-born actress/model, who appeared on the panel of judges for cycle 12 of the CW’s America’s Next Top Model, was recently fired from her position on the show. Porizkova, who replaced former model Twiggy, had this to say about her split with ANTM:

“Just to be fair here, the reason I was told I was fired was because … it seemed that `America’s Next Top Model’ had gotten too fat and they needed to cut some fat — and the fat was me.”

Um, ouch! We are in the midst of a recession, but unless Tyra and the gang plan to carry on with only a trio of judges (the other two being J Alexander and Nigel Barker, of course), cycling through former-model afer former-model seems a bit unnecessary.

Though Porizkova described the firing as having taken place over the phone on her birthday (of all days!), she was still in pretty good spirits when talking about it on The Late Late Show, even joking that her “gigantic huge ego” may have played a part in her untimely departure from the program, prompting Ferguson to question the possibility of some sort of rivalry between her and Tyra. Porizkova had only this to say in response:

“I really believe that they just felt like they didn’t need me, which, of course, they don’t.”

Double-ouch.