Chrissy Teigen is, by her own admission, an attention-seeking troll who bullied people online. Since Courtney Stodden came out in May and told the world that Teigen abused them online, Teigen has been nominally “cancelled.” Cancellation for Teigen means that she’s still a bored, vapid, rich trophy wife who fills her days with plastic surgery, wallowing in self pity and social media. Sidenote: back in September, Chrissy talked about getting buccal fat removal on her face but now I can’t see a difference at all, she looks the same as she used to.
Anyway, Chrissy was on the Today Show yesterday and she said a lot of words about how she’s been sober for 100 days (meaning she lied about her sobriety for years earlier) and what she thinks about her years-long history as a cyberbully. Here’s the video (it’s okay if you can’t finish it, I am the same):
Gawker summed up the interview pretty well:
Hoda Kotb put the question this way: “You were accused of bullying people online, on Twitter… One person said that you said, quote, ‘I can’t wait for you to die.’ And you apologized… did you ever get the bottom of like, Why did I do that stuff?”
The answer is no, not really. Teigen spent the next five minutes trying out different answers, such as:
“I feel like there was honestly so much — having this period of time to digest it all and to look back and realize that honestly there is always so much time to grow and learn and to become more empathetic.”
“I look at my kids, and I look at what I want their values to be, and how I want them to treat people, and to see that in myself that I wasn’t doing that? You know…”
“I used to like, live, in the internet days, I would honestly, you felt like you weren’t talking to anybody… And then I kind of became the person that was that person that people thought the messages weren’t going to.”
Then Kotb asked Teigen directly if she thought she was still “canceled.” Teigen’s response:
“The thing that was important to me was realizing, I mean, you don’t really realize. I think you learn so much in the moments where you do lose so much, you lose it all, your world is kind of turned upside down. For me it was a big moment of like, Wow, I need to find out how I can be better, how I can grow from this, learn from this. And honestly I think, you know, you don’t want to say that old cliche, ‘I’m glad it happened,’ but I truly it made me a stronger person, a better person, I realize that, you know, that’s when I went sober, I went clean, I’m actually 100 days sober today, yeah, so I feel so good. I feel very clear-headed, I feel very, I don’t know, I feel like I’ve done the work and I just hope these people can you know, forgive, and be able to, you know, welcome the fact that, hopefully, they’ve seen me be better.”
Basically, Chrissy Teigen is so grateful that she told a bunch of people to kill themselves because the experience gave HER the perspective she needed to grow and get sober and teach her children that they too can be narcissistic cyberbullies and nothing will happen to them.
Screencaps from Today.
Could never stand her and I hope she fades into the obscurity that she so richly deserves.
++1
WHY is this woman being showcased on TV? Her vampiric need for attention is limitless.
Spot on!
Mic drop!!!!
Some people use their experiences to develop compassion for others. Other people use their experiences to justify their awful behavior.
This.
She seems unwilling or incapable of seeing another perspective. And this (deserved) consequence is being spun into her victim hood BS. Like WE bullied HER, but it’s ok because she grew and evolved from it.
Tiegen is addicted to social media and trolling/bullying. It’s awful when these addicts come out after a short while preaching how much better they are. Deflecting from their core issues.
Side Note.. why does her face do that squint twitch every so often. Side effect from the work she gets done?
So Courtney got a personal apology?! And they are no longer blocked by Chrissy on Twitter?!
Cause remember Courtney couldn’t read the public apology because Chrissy had blocked them.
If Courtney still got no personal apology, then Chrissy is not a better person.
She’s all “me, me, me, me”. Too bad she didn’t marry Timberlake.
@ milliemollie, that’s what I want to know. Though I only watched a 2.57 minutes, I can only take so much of her playing the victim, she never stated that she personally apologized. Publicly yes, kind of, but I did hear her utter the words. Only that she was able to those that allowed her to, but Stodden has stated that she still hasn’t been apologized to personally, unless that has happened.
Yes, it was the me-me-me that I couldn’t handle. And her promotion of being a better person, and mother to her children.
No, no, no. You have not become a better person. Check again…..
She sounds like a politician yapping on and on but not answering the question.
I never paid much attention to her, but my god she is self-involved and annoying.
I mean. She may be trying or she may be full of shit.
The problem is no one can be certain. What if people evolve and no one believes them.
Then again, she can be playing the narrative.
Who really knows but her.
I think see what happens
But I’m not about destroying a person without seeing how they progress.
In that case, we’d all throw in the towel.
P.s. love this place but enough with the pop ups.
