Chrissy Teigen came under fire on social media this week after revealing in an interview that she chose her baby’s gender while undergoing in vitro fertilization to conceive her first child.
In an interview with People magazine published Wednesday, the 30-year-old supermodel and wife of musician John Legend revealed that she is expecting a baby girl with her husband this spring.
“I’ve made this decision,” Tiegen, who has spoken openly about her struggles to conceive, told the magazine. “Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, ‘Let’s put in the girl.'”
“I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl,” the cookbook author and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model added. “That excited me. It excited me to see … just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We’ll get there too, so it’s not like we really have to pick. But he definitely is very lucky to have a little girl. And this girl is going to be so completely lucky to have John as her papa — it’s crazy!”
After the interview was published, Teigen took to Twitter to defend herself as social media users criticized the model for the highly controversial gender-selection practice.
What year is this!? And for the record, I am always happy and open to speak on infertility. The more casual, the better! I don't mind.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
I also picked the embryo with a taste for bacon, a knack for magic and size 7 feet so she can always find shoes
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
what is that difference though? i've already created embryos with a doctor. only after must it be random? https://t.co/hyIwy3P1Oy
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
This is all so interesting. I said it so casually because i'm just open. I'm around so many open-minded people & forgot it's controversial.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
anyhow I am not mad at anyone's beliefs but I don't really actively seek out people to make them feel bad about their decisions either.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
so many typos, my apologies. pretty under the weather. probably this darn science baby.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
natural or ivf, my daughter will never speak to another human like this, @baby_c_69 pic.twitter.com/aLfBS8O3eF
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
what in the…she can do whatever she wants…people really reaching for outrage here https://t.co/vLMNJCiP6S
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
mentions. in. shambles. lol.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
"what…what…what if….your GIRL wants to…be……chem trails…..and cis….and….vegan…and….other buzzwords…."
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
stop looking HERE for shit to be mad at. there are so many other things that deserve your outrage.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
from reading everything tonight, i think i made a mistake in thinking people understood the process better than they do, which is my fault..
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
we didn't create a little girl. we had multiple embryos. girls and boys. we simply chose to put in a female first (and second)…
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
we didn't "throw away" anything and still would love to have more of both in the future. hard to explain such a complicated process here.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
you'd be surprised at how many people you know go through this. also every doctor knows the sex of the embryos, it isn't some grand secret.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
ok done!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
please clap
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 25, 2016
Teigen has generated controversy on Twitter before: she quit the social media service in October 2014 shortly after making a poorly-timed joke following a shooting in Canada:
active shooting in Canada, or as we call it in america, wednesday
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 22, 2014
In December, the model got into a heated Twitter feud with Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump after she called him a “tw*t.”
@realDonaldTrump so don't tweet about it you twat
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 29, 2015
In an interview with Us Weekly in August, Tiegen asked her detractors not to tag her in their negative tweets.
“It’s almost like f*cking walking up to somebody, or going to somebody’s house, knocking on the door and being like, ‘You’re fat,’” Teigen told Us Weekly, referring to those who tag her in insulting posts on Twitter and Instagram.”I don’t know if they think they’re ballsy or what. But if you’re going to speak negatively about me, just do me a favor and don’t tag me in it.”
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