Chrissy Teigen Had a Racist Encounter With Paparazzi, and Her Fans Are Not Having It

By Britt Stephens
Getty | starzfly / Bauer-Griffin
Getty | starzfly / Bauer-Griffin

By now it should be well-established that Chrissy Teigen does not take any sh*t, whether it's from mommy-shamers, internet trolls, or racists. On Thursday, the model and cookbook author tweeted about an awful encounter that she and husband John Legend had with a photographer after touching down in NYC.

Paparazzi at JFK just asked me "if we evolved from monkeys, why is John Legend still around?" - and people wonder why celebs lose it in pics

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 19, 2017

She followed up with more.

I was very kind. Answered cooking questions, then he came with that. Fucking disgusting.

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 19, 2017

Also, john is right next to me. The balls.

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 19, 2017

Guess we'll find him when he puts the video out. That he edits the shit out of since he didn't get clocked.

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 19, 2017

He also went from "what's an easy recipe to make at home" to "if a Jew were a vampire, would he still be afraid of crosses?"

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 19, 2017

Chrissy and John's incident was horrible and disgusting, and their legion of fans came through to quickly offer support — and a few laughs — via Twitter.

@chrissyteigen who was it pic.twitter.com/fJu5NpuYyJ

— gracie 🥂 (@stargirlperrie) January 19, 2017

@chrissyteigen does he realize john legend could literally buy his life

— abdul 🚀 (@Advil) January 19, 2017

@chrissyteigen john evolved from an angel why havent they figurd this out yet i'm ????

— lil sweet pea (@grandesinfinity) January 19, 2017

@chrissyteigen who was it? pic.twitter.com/ewuFiEr2pY

— 🤷🏽‍♂️ (@BHernandez971) January 19, 2017

@chrissyteigen you beat his ass, right?

— ⛓️ jessica ⛓️ (@ironshackle) January 19, 2017

@chrissyteigen hire me to travel with yall! I'm not a bodyguard but I'll knock the shit out of ppl for yall. Just bail me out.

— Randall Savage (@dynamitekyd) January 19, 2017