Chrissy Teigen Tells People Who Leave Her Hate Comments to 'Keep Them Inside': 'What Happened to Just Thinking Things?'

03/16/2025 02:40 PM

"Stop being miserable," the star said while reminiscing about when mean thoughts weren't immortalized on social media

Chrissy Teigen misses the days before social media hate comments, when people didn't have such an easy outlet for their every mean-spirited whim.

On Saturday, March 15, the model and cookbook author, 39, posted several videos of herself venting about "miserable" people who leave her — and other people — hate comments, reminiscing about times when people wouldn't "take the time to type" their mean thoughts.

"Stop being miserable," Teigen began the Instagram Stories rant, before asking, "Honestly, like, what happened to just thinking things? Remember thinking things?"

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Recalling the pre-internet era, the mom of four said, "You'd go through a magazine, you'd be like, 'Oh, that person looks like s---. Ugh, I would never have that haircut. Blegh, those teeth suck.' We all do it, but we used to do it to, like, magazines, and then we spit it out and it would go into the universe and it would disappear."

"Just do that. Like, what the f--- is wrong with you?" she asked. "Now, you take the time to type it out — like, what?"

The model did not share whether a specific instance of meanness inspired her rant, but did name a few examples, saying, "Somebody's like, 'Feeling really good about myself today,' and you're like, 'Guh, you shouldn't feel good about yourself because you look like s--- and your backyard looks dumb.' "

Continuing her rant in another video — and addressing specific comments she has seen about her cheeks — Teigen stepped into the shoes of her haters using a sarcastic tone.

"Her cheeks look too filled," she said mockingly. "Why would she fill her cheeks like that? Why would she do her lips like that? Ugh, I would never. I would never. I would never, that's so gross."

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After pretending to be distressed by comments like these, Teigen continued, "Just say those things inside, in your head. Say them inside your big brain. Your big brain is so ready for all your thoughts, but you don't let them keep anything in because you're spewing them out."

"Keep those big, beautiful thoughts to yourself," she added, maintaining her sarcastic tone. "Keep them inside."

"I know it makes you feel better to think that you're the only one with eyes, but, like, why would I fill my cheeks to the point where people talked about my cheeks," Teigen continued. "I don't ever want to be the example of anything. Like, I want to float through the middle, you guys."

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The model concluded her rant by smiling to show off her cheeks, and saying, "If this is it, like, I know, why would I consciously choose to do that? Do you think that I'm just like, 'I'm bored. Can people talk about me in a terrible way?' Uh, yeah, okay."

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Teigen is no stranger to clapping back at online critics, and has fired back at hate comments as recently as last month.

In February, the model shared an Instagram post featuring her four children with husband John Legend — Wren Alexander, 18 months, Esti Maxine, 2, Miles Theodore, 6, and Luna Simone, 8 — including a snap of herself sitting with her three youngest kids in a bathtub.

After several comments questioned the color of the "dirty" bathwater in the family picture, Teigen responded, "It's a coconut milk bath for sensitive skin but go off!"