I thought there wasn’t anything social media fixture Chrissy Teigen wouldn’t post, but apparently there’s one thing that you won’t ever see on her IG or Twitter feed. As long as it’s not her recipes or photos of the amazing food she cooks, I’m okay with it.
The 32-year-old model/cookbook author spoke with Real Simple to promote a new line of plant-based diapers and wipes from Pampers (the company has tapped her to be a “creative consultant.” I guess that’s the new term for “spokesmodel”) Chrissy often posts photos of her adorable two-year-old daughter, Luna,
but admitted “The only things I think twice about posting are if she’s in a car seat,” adding, “You have to check the car seat photo 20 times to make sure the straps are in the right place. But sometimes I’m like, Screw it, I don’t care!” This self-imposed ban comes after Chrissy posted a photo of Luna in the car back in July that got the “mom-shamers” in a lather. To be honest, I’m not a mom, so I don’t know why they’d get upset about this picture. Feel free to school me in the comments.
Chrissy lit up Twitter on Sunday night as her husband, John Legend, starred in NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Before the show, she tweeted a short clip of a “shrine” to John that she put together in his backstage trailer. There was a “good luck” banner, flowers, cake (of course) and a tall votive candle with John’s face taped to it. The soundtrack? “Jesus Walks” by Kayne West, of course. She also joked that she couldn’t wait to “learn about Jesus and superstars!!!!”
It’s almost time!!! pic.twitter.com/vHwpZE7nhz
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 1, 2018
8 mins til #JesusChristSuperstarLive!! I can’t wait to learn about Jesus and superstars!!!!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 1, 2018
During the show, the tweets kept rolling in, some at the expense of John’s (extremely) low cut tank top. Chrissy also gave props to John’s co-star, Sara Bareilles, who played Mary Magdalene, calling her voice “so pure.”
I have a feeling whoever has the deepest V will be crucified
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 2, 2018
THE V’S. THEY ARE A’DEEPENING
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 2, 2018
Sara’s voice is so pure. She makes singing seem so easy.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 2, 2018
Of course, a day without Chrissy snapping back at a critic is really a day without sunshine. Sunday night’s target was Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. When he tried to get in a dig at the special’s expense, Chrissy let him have it – referencing his $32 million payout to a former Fox News colleague who threatened to sue him for alleged sexual misconduct. Brava, Chrissy.
Watching JC Superstar on NBC. Who knew Jesus of Nazareth ran a tattoo parlor? Geez.
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) April 2, 2018
Yes the shop specializes in coverups that aren’t 32 million dollars https://t.co/2hklA6Ix4P
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 2, 2018
Did you see JCS Live? I don’t get NBC at my house due to a terrible antenna signal, so I’m catching it on Hulu this week. From the clips I’ve seen on YouTube, John sounded great, but the glowing reviews the show received gave the highest praise to Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon, who played Judas. And I saw Alice Cooper’s performance. He was awesome. I love that guy. The special won the overnight Nielsen ratings, beating American Idol and pulling in 9.4 million viewers. Not too shabby.
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I can’t blame her for not wanting to post a picture — every sanctimommy on the internet is a certified-in-their-own-mind car seat expert. Wouldn’t post a picture of jarred baby food, a bumbo seat, or half a dozen other things either.
I probably would have leaned on Bumbo seats pretty hard if my kids’ thighs had fit in them.
Exactly. I never post car seat pictures either for that reason.
Love the Bill O’Reilly shade. Pervs in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Just STFU.
SHE IS SAVAGE…
I hope he went to the clinic for that WICKED BURN.
and her daughter is SO FRICKIN CUTE! those curls!
I know, that was awesome! She gets a lot of nasty comments on DM because she criticizes trump. Bill was taking a cheap shot. She put him in his place. I love this family. Luna is so cute and obviously so loved.
That Bill O’Reilly reply was gold. Pure gold.
I didn’t watch the musical yet, will try to catch it later this week. Lots of positive reviews for it. I really love Sara Bareilles, her voice is effortlessly gorgeous, I saw her on Broadway last year.
JCS was absolutely stunning. And live Broadway shows are always better with people with actual broadway training. Brandon was the best thing about the show. Definitely the best live musical since the wiz
It really was good. I caught it on Hulu, which let even us Basic subscribers watch it on the day after Easter (Monday). No commercials for some reason, they had the placeholders but then zipped right back to the show. I must have watched it three times, whenever my isp Frontier was actually working on Easter Monday. They whisked it away from us early Tuesday.
And yes, Judas stole the show, which was really intentional. He was a bit of a whiner (and what did he think would happen when he told the Darth Vader-ish High Priests where to find J?!?), but he really did have some valid concerns. Once Caesar way off in Rome noticed big mobs of people in Palestine calling this guy the Messiah and Son of God and King of the Jews and saying he could turn water into wine and heal the sick and raise the dead — it would be trouble for all. Judas even called it on the mob turning on Jesus once they realized he wasn’t the kind of Messiah they thought he was, after he was captured. The actor who played Judas was powerful, as he had to be for such a complex role. But there were a lot of scene stealers, essentially every main character, everyone was so good. I think it’s really intended to focus on the people around Jesus anyway. For example, Mary Magdalene’s voice was haunting and of course perfect for her role.
As law enforcement dragged J away, you didn’t have to know the full story to have the modern thought, “He’s black and in handcuffs and being taken away by police – yeah, he’s toast.” It was especially depressing after that, but it’s a depressing story (16 years of Catholic education here, have read more than one translation of the Gospels, and went through way too many gruesome Stations of the Cross as a child, which even then I thought were not suitable for children).
Jesus only was resurrected for the curtain call, so the actual ending was sad. It was nice to see Jesus happily holding hands with two of the villains — well, Jesus tended to be a forgiving sort.
