Chrissy Teigen apologised for her previous behaviour in a Medium put up.
Chrissy Teigen has damaged a month-long social media silence with a weblog put up apologising for her “past horrible tweets”. This is the primary time that the US mannequin has addressed allegations of on-line bullying after apologising to Courtney Stodden on Twitter in May. Courtney Stodden — who gained worldwide consideration after marrying 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison on the age of 16 — in March highlighted a number of tweets that Chrissy Teigen had shared in 2011. “I hate you,” learn one of many tweets. In one other, Ms Teigen advised the then-teenager to take a “dirt nap”. Courtney Stodden additionally alleged in an interview with the Daily Beast that Chrissy Teigen had inspired them to kill themselves in non-public messages.
The Courtney Stodden controversy made Chrissy Teigen a goal of ‘cancel tradition’ as a number of of her endorsement offers fell by. She confronted huge backlash on social media with individuals criticising her behaviour as bullying.
On Monday, Chrissy Teigen, 35, shared a prolonged Medium post during which she apologised for the tweets and stated she was reaching out to the individuals she had insulted. In the put up, she ruminated on “the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past”.
Without naming Courtney Stodden, she wrote: “I’ve apologized publicly to one person, but there are others – and more than just a few – who I need to say I’m sorry to.
“There is solely no excuse for my previous horrible tweets. My targets did not deserve them. No one does,” Ms Teigen continued.
“I was a troll, full cease. And I am so sorry.”
In the piece, Chrissy Teigen, who’s married to singer John Legend, stated that she tweeted some unsavoury issues and poked enjoyable at celebrities pondering it will make her look “cool and relatable”.
“In actuality, I was insecure, immature and in a world the place I thought I wanted to impress strangers to be accepted,” Ms Teigen wrote. “If there was a popular culture pile-on, I took to Twitter to attempt to acquire consideration and showcase what I on the time believed was a crude, intelligent, innocent quip. I thought it made me cool and relatable if I poked enjoyable at celebrities.”
She claimed she wasn’t looking for sympathy by sharing the public apology. “I’m telling you this for context, not looking for or deserving any sympathy. There’s no justification for my habits. I’m not a sufferer right here,” she wrote.
Chrissy Teigen also said that she had grown as a person since she posted the tweets and that life had made her more “empathetic” while addressing the trolling she herself has faced on social media.
“I’m extra understanding of what motivates trolling – the moment gratification that you just get from lashing out and clapping again, throwing rocks at somebody you assume is invincible as a result of they’re well-known,” she wrote. “Also, I know now the way it feels to be on the receiving finish of unbelievable vitriol. Believe me, the irony of this isn’t misplaced on me.”
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