Can’t you advertise in a different way or is that the deal?
Legit question
I can’t even read the answers, let alone watch the video.
Has she even publicly apologized to the women she attacked? I haven’t seen/read any apologies. I am sick and tired of people being famous due to being adjacent to an actual talented famous person. Scott Disick comes to mind.
So she has learned nothing. Surprise surprise.
WHAT on earth is this sentence??
” then I kind of became the person that was that person that people thought the messages weren’t going to.”
Lol
It sounds like she’s trying to say she became the bullying victim, the one on the receiving end of mean messages.
Nope. Still cancelled.
I’m with you!!!!
Too soon – you haven’t “done the work” in the last five minutes . It takes years and you can’t start until you truly acknowledge the magnitude of your malignancy.
But she sure has gotten work done! What did she do to her face? Her right eye can’t unsquint.
Yes, I called a young child a c*nt and I told a vulnerable, groomed teenager to kill themselves more than once and never directly apologized to them, but the important thing to remember is that I’M a better person now, okay?
Still making it about herself. Gross.
The Onion is the one who called Quvenzhané the c-word, but yes to the rest
Making it about herself, and doing it publicly!
I truly hope she does become a better person, but right now it still feels like she’s just trying to repair her image and career. If it were about amends and growth, both of those can be done privately.
She’s sorry because the backlash affected her pocket book. She knew she was being horribly mean and a bully, but continued for years. What did she really learn? Just stay off social media for a few weeks, go on vacation and make sure the paps see you looking sad, do an interview, and voila you’re not “cancelled” anymore. No one actually gets cancelled…it’s all a joke.
As someone who has lost a child I was horrified when she posted pics of herself in the hospital after losing her son. It’s a terrible thing and I can promise you when that sort of thing happens you dont go post it on social media. I felt she was exploiting her child’s death to gain attention. No one in their right mind does that.
She’s exploiting all of her children for social media. She’s using her children for her image.
As someone who has also lost two babies, her postings were very difficult for me to read but I applaud her for making such a traditionally hidden loss so public and helping to open up the conversation about late miscarriage and stillbirth.
That makes sense and I agree with you….however I think that there is definitely a way to raise awareness for those of us that have been through it without posting actual photos of her crying in the hospital and her and John holding their deceased son. I just felt like the first thing on her mind should not have been posting such personal photos for the world to see.
I’m certain it wasn’t the first thing on her mind. And actually, I think the photos made it more powerful.
Not saying this woman is an innocent – but I have every sympathy for what she went through (and no doubt is still going through) with the son she lost.
I thought it was her choice to share about the miscarriage, and if anyone was helped by it- good, Still like her though I am a disappointed in her and her bullying. Time will tell if she has atoned- can’t really judge, because I have talked shit in my time.
I agree with you @Amanda. When I saw her post during that very day, that for me was very definitive of her addiction to social media and validation from strangers. It takes a certain amount of detachment to still afford to go into social media in the midst of a profound experience. That’s why some people found it performative, emotionally manipulative and exploitative. Usually, people who experience loss can only post a day after and only to say to afford them the time & privacy to grieve. But for her, in the midst of her loss, she was able to curate what picture to post. There’s something disturbing about it all. It would have been no less powerful and even more understandable if she was able to write her experience and post it along with a picture of her choosing a month after, or months after.
Now this. This would have been the perfect opportunity for her to say Courtney Stodden’s name and apologise to them. However, it’s all about “I . . . I . . . . I . . . .” with her. This is not a nice nor kind woman. She has a lot of addictions that she needs to deal with. More importantly though – she needs to work on her character. Her being an alcoholic does not excuse her toxic personality.
Yes, it seems like she has an addiction to social media and a worrying need for strangers’ validation, but I don’t agree with speculating over how to “correctly” mourn after something like that.
There is definitely no correct way to mourn. Like i said, it takes a certain amount of detachment to still afford to go into social media in the midst of a profound experience. She was in the midst of a great loss and she took the time to post – her IG is her brand, she derives income from it. Everything on it is definitely curated. This is the proof of her addiction to social media and desperation for validation from the public. This is not a comment on how she chooses to mourn.