The casting for everybody was just right. Legend was a good choice for Jesus – he has that permanent angelic look and a good voice. Alice Cooper as King Herod? Really worked. I didn’t know the others but they were all great. I actually had never seen the musical but knew all the words and music — in my first year of grad school, I guess when it was new, my roommate got an 8-track tape of it and played it endlessly, burning it into my memory. So it was really amazing to see a real stage production.
They were pretty clever in how they used minimal props to match the original story and wove the musicians in with the stage action. They were cheerfully anachronistic, which also worked very well. Apparently all the glitter used as money (I assume) in their version of “Jesus tosses the money-changers out of the temple” scene was a real challenge to get swept off stage between scenes.
Probably a good idea to look for a copy of the words (was closed caption an option?) if you didn’t have them embedded in your brain by a roommate, but I always have that problem with operas/operettas.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed JCS. I had the broadway soundtrack from the 70s and I did not have high expectations of another network musical. It was pretty awesome-it helps when you stack nearly the entire support cast with broadway stars (Judas, caphias). I actually thought Legend was the weak link vocally and acting wise, but he still did better than I thought going in.
And Brandon Dixon is awesome in everything. Perfect choice for Judas who really is the star of the show.
I’m surprised so many people post photos of their kids. Some of the most mundane things get criticized.
I’m not one to jump on the little things. Feed your kid jarred baby food if that works for you, use disposable diapers, send your child to daycare, etc., etc.. BUT improper car seat use is dangerous, and I can understand wanting to comment on that. A lot of the time, people just don’t know. Example: a friend turned her 5 month old forward-facing because her mom said he was a “big boy” and it would be fine. Wasn’t until she shared a pic on insta that someone told her it actually wasn’t fine and there are laws on that sort of thing.
Personally, I choose not to share the photos of my small child on social media due to privacy rather than because of anyone will say about the photos. But to each their own.
It’s a live and let live issue for me too! But I feel my crew deserve the opportunity to carve out their own online identities when they are old enough because what I may find cute, amazing, or hilarious enough to share might be deeply embarrassing to them.
(Reading Dooce’s blog back in the day helped me to develop this perspective. I’d also like to give a shout-out to Kristen Bell for her use of verbal imagery.)
Me too, there’s a lot of bloggers/influencers here in Ireland who do it constantly, like you know everything about their kids. Its scary and I just don’t get it.
I completely agree with this. I don’t have children, but if I did I certainly wouldn’t post pictures of them on social media (and obviously I’m not even famous, I have all of 200 followers on Instagram)
I don’t have kids but would do the same. I’m always a little weirded out by people who constantly overshare info and photos of their kids so publicly, celebrities and regular people alike. I have one friend who always announces every gory detail every time one of her children is sick. I really doubt her kids wanted the world to know they had the trots all last night!
I almost felt bad for John legend because Brandon Victor Dixon and the guy who played Pontius Pilat, Ben danels, were amazing!!! Seriously so good.
It actually worked that Legend was low-key in comparison. Made the point that essentially, he was not the real focus of the events, but rather all the other people around him. In a sense, I think Jesus was intended to be kind of a prop for most of it. Somebody larger than life would have interfered with that story.
I don’t know why any celebs post any pics of their kids on a public page. It is just asking for trouble. And why risk the child’s privacy? This world is s scary place, they don’t know who is looking at their social media.
I love her! I adore her twitter feed, and she cracks me up.
I thought John Legend was good, not great. He seemed to have problems enunciating during the garden scene but I liked him in the Temple and Last Supper scenes
The rest of the cast were incredible and the show was simply spectacular. I got chills when the violinists first appeared.
It looks like the straps are little loose in that picture and the chest clip should be a little higher. The shoulder pads look like they came with the car seat so they shouldn’t be too problematic if they are moved to allow the chest clip to go up. She looks likes she’s riding rear facing (which she should) and the shoulder straps are correctly positioned for that.
I’m not sure why people would drag her though. It could have been taken right before she tightened the straps. It’s really hard to get a kid in and out when the straps are as snug as they should be. That’s why there’s (usually) the harness tightener/relaxer in the front.
I get training every single year on proper car seat installation and usage through my job.
Agreed. One of the last things hospitals do now before you leave the hospital with your new baby is to ensure you have a carseat that’s up to snuff and that you know how to fasten your child safely. Those straps are definitely too loose, but good luck taking a smiling pic of your kid when they’re strapped in tight!
“I’m not sure why people would drag her though”
Mothers get dragged for less on a certain Manhattan-based board.
I am only here to say that Alice Cooper is a gem of a performer, and that was brilliant!
And they decided to have him wear his traditional “Alice Cooper” eye makeup, which did fit the character. He doesn’t always wear it, judging from pics i’ve seen of him.
Oh yeah, I turned my child forward facing at one and a half and a woman I’m only fb friends with from a mom’s group messaged me to tell me that he should be rear facing until two. Because she’s concerned for my child’s safety. And I guess I’m not…
Well at least there’s something she won’t post about.
I have not watched any of the other live TV plays as they all seemed schlocky. I used to play my sister’s JCS soundtrack album all the time and loved that music. So 70s. I turned JCS on Sunday night with the idea that if it sucked which I kind of expected it would I’d go do something else. Well the first minute hooked me with the shredded guitar solo and the neo grunge dystopian sets. As the show went on I felt like I was watching a Mad Max version of The Greatest Showman. Lol. I loved it. Hubby probably got sick of me singing along and flailing my arms around like I was in the chorus. The cast was all top notch. Beautiful sets. Cool costumes. The end scene of the crucifixion was frickin’ stunning. Best thing I’ve seen on network tv forever.