Here's Everything You Need to Know About Chrissy Teigen's Bullying Controversy

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Courtney discussed why she called Chrissy a hypocrite in a now-deleted post on Instagram. “She wouldn’t just publicly tweet about wanting me to take ‘a dirt nap’ but would privately DM me and tell me to kill myself,” they told the outlet. “Things like, ‘I can’t wait for you to die’ . . . People came out of the woodwork to beat up on a kid because she was in a situation that she shouldn’t have been in. There were a lot of celebrities acting like playground bullies. Some of the worst treatment I got was from women, and we’re not going to get anywhere if we keep holding each other back.”

“It was just so hypocritical of her,” they said in the now-deleted video. “I think, for me, because I experienced so much harassment and bullying from her when I was just 16 years old, just 17 years old, just 18 years old, at a time when I needed help. Like, I was being abused. She has sent me so many different tweets. Private DMs, up ’til a couple years ago. It’s so damaging when you have someone like Chrissy Teigen bullying children.”

After Chrissy’s old tweets about Courtney resurfaced, she posted a lengthy apology to them on Twitter. “I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention-seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behaviour but that is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel,” Chrissy said. “I have tried to connect with Courtney privately but since I publicly fueled all this, I want to also publicly apologize. I’m so sorry, Courtney. I hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am.”

Chrissy was originally slated to appear in a voice-over role for the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever. It’s unclear which character’s thoughts she would have been narrating, as the series features narration from guest actors for various characters. Variety reported that she had dropped out amid the bullying controversy.

Chrissy broke her silence on the Courtney controversy in a lengthy statement on Medium, which she subsequently shared across her social media accounts.

“I know I’ve been quiet, and lord knows you don’t want to hear about me, but I want you to know I’ve been sitting in a hole of deserved global punishment, the ultimate ‘sit here and think about what you’ve done.’ Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven’t felt the crushing weight of regret for the things I’ve said in the past,” she wrote. “I’ve apologized publicly to one person, but there are others – and more than just a few – who I need to say I’m sorry to . . . There is simply no excuse for my past horrible tweets. My targets didn’t deserve them. No one does . . . The truth is, I’m no longer the person who wrote those horrible things. I grew up, got therapy, got married, had kids, got more therapy, experienced loss and pain, got more therapy and experienced more life. AND GOT MORE THERAPY.”

She finished her statement by saying, “We are all more than our worst moments.
I won’t ask for your forgiveness, only your patience and tolerance. I ask that you allow me, as I promise to allow you, to own past mistakes and be given the opportunity to seek self improvement and change.”

As a response to Chrissy’s Medium apology, Farrah Abraham posted her own statement to the platform. “Many owe me apologies like Chrissy Teigen types, I hope the world will catch up one day,” the reality star explained. “Chrissy’s prey of vulnerable young famous women who are true survivors and warrior women today have shared if they had or not heard an apology about her actions from long ago whenever she realized it was wrong then or now.”

In her statement, Farrah mentions that she feels she deserves an apology because, “I truly have no one else taking care of my family, I realistically need time for myself who must take time psychologically from my doctor’s orders to be the strong woman I need to be to keep this life going I’ve fought so hard for.” She also wants Chrissy to apologise to her daughter, “who has to witness the aftermath of remarks publicly that not only affects her mum but her. This mentally affects children and their time with their mothers.”