In the now-deleted screenshots, Teigen is shown as writing to Costello, “Racist people like you deserve to suffer and die.
Instagram introduced verification in 2014, and Teigen was verified in early 2015, meaning these screenshots were purportedly taken in 2014.
But the blue and purple message design was not implemented until 2020, and the video chat icon at the top of the screen was not introduced until June 2018, according to the report, which a representative for Teigen corroborated.
No idea what the fuck michael costello is doing.
“Chrissy is completely surprised and disappointed by Michael Costello’s recent attack, which includes fictional ‘screenshots’ from 2014 of supposed private messages that Chrissy did not send,” the statement reads.
“Chrissy has acknowledged her past behavior and the pain she has caused, but she will not stand for anyone spreading false accusations to further demean her name and reputation,” the statement continues.
Chrissy apologized for her public tweets, but after her apology, Mr Costello fabricated a DM exchange between them.
An Instagram story posted to the brand’s account reads: “Chrissy will be stepping away from Safely to take much needed time to focus on herself and be with her family.
“Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past,” she wrote in a Medium post on Monday.