Chrissy Teigen Says a Paparazzo Made a Disturbingly Racist Comment About John Legend at the Airport

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published 19 January 17

Chrissy Teigen, the unofficial queen of Twitter (opens in new tab), recounted an extremely disturbing interaction this afternoon, in which a paparazzi photographer asked her, "If we evolved from monkeys, why is John Legend still around?" Cue the disgust. WTF?

According to her tweets, Chrissy and John had just arrived at JFK Airport in New York. The photographer was asking her questions about cooking when the conversation turned nasty. Teigen tweeted a play-by-play of the incident:

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Chrissy added that hopefully they will find the culprit.

While there's no way of verifying this incident and we naively wish that people who feel emboldened enough to make racist comments just didn't exist, Chrissy's horrific account is still deeply upsetting.

The Twittersphere swiftly shared Chrissy's disgust.

[twitter ]https://twitter.com/BHernandez971/status/822172870511996929[/twitter]

[twitter ]https://twitter.com/meganf/status/822172338976333825[/twitter]

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Here's hoping this incident is followed by an appropriate resolution and the paparazzo is held accountable. If you rightly feel like humanity has taken a turn for the worse, there's only one thing that can help: baby Luna. (opens in new tab)

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Maggie Maloney

Maggie Maloney is the associate editor at Town & Country and ELLE Decor, where she covers style, beauty, jewelry, and the many members of the royal family. She also manages social media and content strategy for both brands.