- The model Chrissy Teigen hit back after President Donald Trump described her in a tweet as singer John Legend’s “filthy mouthed wife” without tagging her account.
- She tweeted on Sunday night: “lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president.”
- Earlier in the day, Trump had accused Teigen and Legend of stealing credit for a criminal-justice-reform bill that Trump signed in December – and for which Legend had long campaigned.
- The First Step Act reduced mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses and eased the federal “three strike” rule that imposed a life sentence for three or more convictions.
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The model Chrissy Teigen has branded President Donald Trump a “pussy ass bitch” for not tagging her in a tweet in which he insulted her and accused her husband, the singer John Legend, of trying to steal credit for a criminal-justice bill that Trump signed into law.
Legend on Sunday had appeared on an MSNBC program where he discussed his criminal-justice-reform initiative FreeAmerica.
Tonight at 7pm PT/10pm ET, I will be joining @LesterHoltNBC for an @NBCNews Town Hall on @MSNBC to discuss our country’s broken criminal justice system. Follow @LetsFreeAmerica to learn more about my work to end mass incarceration. #JusticeForAll pic.twitter.com/9DFySXsgDY
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 8, 2019
This prompted a tweetstorm from the president, who said MSNBC was not giving him and other Republicans due credit for a recently enacted criminal-justice-reform law.
Trump was referring to the First Step Act, which he signed into law in December. The bipartisan law reduced mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses and eased the federal "three strike" rule imposing a life sentence for three or more convictions.
The law was partly aimed at redressing sentencing laws, which have disproportionally affected African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.
"But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise," Trump said. "Guys like boring musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is - but I didn't see them around when we needed help getting it passed."
Hours later Teigen, whom Trump blocked on Twitter, snapped back.
"lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president," she tweeted.
"the absolute best part of his tweet is I literally didn't speak in the special, nor was I mentioned," she added, referring to the MSNBC program. "I'm cackling at the pointless addition of me because he cannot not be a bitch."
Later, she and Legend encouraged followers to make #PresidentPussyAssBitch to trend by jokingly imploring people not to.
no guys no please do not make this trend, for it is my fight with #PresidentPussyAssBitch, not yours!!!!!! https://t.co/hSJ0UxjbaO
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Please don't make this foul mouthed hashtag trend #PresidentPussyAssBitch https://t.co/TMaq58hzIx
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
Legend also tweeted that Trump had nothing better to do with his Sunday night and jokingly asked the first lady, Melania Trump, to step in.
Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody--ANYBODY--will praise you. Melania, please praise this man. He needs you.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
Your country needs you, Melania
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
Teigen has ridiculed and criticized Trump on Twitter since 2012, long before his successful bid for the presidency.
Trump blocked her in July 2017 after she tweeted "Lolllllll no one likes you" to him after he complained that Republicans were not doing enough to "protect their president."