Chrissy Teigen says she feels ‘crappy’ in emotional tweet after writer she admires Alison Roman slams her as a ‘sellout’
CHRISSY Teigen wrote an emotional series of tweets on Friday after she was slammed as a “sellout” by a food writer she greatly admires, Alison Roman.
The New York Times columnist said the model’s quick rise in the culinary world for her Cravings empire “horrifies” her.
Alison, 34, told The New Consumer: “What Chrissy Teigen has done is so crazy to me.
“She had a successful cookbook. And then it was like: Boom, line at Target.
“Boom, now she has an Instagram page that has over a million followers where it’s just, like, people running a content farm for her.
“That horrifies me and it’s not something that I ever want to do. I don’t aspire to that,” she fired off.
The comments – which also slammed Netflix star Marie Kondo – went viral for it’s “anti-feminist tone.”
“Listen, you slammed two other women in the article. Which is fine, but it makes playing the sisterhood card seem a little bit bulls**t,” one person said to the writer.
Another tweeted: “Please to buy my cutting board”?! What is that?! Were you mocking her accent?! I mean, I have honestly never ever heard of you b4 the piece showed up in my TL, but THAT s**t?! You’re wrong for that!”
After she caught wind of the article, Chrissy explained how much she loved the NYT writer and how it was “crappy” she made the negative comments.
“This is a huge bummer and hit me hard. I have made her recipes for years now, bought the cookbooks, supported her on social and praised her in interviews.
“I even signed on to executive produce the very show she talks about doing in this article,” the mom-of-two tweeted.
Chrissy – who’s been married to singer John Legend since 2013 – explained how she started her Cravings line – which consists of recipe books, cookware, how-to videos and more – because she wanted something for herself.
“I wanted something John didn’t buy, I wanted something to do that calmed me, made me happy and made others happy, too. Cravings isn’t a “machine” or “farmed content” – it’s me and 2 other women.
“I didn’t “sell out” by making my dreams come true. To have a cookware line, to get to be a part of that process start to finish, to see something go from sketch to in my hands, I love that,” she continued to defend herself.
The Lip Sync Battle co-host confessed how deeply she admired her critic: “I genuinely loved everything about Alison.
“Was jealous she got to have a book with food on the cover instead of a face!! I’ve made countless NYT recipes she’s created, posting along the way.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been so bummed out by the words of a fellow food-lover. I just had no idea I was perceived that way, by her especially.”
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She continued of her disappointment: “It has been crappy to deal with this all day but I couldn’t not say something.
“I know the actual tears I put into the work I do and it’s really hard to see someone try to completely invalidate it. Someone I really liked.”
Chrissy also confessed her website gives her “no monetary gain” and is a passion project she finds rewarding.
The former model concluded her disappointed rant with a final goodbye: “Anyhow. now that that’s out there, I guess we should probably unfollow each other @alisoneroman.”
Alison has not yet responded to Chrissy’s tweets.