Chrissy Teigen

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Jun 10, 2021 10:47:42 GMT -4 cabbagekid said:

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Jun 10, 2021 1:26:13 GMT -4 eveschmeve said:

Back on topic, I do wonder how Chrissy ended up so "mean" as she did. Her parents and sister seem to be nice people. I wonder about John too. He seems too nice. Lol

I agree 100% with the sentiment that she thinks that being mean is cute. It got her attention and created an on-line persona for her. I think she got so wrapped up in the attention that she lost sight of the reality of what she was saying, or that she was saying it to and about human beings. Social media can easily dehumanize, and she fell for it hook like and sinker. Now the big challenge for her is finding a niche that is not built on a foundation of mean. She's about to figure out how much talent she truly has.

[lea1977]

I bought her cookbooks when they went on discount, there are some good recipes in them. John's friend chicken is good.

[hellsbells]

She seems like a fun person with a good sense of humor, but she also did some serious wrong with the courtney stodden thing. Thinking back to it at the time, I remember feeling really uncomfortable with a teenager marrying a fifty something year old man and it being all over the press. It felt very child bride/family pimped her out. Regardless of that, she was still a kid, and Chrissie never should have done what she did.

I also think she had a persona of saying silly ridiculous things... and people thinking she just says what she thinks. But Donald Trump did that, and look how toxic that was.

I don't think Chrissy was really toxic in the same way, but Alison Roman made a very similar mistake to her and she allowed that to go on instead of nipping it in the bud.

Like most people, I think she's complicated so I don't hate her or wish for her to go away. But I do think she can grow from this and learn. Whether people will be willing to accept that is another thing. (Just like Roman had the chance to grow and learn from her experience.)

Most of all, I hope she actually reaches out to Courtney Stodden and apologizes sincerely and deeply. I don't need to know about that, and Courtney doesn't need to accept it. But if she's going to show real growth, that's the least she can do.

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I got a set of her bowls for Christmas and I like them so much I eat most of my meals out of them.

[Ginger]

She's bullied a lot of people on twitter, not just Stodden (and Teen Mom Farrah Abraham who she told: "You're a w****, everybody hates you.")

She went after an entertainment reporter in 2016 who wrote a headline she didn't like (the headline in question: “Chrissy Teigen: We’re hiring a night nurse for baby") and got him fired. I saw the DM's - he apologized and begged for mercy and she told him some version of "you're done in this town".

She was drunk on her twitter power but also just not a nice person. I doubt she's undergone a dramatic change in the past 5 years.

I have never purchased her cookbooks or cookware - that seems to be the one area where she actually produces a tangible, useful product. I've only seen the stuff she does as a celebrity who is famous for being famous - like that commercial she did with her husband, or her hosting of that lipsync show.

If you have made large amounts of money just because people like you, and then they find out you suck and they don't like you, is it unfair for those revenue streams to go away? I don't think so.

[Ladybug]

I'm tired of "Twitter famous" people in general. They have a talent for expressing themselves in short bursts (or long, annoying threads laying out conspiracy theories that turned out to be nothing) that get a lot of attention and followers, but there's not a lot of substance behind it. These sorts thrived during the Trump years, because it was satisfying to read people calling him out and the succinctness served our miniscule attention spans.

[dragonflie]

She is a mean girl, plain and simple. A teenaged attitude (unfortunately she is a full grown adult) wrapped up in looking cool, being popular, and making fun of others for her own giggles. That so many people bought into it and thought she was cute and funny, when she wasn't hiding her really mean spirited comments at all, is just a good example of exactly how vapid popularity works. That this occurred with so many grown ass adults fully on boards isn't really a surprise to me, it is sad though. She is (was and is) a bully, plain and simple. She got away with it for years, egged on by the masses, and allowing that to feed her ego. Is she sorry- doubt it. Is she sad and scared, probably, because she might lose the one thing she had- but that thing was so meaningless it's sad she relied on it so much.

[danadel]

She came back after she quit Twitter a few months ago after about 3 months. She was on some fancy vacation with her family in Fiji - or something- because she was posting on ig the whole time. But, she couldn’t beat not to be online with Twitter. She has issues.

[cabbagekid]

Chrissy apologizes, again. I have no doubt she's sincere about it, but I also don't know how a 26-year old could be so cruel to a 16-year old. She honestly never thought of the people she was bullying which she admits to.

I honestly hope she continues to learn from this, it sounds like she has, but words hurt. I learned that at 14 years old. It's why I shut my mouth when I'm angry or sad. I knew at 14 I couldn't take my words back. (it doesn't mean I withhold my feelings, I just make sure that whatever I say, I'm prepared to stand by it and it's repercussions, including losing that person in my life.)

Anyway, I hope you continue to go to therapy, Chrissy!

[Spinderella]

She posted a long statement on her Instagram just now.

"I've been sitting in a hole of deserved global punishment, the ultimate 'sit here and think about what you've done'...

I was a troll, full stop. And I'm sorry.

It's way too long to share here (I think like 5 pages?) but if you read it, make of it what you will. I don't doubt that she feels sorry because she was exposed, but clearly she's going to say that it was 'her past self' or that she can't believe she didn't know better at the time. That's fair, but honestly, where are the people that should be there helping you? Those that help ensure your past social media is not going to come back and bite you in the butt? These celebs and influencers really need to have someone like that on their payroll.

ETA: cabbagekid - Jinx!