I’ll be clearer. Imo, she can post what she wants WHEN she wants after an experience like that. There is usually a degree of detachment in the aftermath of an experience like that, trust me. I don’t think we should judge and analyze her actions from that period in the same way we judge, say, her calculated trolling
First off, I trust what you are saying. I guess I am not articulate enough to say my point but I’ll try. Referencing definition and diagnoses of social media addiction – that particular action of Teigen falls under it. Increased reliance on social media as an emotional crutch comes to mind. We all deal with losses differently – miscarriage, loss of a child, spouse, family and friend. More often than not we do not act the way we normally do during these times. Sometimes, even well meaning friends and family, worry over our depressed state in the long run. However, if your first instinct is to post and seek comfort on social media, especially during the fact, that is not healthy. It is symptomatic of social media addiction. This is already a recognised addiction, becoming more prevalent nowadays. Recognising it is part of mental health awareness. Mental health advocates are working to educate people so as not to normalise this. When one is feeling extreme emotions, it is best to take a break from social media. It is not advisable to post within that moment (as some would rant and curse and worse, and the internet is forever). Just because we can (post, etc.), it does not mean that we should. Therapy would suggest taking a break and processing your emotions. The good thing that can be said of that particular post of Teigen is that it was well curated and resonated with a lot of women.
As someone who miscarried at 17 weeks a few months after Chrissy I was grateful for what she shared about it. She encouraged me to take my own photos of us with our daughter and what we went through. Sure I didn’t post them online but I wouldn’t have considered taking the photos if I hadn’t read her posts about it. Her post about feeling regret about not looking at Jack helped me decide that I would look at, hold and kiss our daughter.
And had she not posted I may not have realised what was ahead of me, I knew walking into the hospital I would be delivering my daugher and she would not make it. I knew we would name her and I knew with every fibre of my being I would hold her.
Before her posts I would have assumed I wouldn’t have to deliver.
I have been helped by all the other women who have posted their photos of them with their babies online since and I am considering it myself to help others; so just because people might not understand it it doesn’t mean it didn’t help a lot of people in the meantime.
Again, read my post – this is not about her posting per se but her addiction to posting even in the midst of the experience. Like I said, it would have been no less powerful and even more understandable if she was able to write her experience and post it along with a picture of her choosing, after.
She was in the hospital, she was in pain and losing/ lost a child and her first instinct was to post. In the midst of all these she thought of her followers that she felt the irrepressible need/ uncontrollable urge to post? That is addict behaviour.
Thank you @sitka. I completely agree.
Absolutely fair enough. I am glad that her posts were able to help you through a terrible time. I suppose we all have different ways of reacting to things and how to handle them. No one gets to say the right or wrong way to deal and move forward. I spoke a little too soon.
Kif I honestly hope you’ve never been through anything like this or ever will be.
Judgement for someone who has isn’t necessary. You can just say you wouldn’t do it. You wouldn’t be happy with what I did on the day either.
I’ve never dealt with that kind of loss, but I’m a very private person, and it makes me uncomfortable when people are SO public with stuff like that on social media. But at the same time, it did open the conversation more, and helped others, and some people deal with things by being very open.
That’s the first thing I was thinking as well.
That’s the firs thing I was thinking as well.
This woman has not owned up to anything and just gives excuses for her behavior and made herself the victim, nor has she apologize to anyone personally but has learned your lesson. Sure
She’s just a narcissist with a social media addiction.
I continue to feel the reaction to what she did was way out of proportion to the response. There was less backlash over Angelina Jolie traumatizing and exploiting children in that Cambodian movie she made years ago. Chrissy said terrible things years ago online back when it was part of the internet culture to do so. Yes it was terrible but the reaction is really over the top IMO.
She sent messages to a teenager, telling them to go kill themselves.
She told people to kill themselves. She called a child a slur. She’s vile and the reaction was absolutely warranted.
Angelina got plenty of criticism for that when it actually happened, while what Chrissy did to Courtney was ignored for years. The only reason why Chrissy’s behavior is being taken seriously in this decade is because Courtney has been sharing their story at a time when society is a tiny bit more ready for those kinds of necessary conversations. Chrissy’s intent was also violent and malicious, where Angelina’s was not. This was a teenager who, due to the public’s misogynistic abuse of them, was unsurprisingly already experiencing depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts to begin with. Men and women online were already talking about how ok and natural it would be for one to harm Courtney Stodden. Chrissy chose to side with people like that by slut-shaming, wishing death on, and telling Courtney to commit suicide. And Chrissy knew Courtney was being groomed and abused by a middle-aged ‘husband’ at the time.
She told an abused teenager whose parents and husband tried to turn her into a p0rn star to kill them-self. That Courtney had the diplomacy and discretion to keep it to them-self all these years shows they are the mature person in this situation, and when they did finally mention it, it was done without a trace of malice. Chrissy has always portrayed herself in a highly sexualized manner so she really had no right to slut-shame Courtney, and her *so-called* apology was no better than a self-aggrandizing word salad that makes no sense.
