It’s been 7 months since Chrissy Teigen gave birth to her adorable daughter Luna, but it seemed like mere weeks for her to get back her pre-baby body. She tried, I guess, to relate to us common folk by posting a photo of her stretch marks, but it was kind of like having a teeny dent in a Bentley. Showing off her model mom curves on Instagram and on the cover of Cosmo could lead to unrealistic aspirations about losing weight after giving birth, but Chrissy, who’s not afraid to pull back the curtain on celebrity, felt the need to clear things up.
In New York promoting Stella Artois’ “Host One for the Holidays” campaign, the 30-year-old model stopped by TODAY to talk about her almost incomprehensible rapid weight loss and ‘fessed up that she had more than a little help shedding the pounds.
“Anyone in the public eye, we have all the help we could ever need to be able to shed everything. So I think people get this jaded sensation that everybody’s losing it so quickly, but we just happen to be the ones who are out there.”
“We have nutritionists, we have dietitians, we have trainers, we have our own schedules, we have nannies. We have people who make it possible for us to get back into shape. But nobody should feel like that’s normal, or like that’s realistic.”
She also gushed about discovering what a great Dad her husband John Legend was with Luna, who she admitted was a “Daddy’s Girl.” The 7-month-old starlet even has a cameo along with her mama in John’s video for his single “Love Me Now.” She said, “Whatever this father-daughter relationship is, it starts so quickly because I thought they grew into being Daddy’s girls. No, it was the second she came out.”
Chrissy also used the interview to once again address her social media critics, who bothered her to the point that she made her Twitter account private. As she recounted to TODAY,
“I can see things coming a mile away. I know that when I post something, if she’s in a car seat, I’ve got to be ready for the million people telling me she’s in the car seat wrong, even though she’s in there correctly.”
“At this point, I know what they’re going to say before they say it. If I’m holding her while I’m cooking, or if I’m holding her within 10 feet of a stove top, I’ve kind of just come to expect it.”
I can, honestly, understand why she’s fed up with the Mom-shamers. She’s a good Mom, maybe a little too enthusiastic about Halloween costumes, but a good mother nonetheless. She definitely doesn’t deserve the hate.
Now, let’s talk about some really good news from Camp Chrissy, she’s currently working on a second cookbook! Her first one, Cravings, is a favorite of some of CB readers, if the comments are any indication, and if she features recipes like the one for spicy mussels she put together for the Stella Artois event in this new one, it’s sure to be a best-seller.
Photo credit: Getty Images, Fame Flynet
Can’t help it, I really like her and John. Despite their friendship with the Kardashians. It actually makes me even wonder if the Kardashians are kind of nice/normal in real life – because these two seem so fing nice…and normal.
It’s refreshing when celebs come clean and admit they have help that most of us don’t have access too.
It’s a bit redundant though. Do people actually think they do everything alone and are just magic weight losers?
Yes, yes they do.
There’s no such thing as being too enthusiastic about babies in Halloween costumes.
I’m glad she said it. Most if not all of these celebrities have help but they want to make it seem like they are super people and do it alone. Heck even if you just have someone who is over your schedule you still have a leg up, help is help. Don’t tell me how easy it is to find the time to exercise until you are in the shower leaning against the wall singing hush little baby to the newborn in the swing that has been moved to the doorway so that the baby can keep it’s eyes on you and not start a Christina Aguilera level screaming session (which doesn’t work, it never works cause of the steam, and life). Mean while dad is trying to help but has turned all laundry pink so you are pissed at him and he is still a big man-baby himself , something you didn’t discover until the second month of marriage, thanks mother-in-law. Parenting is alway different for everyone, but help would make it easier!
It sounds like things were really rough. :\ I hope things have gotten a little easier for you! I’m not a parent, and I have mad respect for anyone who is, because I know it’s hard as hell (even with help).
THANK YOU!!!! Our little guy is 5 weeks today and as I was reading this article I was kneading my “jelly belly” in a combination of fascination and utter disgust, wondering if my OBGYN was lying or optomistic when he told me the 15″ band of dark purple stretch marks across my entire torso would eventually fade away. I love my son, but damn I’m so not in love with my new overhanging pannus and total lack of energy from sleep deprivation. Sure, I’d love to get my body back in order but I have neither the money or the time right now and it’s so hard to be ok with that when there are so many celebs and sancti-mommies out there who make it seem as easy as “you just have to prioritize!” STFU, my priority is bonding with my kid, healing, reconnecting with my husband and trying to adjust to such a radical shift in life. I’m grateful for celebs who keep it real and own up to all the help they have. Now if only the ones who have a nip and tuck would come forward because I refuse to believe they ALL just bounce back perfectly. Someone out there has to have stretch marks like mine! Right?? *sigh*
I love Chrissy, love John, and love their relationship. Not a one of us would turn down the staff or support they have. Chrissy is always real. And gorgeous. Don’t forget gorgeous.
Chrissy is awesome!
I watched a video by the blogger Whoa Susanna and she was referencing the mom shaming epidemic. My favorite phrase she kept repeating was ” Mind your own Motherhood!” If a child is clothed, fed and taken care of and happy then mind your own Motherhood. It cracked me up and made me think.
Literally two weeks after she gave birth she looked just like before.
If that’s the case then she is probably a BIG HYPOCRITE.