[custom_adv] The internet woke up on Monday morning to a surprising Twitter feud. Chrissy Teigen, the supermodel, entrepreneur and wife of singer John Legend, was trending, along with the hashtag “FilthyMouthedWife.” This was not all that unusual given Teigen’s current status as one of the true celebrity stars of Twitter. [custom_adv] Since Tiegen's rise to fame as a model in 2010, and the social media attention that followed, her seemingly uncalculated persona has made her a viral Twitter presence on everything from celebrity to food. [custom_adv] But in this case, Teigen was trending because of another frequent Twitter user, President Donald Trump. In what are now routine middle-of-the-night rants, Trump had complained that his criminal justice reform initiatives were not being properly praised by celebrity advocates, including “John Legend and his filthy mouthed wife.” [custom_adv] Said tweet, if one clicks through, clearly tags Legend, but despite Teigen’s handle being very well known, does not do the same for her. Not that it mattered. [custom_adv] Teigen is clearly a master of the medium. This, coupled with her habit of randomly tweeting at Trump that she hates him suggests she may have gotten under the president’s notoriously thin skin. Unfortunately, his attack on her won’t do him any favors.As noted by Teigen on Monday morning, she wasn’t even part of the MSNBC special on criminal justice reform that prompted the tirade — her husband was. Moreover, the special did not mention the First Step Act being enacted in 2018 (an improbable success story) because the piece was about ending mass incarceration, something Trump’s legislation did not begin to consider. [custom_adv] Legend criticized the President, too -- without the profanity -- by tweeting, "Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody -- ANYBODY -- will praise you."
