John Legend Defends Chrissy Teigen After She Shares What Question Annoys Her Most

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Teigen isn't happy about reporters continually asking her husband how he "deals" with her.

She has a spitfire personality and speaks her mind if she feels the need to, but Chrissy Teigen doesn't like it when people make her feel as if she's a burden to her husband. The model, mom, and Lip Sync Battle host took to Twitter to express her displeasure with a regularly asked question that her husband John Legend, can't seem to get away from. In a thread, she pleaded with interviewers to stop putting her husband in that position.

"I feel like a very common question when interviewing John is basically 'how do you deal with your wife' and...I don’t love it," Teigen wrote in a thread. "It happens a lot. 'Does she ask you if certain things are okay to say?'...it’s just very weird to me. No. He doesn’t. I don’t care. And he doesn’t care. End of question. He usually does the standard 'No...she knows what she’s doing...” but it’s not even that. It’s just that I am a different human than him? It is theeeee most common question with him. Please stop."

Teigen added, "I’m not mad at anyone who has asked this. I get that we are very different. It happens a lot though and I’m just not very into it. You don’t ask me how I deal with watching MSNBC every night or what I do while he’s silent for a week." Legend came to his wife's defense by tweeting, "Yeah my wife is brilliant, savvy, funny as hell and clearly better at social media than me. She doesn't need my advice or censorship when it comes to how she communicates with the public."

Not to be outdone, Chrissy responded to Legend's message by jokingly tweeting, "Wow can I have one thing without you being husband savior? jk love you (can I say this? please let me know)." Legend replied, "You have my permission. Thank you for asking."

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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.