She still has beautiful homes, children and a husband and a lot of money. How has she really suffered? Christie needs some perspective. That is the thing about social media. You can be on top the next and on the bottom the next because seeking validation from people who don’t even know you is not living in reality. This lady is sick and nothing will ever be enough for her. Why was she ever a “thing” in the first place? She is just some D model who married a famous musician and hitched her wagon to him to make herself relevant.
I’ll cut her slack on the sobriety thing. I think she struggles with maintaining sobriety so this 100 days is her newest attempt and doesn’t mean she was lying before. She has probably tried to get sober multiple times if she’s like anyone else who struggles with addiction.
And maybe after truely experiencing some backlash for the first time she then completely stopped and has not had a drop since. I know a few people who consider themselves sober but will still have a bday champagne or a NYEs drink. I dont find anything wrong with saying your sober and literally only having maybe two drinks a year.
Actually, if you drink once or twice a year you aren’t sober.
Signed,
Not a Drop For Years
This is correct. She has addressed her relapses on social media. This hundred days is her latest hundred days, not her only hundred days.
It’s hard to see evidence of bucal fat removal surgery when the patient uses a lot of filler to add volume near the same area (the cheeks)
I couldn’t watch the video because her face was so uncanny valley (and also her word salad made no sense). Basically only her eyelids move when she talks. Nothing else. Her lips look so puffy that they can barely form the requisite shapes to produce coherent sound. And her hairstyle made her head look like a gourd.
I am petty. These critiques are also petty. I would’ve held my tongue if she were a kinder person.
She looks terrible. She’s become her own caricature.
That is some word salad.
This.
Didn’t this happen like three months ago? It’s impossible to become “a better person” in 90 days.
Her entire interview was “I..I..I..I” she is so narcissistic. She doesn’t convey any empathy for others. She doesn’t talk about the pain she caused others. I have to believe either John Legend has more in common in her with any of us want to admit or he’s got to separate at some point. She is an emotional vacuum.
Honestly, I honestly have no idea what she honestly said.
How can she be “better” when she was never a good person to begin with?
Stay cancelled.
The fact people are still giving her a platform to speak…or maybe she’s paying them for said platform is disgusting to me. Trolling in the way she did causes people to actually kill themselves. I’m so sick of seeing her face. The only person she’s sorry for is herself.
This.
The “these people” comment says it all. She isn’t capable of changing.
YOU AREN’T “CANCELLED” IF YOU ARE ON THE TODAY SHOW.
You still have a voice, a louder voice than most people in the world–though fewer people may want to hear it. You still have a lucrative career– though it’s maybe not as lucrative as it was for a second, you will still be rich forever. You are not shunned– you still have fans, even if you have fewer.
You do not have a right to have everybody listen to you. You do not have a right to make unlimited money. You do not have a right to be popular.
“Cancel culture” is a dog whistle for people who want to be able to say whatever offensive thing they want, and we need to stop pretending that it is something to worry about.
Exactly. Be a decent person and you have nothing to worry about. Not that anyone with a modicum of self esteem cares about what strangers think of them.
I kind of feel for her now. It’s clear she is absolutely addicted to the attention she gets from social media. Given everything else she has going on in her life (wealth, children, famous, successful husband who at least publicly, adores her) it strikes me as very sad how desperately she seems to need the validation she gets from twitter. How many times has she talked about taking a break only to come back, as if she’s begging. It really is an addiction for her.
A celeb like her could access the finest cbt/ dbt intensive treatment money could buy to address why she needs this attention.
But even the best treatment takes time.
So there hasn’t been appropriate assessment or treatment or this interview wouldn’t have happened. this is all just another sign of addiction, of bad mental health. She needs treatment to get to the root of it, not a platform.
Personal struggles aside, she is annoying as hell. She needs to get her mind off of herself and onto something useful.
No joke. I was watching LOCAL news in Seattle, and they briefly mentioned that Chrissy Teigen was sober for 60 days, or some shit, and I was like? Why on earth is this being mentioned in my local news. Bizzaro.
WHAT is this woman talking about? This lady needs more therapy. She has many disorders and I hope she gets the help she needs. And the Today show giving her a platform to plug her cookbook and talk about stuff is… gross. Bullying, addiction, a pictorial on her miscarriage. 100 days sober is not very long to be out on live tv. Yikes. Those poor kids. I’m tired.