Five months after losing her son Jack at just 20 weeks pregnant, Chrissy Teigen is addressing critics who accuse her of “using” her painful experience for self-promotion.
On Saturday, Teigen tweeted about watching and enjoying the 2008 comedy by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Baby mommy.
“Watching Baby mommy again and Tina and Amy are an incredible pair, always. They are not here, but someone told them that if they are looking for a threesome, I have a tricycle, ” joked Teigen.
This tweet prompted a commentator to reply, “I’m glad you stopped using your terrible abortion as a means of continuing to promote yourself.” An avid tweeter, Teigen coming soon answered with a simple, “Anything to please you, Katie.”
The cookbook author, who shares daughter Luna and son Miles with husband John Legend, has won support from other members of the Hollywood community. Actress Patricia Arquette called the comment “intentionally cruel and ignorant”, while previous The good place star Jameela Jamil urged, “delete this.”
“Disgusting,” added the author and political commentator SE Cupp. “There is a moral crisis in this country of people who enjoy hurting others who they will never find. We need to rediscover our empathy.”
Several Twitter users who also went through traumatic losses came together to respond, thanking Teigen for speaking so openly about his experience and sharing how it helped them.
“I doubt you see this, but I want to thank you for speaking. I lost a baby in June and you and your posts helped me with that,” said one Comment. “I’m pregnant again (at 40! Wow!) And I hope every day that things will work out this time. Thanks for supporting me and others.”
“Many of us have already been there, Chrissy,” read other. “Thank you for talking about miscarriages. Mine was not as advanced as yours, but it was painful in its own way and I love that you are talking about it. Thank you very much!”
“What the hell is wrong with people? For the record, speaking like someone who has lost a pregnancy, some of us appreciate your candor and honesty. Whenever someone with a platform talks about a difficult subject, it makes it difficult. much easier For the rest of us, “ wrote a commentator.
“Your honesty about abortion was more beneficial than you can imagine”, another fan shared. “Stay true to yourself and your voice.”
Teigen has been open about her grief since the loss of her third child on September 30, after a partial detachment of the placenta that bed rest, hospitalization and blood transfusions have failed to cure. Despite her difficulties, she recently shared that the experience made her a “better person”.
“It looks like it was a long time ago,” said Teigen in The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this month, Yahoo Life previously reported. “Of course, everything was a blur and thinking about it now, I’m still in therapy about it and I’m still accepting it in a way.”
She went on to say that she was “raised in a house that was very open about losses” and that gave her a strong perspective on the situation. “It was a really transformative thing for me,” said Teigen. “Somehow, [Jack] it really saved me, because I don’t think I would have discovered therapy and then sobriety and that way of really feeling good about myself and feeling like a new person. “
Teigen previously mentioned those who criticized his decision to share intimate details about her pregnancy loss, including photos of her in the hospital, in a personal essay for Medium published a month after losing Jack.
“I can’t express how little I care that you hate the photos,” she wrote. “How little I care that it’s something you wouldn’t have done. I lived it, I chose to do it and, most of all, these photos are not for anyone, but for people who have lived it or are curious enough to wonder what it is like. These photos are only for the people who need them. The thoughts of others do not matter to me. “
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