It’s been a “VERY humbling few weeks” for Chrissy Teigen, who is currently embroiled in a cyberbullying scandal that’s much bigger and more complicated than anyone suspected even a month ago.
Apparently, Joy Behar and Courtney Love were among the other “playground bullies” who targeted Stodden because of their 2011 marriage to Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison when he was 51 and Stodden was 16.
Elsewhere in the interview, the Celebrity Big Brother star said that hardly any of the people who shamed them — with the exception of Perez Hilton — reached out to apologize.
I hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am.” Before logging off, the author also made a promise to her fans.
But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private,” the reality star wrote on Instagram alongside a screenshot that shows she was blocked by Teigen on social media.
“We made the mutual decision in December to no longer carry the cookware line, given our continued focus on brands we develop and that can only be found at Target,” they said.
Regardless of why Teigen’s cookware was no longer being sold at these stores, several public figures supported this move.
On June 4, Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham opened up to Fox News about her own negative encounter with Teigen, who reportedly called her a “whore” that “everyone hates” in a tweet from 2013.
No woman should be treating other women like that.” While it’s unclear what steps Teigen has taken to protect her mental health, a Netflix spokesperson announced on June 4 that she “decided to step away” from her planned guest role on the coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever.
After roughly one month of self-reflection, Teigen returned to social media on June 14 with another apology publicly, but that there are several others she owes an apology.
“I was insecure, immature, and in a world where I thought I needed to impress strangers to be accepted.” Going after celebrities on social media seemed like a relatively harmless way to do that, but it’s clear now that her inappropriate and dangerous rhetoric caused people a lot of pain.
In one of the texts from Teigen that the designer shared, she wrote that “racist people like you deserve to suffer and die.” Costello claimed that these abusive messages left him with suicidal thoughts that he is still struggling with today.
“She apparently formed her own opinion of me based on a photoshopped comment floating around the internet which has now been proven to be false by Instagram and since taken down,” Costello explained in his lengthy social media post.
He would also receive texts and calls from friends who would tell him that Teigen and stylist Monica Rose would “threaten people and brands” that continued to work with him.
“We all make mistakes, I know I have, but at this time I feel that when people apologize and show sincere remorse and rehabilitation for their actions, we should embrace them and not try and kick them when they’re down,” Lewis wrote.
On June 15, he gave TMZ an update on how his wife is doing amid the overwhelming amount of bullying allegations made against her.
Regardless of how many years have passed since she allegedly sent those messages, urging people to take their own lives is a line that should never be crossed.
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.