NIGEL BARKER has one thing to say about his shocking “America’s Next Top Model” firing:

I don’t think it’s a good idea!

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As previously reported by Hollywood celebrity gossip, Nigel Barker and fellow “America’s Next Top Model” judges and mentors J. Alexander and Jay Manuel were all fired from the show after nine years and 18 seasons.

Barker, who found out about the news yesterday, tells TMZ:

According to the latest entertainment news, TYRA BANKS has fired fellow judges NIGEL BARKER, J. ALEXANDER and JAY MANUEL from “America’s Next Top Model.”

Sounds like “ANTM” is in for a major overhaul…

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After almost ten years with “America’s Next Top Model,” photographer Nigel Barker, “runway coach” J. Alexander, and creative director Jay Manuel have been given the axe by none other than Tyra herself.

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