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CHRISSY Teigen came under fire Monday after "bragging" to her followers about ordering clam chowder to be shipped from Boston to her home in Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old model tweeted about ordering food using a company called Goldbelly, which delivers food from different restaurants all across the country.
In a since-deleted tweet on Sunday, the wife of John Legend wrote: "This is not an ad but if you’re holed up at home, ordering America’s best food from Goldbelly is the way to go right now!”
“Currently shipping clam chowder from Boston to myself,” she added.
In a separate tweet that she has also since deleted, she expressed her appreciation of Goldbelly.
“If you’ve ever eaten somewhere and dreamed of having that certain bite again, chances are they have it available for delivery to your mouth and it’s so fun to scroll through,” she explained.
The tweets left a bad taste in the mouth of many on Twitter, with some criticizing her timing as many restaurants and bars were forced to shut across the country in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.
In an effort to remedy her misstep, Teigen promptly tweeted: “correction: do NOT order soup.”
Television paleontologist Trevor Valle responded and initially called the initial tweet “reprehensible.”
He clarified that the angry replies Teigen received likely weren’t about the soup itself. “It’s about people being scared about not having enough resources, who can’t do what you do …” he explained.
He continued: “Isolated people using social media to connect, and if they see something like that, and then feel worse, because they can’t.”
Teigen replied: “It IS just soup. I can’t make everyone happy, I’ve really tried. why am I not allowed to make a boring, earnest tweet about something I enjoy that some others can too?”
She defended herself by noting that by ordering food from a restaurant in Boston, she was supporting a small business that could be suffering in the pandemic.
The service itself joined in her defense, writing on Twitter: “Goldbelly is predicated on empowering hundreds of small mom & pop food makers across the country – most who have shut down their shops, many who are in danger of going out of business."
They continued: “All they have left now is their shipping business. Now is the time to support small business!”
When tweeter chimed in and clarified that to some people, the idea of ordering soup from across the country might seem “pompous and ill-timed right now.”
The Lip Sync Battle cohost then responded to Valle, 44, as the spat escalated, asking: “Would you like my f***ing arm?”
The Mammoths Unearthed host clarified: “I don’t want your arm. Or your life. Or clout (like some of your followers think). I was pointing out that a whole lot of people are scared about having enough resources in a panic while you FedEx soup across the county.”
He suggested that if the mom-of-two was looking to aid the catering industry during this turbulent time, there are other things she could do.
“If it’s really about wanting to help small business, you could buy a gift certificate to use later at that place while still helping to flatten the curve,” he wrote. “Or make a donation to pay a day’s wages. Or any number of things.”
“I’ve done those things too. And more,” Teigen replied. “I promise you I am not bad??”
This appeared to be the olive branch Valle needed as he responded saying that he knows she’s not a bad person and is actually “incredibly generous and kind,” but maintained his opinion that the star’s initial soup tweet was “momentarily out of touch.”
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“I’m sad this is our first interaction but I promise, I hear you and get it,” Chrissy told him.
Teigen later called the interaction a “ride", to a fan who had followed the spat.
“I didn’t mean it to sound like I don’t care about the pandemic?" she wrote, in her defence, adding: "it was tweeted quite innocently, perhaps tone deaf but I like soup and if you can support these businesses, then that seemed cool but yeah if you can’t, then that is also fine, I am not shaming you.”
Her husband, John Legend, revealed that he's doing his bit to combat the isolation of social distancing as he revealed he will perform a concert from home on Tuesday, on Instagram.
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