Since tying the knot in 2013, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have quickly climbed the social
ladder in Hollywood. The two appear everywhere —ranging from red carpets, to Instagram.
But as the public gets familiar with Teigen and Legend, a few strange things have been
getting everyone's attention. Like what? Glad you asked...
Gettin' to it
Tiegen wasn't afraid to go all the way on the first day she met her future husband.
"John Legend and I hooked up on our first date."
"Did I say that?"
In Cosmopolitan, Teigen confessed to bedding the R&B star in 2006, when she was cast in
her first big music video, for Legend's song "Stereo," at the age of 21.
She said, "I was doing this fake model-y dancing with the most dead eyes you've ever seen in
a human. I walked into John's dressing room to meet him, and he was ironing in his underwear.
I said, 'You do your own ironing!?' He said, 'Of course I do.' I gave him a hug." And right
after that 14-hour video shoot? Teigen says, "I'm not going to lie. We hooked up."
Fast forward a year to when the couple had a quickie at the White House. Or did they?
In 2015, when asked about the best "public place they did it," Teigen said:
"Um, probably the Obama thing."
"John! Look at the, 'Oh God!'"
"Oh God…"
Legend later set the record straight with Andy Cohen saying:
"It wasn't at the White House, to be clear."
"OK."
"It was a campaign event we happened to be at --- in my dressing room."
And, speaking of oversharing...
Exhibitionists
Teigen totally enjoys showing off her man's handsome features. But when it's not a charming
selfie, the model is known to show off her hubby's other side.
In 2015, Us Weekly reported that Teigen broke the internet, showcasing her husband's bare
booty while on vacay in Italy. To date, the steamy photo has earned almost 223,000 likes
and over 40,000 comments. But, this particular seat shot didn't sit well with Legend.
He admitted to Cosmopolitan, "We were both really drunk at the time and the next morning
I was embarrassed."
Shaming the shamers
Teigen and Legend are easy targets for internet mom-trolls. According to People in 2016, Teigen
got into a nasty Twitter spat over a photograph of her carrying daughter Luna.
One Twitter user barked, "I don't give a crap where that baby popped out from! Do not hold
a baby like a handbag!"
Teigen shot back, "Well you hold your handbag like a f**king idot then. Let me know how
you hold your baby when she's about [to] go into a stroller and there are 20 camera flashes
at night."
She finished by saying, "Photos are literally split-second moments in time that evolve.
I despise mommy shamers. I am a proud shamer of mommy shamers."
And a few days after giving birth, Teigen was spotted out at a quiet dinner with her
husband — which internet critics claimed was "bad parenting." This time, Legend stepped
in, tweeting, "Funny there's no dad-shaming. When both of us go out to dinner, shame both
of us so Chrissy doesn't have to take it all. We'll split it."
Couples trolling
Teigen's got a habit of trolling Legend on the internet. It seems when it comes to social
media, she can't come up with anything nice to say.
InStyle collected 19 of the harshest jokes Teigen has ever made about her husband. Here's
a smattering:
Once, she tweeted "Anyone else think John Legend is a huge d*** on The Voice because
he is"
Another time she screenshoted a DM from a friend pointing out that Legend's hacked Twitter
bio read "I have a small p****."
And she also made her deepest wishes known, tweeting, "I always have a note in my pocket
that says 'John did it' just in case I'm murdered because I don't want him to remarry."
You know what they say, "the couple who trolls together, stays together."
Lifesize Barbie
Legend confessed he doesn't mind dressing his lady in clothes he'd like to see her wear,
telling Oprah:
"I picked this dress out. It was on the mannequin and I'm terrible at seeing a dress on a hanger
and thinking whether or not it'll work."
"Yeah, he needs to visualize."
"I need to visualize it, but it was on a mannequin and… I got her that."
"I mean…"
Legend told Oprah that he's gotten to know Teigen so well by shopping with her, he feels
comfortable choosing items on his own. Aaaaand yeah, it doesn't hurt that she's a gorgeous
supermodel who could wear anything — or nothing!
Opposites attract
There's no denying that Teigen's the funny one, but few people know that Legend is super
smart. According to an interview with Oprah, Legend skipped both the first and seventh
grade.
People reported Legend got his brains from being homeschooled by his mom. He was also
the fourth grade spelling champion, out-spelling everyone in Springfield, Ohio. Legend graduated
high school at 16, and turned down both Georgetown, and Harvard, ultimately graduating from Ivy
League University of Pennsylvania, at age 20.
Tiegen talked with Wendy Williams about their unlikely relationship, saying,
"Some people are very thrown by it because they're like, 'Oh, my goodness, what a weird
pairing!' and 'Why on earth would John do that, he needs to be with some Rhodes scholar.'"
But despite their differences, Teigen's not worried.
"I went to community college for a couple of days but I'm not ever gonna be as smart
as that man."
No offense, community college alums!
Talking IVF
Refreshingly open about using In Vitro Fertilization, Teigen told People about her pregnancy, saying,
"I've made this decision. Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little
embryo. I picked her and was like, 'Let's put in the girl.'" With that, she struck up
controversy, prompting many to allege the couple were playing God.
Since giving birth to baby Luna in April 2016, they're now thinking of expanding their family.
"When are you gonna have #2?"
"We have the boy on ice."
Teigen took to Twitter, saying she thinks a boy would be next because it's the only
embryo they have left.
But not everyone saw this as happy news. One woman tweeted, "Did you give it a minute to
try naturally or are you avoiding 'the act?' At least no political rants!"
Teigen fired back, "Hi Linda, thanks for asking, you complete witch. I tried for about 9 years.
Anything else, let me know!" Classic.
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