Chrissy Teigen tweets – Michael Costello racist controversy after Courtney Stodden says model told her to ‘kill herself’

CHRISSY'S TREAMENT LED MICHAEL TO 'THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE'

The first slide in  included a text that read: “I didn’t want to do this but I cannot be happy until I speak my mind. I need to heal and in order for me to do that I must reveal what I’ve been going through.

“I wanted to kill myself and still am traumatized, depressed and have thoughts of suicide.”

Michael then explained he’s been “living in fear” as he felt that his “most profitable brand relationships” and friendships were at risk, as well as the “fear of being blacklisted even more by the power elites who run the industry.”

CHRISSY'S OLD TEXTS TO MICHAEL COSTELLO

After he asked if he could call her, Chrissy responded: “No! I do not have anything to say to you. You will get what’s coming to you.”

Michael insisted he “never called anyone the n word,” as Chrissy replied: “Good luck with that lmao hope that story keeps your already dead career going.”

The designer then pleaded for Chrissy to call him, adding: “I am suffering from this more than you can imagine. So many people are attacking me over this. It’s a fake story but your comment is adding more fuel to the fire.”

Chrissy wrote back: “Good! Racist people like you deserve to suffer and die. You might as well be dead. Your career is over, just watch.”

WHAT IS CHRISSY'S CAREER HISTORY?

Christine "Chrissy" Teigen, 34, was born on November 30, 1985, in Utah to father Ron, who is of Norwegian descent, and mother Vilailuck, who is from Thailand.

Ron worked as an electrician and took jobs all around the States which meant the family were often on the move and lived in Hawaii, Idaho and Washington before settling in California when Chrissy was a teenager.

Having grown-up watching and learning from her mother how to cook, Chrissy had ambitions to be a chef until she was discovered by a photographer while working in a surf shop.

She made her modelling debut in 2010 when she was 25 and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2014 alongside Lily Aldridge and Nina Agdal.

Chrissy has appeared in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Italian Vogue, Esquire and Glamour.

She has also modelled for brands such as Billabong, Ed Hardy, Nike, Gillette, UGG, and Nine West.

Chrissy has been the co-host on the US version of Lip Sync Battle with LL Cool J since 2015.

She has written two cookbooks.

CHRISSY SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE LAST YEAR

On September 30, 2020, Chrissy revealed the devastating news on Twitter that she and John had lost their baby when she was halfway through her third pregnancy.

They called the infant Jack.

Accompanied by a series of  , she wrote: "We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before.

"We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough."

HOW MANY KIDS DOES CHRISSY TEIGEN HAVE?

Chrissy and John have two children.

They have a four-year-old daughter Luna who was born in April 2016.

Then in 2018, they welcomed a boy called Miles.

Chrissy took to Twitter to announce the news writing: "Somebody's herrrrrrre!"

CHRISSY'S MEDIUM APOLOGY CONTINUED

The mother-of-two continued: "There is simply no excuse for my past horrible tweets. My targets didn’t deserve them. No one does.

"Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support, not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humor."

Teigen said she was "a troll, full stop".

"The truth is, I’m no longer the person who wrote those horrible things. I grew up, got therapy, got married, had kids, got more therapy, experienced loss and pain, got more therapy and experienced more life. AND GOT MORE THERAPY," she added.

Although Teigen did not name-drop anyone in her post - she asked them for their "patience and tolerance."

"I won’t ask for your forgiveness, only your patience and tolerance. I ask that you allow me, as I promise to allow you, to own past mistakes and be given the opportunity to seek self improvement and change."

CHRISSY'S MEDIUM APOLOGY

In the self-published blog post,  wrote, "I’ve apologized publicly to one person, but there are others — and more than just a few — who I need to say I’m sorry to. 

“I’m in the process of privately reaching out to the people I insulted.

“…I understand that they may not want to speak to me. I don’t think I’d like to speak to me.

“(The real truth in all of this is how much I actually cannot take confrontation.) But if they do, I am here and I will listen to what they have to say, while apologizing through sobs.”

CHRISSY CUT FROM NEW CLEANING BRAND

Just days before Courtney, 26, revealed they had suffered “years of bullying” at the hands of the TV personality, , 35, launched a brand new cleaning brand. 

Safely debuted in early May with Chrissy and Kris, 65, as both founders and spokespeople for the brand. 

Both of the stars were heavily featured in promo for the line since it was announced in March however, since Chrissy was slammed for “bullying” women, Safely has not publicly showed her once.

A source told The Sun: “Kris Jenner has been in crisis mode for weeks with Chrissy’s scandal. 

“She likes Chrissy but she’s a numbers girl first and their sales tanked after all of Chrissy’s tweets came out. 

"It's the worst case scenario for them, they just launched their cleaning brand days before the scandal.”

The insider said that the “company has had to completely change it’s marketing strategy” because their “whole plan was to focus on the homes and families of  and Chrissy.” 

“They know they can’t show Chrissy anymore but her with her kids was originally the whole appeal of the brand. 

“It's been a very pricey mistake,” the informant added. 

CHRISSY GOT MEANINGFUL TATTOO AMID BULLYING DRAMA

Chrissy Teigen got a tattoo of her daughter Luna's butterfly sketch on her arm amid the backlash to her past bullying tweets.

The model, 35, showed off the inking in an Instagram post and said in the accompanying caption that she's a "mess in progress."

 revealed that drew the butterfly on her arm after her preschool graduation.

She wrote in the lengthy caption: "Today our beautiful little pod celebrated their preschool graduation. I sobbed from beginning to end.

"I sobbed because my god, what a year. But also, man. they’re SO young. Their eyes are gonna see so much. They’re going to experience pain, hurt, loss.

"But also love, success, unimaginable bonds with friends."

CHRISSY'S TWITTER FEUD WITH DONALD TRUMP

Chrissy Teigen dumped on  for years before he finally had enough - and blocked her.

"After 9 years of hating Donald J Trump, telling him "lol no one likes you" was the straw," she wrote on Twitter during the summer of 2017 - when Trump was president.

Teigen included a screenshot of the notification that the president had blocked her.

 wrote in 2019 that Trump "brought a knife to a social media gunfight and came off looking weak - and at the hands of a woman of color to boot."

IS CHRISSY STILL ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

 due to the negativity she was receiving on social media greatly affecting her.

CHRISSY TALKS ABOUT GOING TO THERAPY

"The truth is, I’m no longer the person who wrote those horrible things. I grew up, got therapy, got married, had kids, got more therapy, experienced loss and pain, got more therapy and experienced more life. AND GOT MORE THERAPY," she added in her self published apology on Medium.

CHRISSY DID NOT NAME DROP IN HER MEDIUM APOLOGY

Although Teigen did not name-drop anyone in her post - she asked them for their "patience and tolerance."

"I won’t ask for your forgiveness, only your patience and tolerance. I ask that you allow me, as I promise to allow you, to own past mistakes and be given the opportunity to seek self improvement and change."

LINDSAY LOHAN'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT ONLINE ABUSE

 has yet to address the since-deleted tweet, however, her mother Dina opened up to  about it, saying: “When someone says hurtful words they’re not just hurting that person, they’re hurting their siblings, their mother, their grandma.

"They’re inflicting so much pain."

WHAT DID CHRISSY SAY TO MICHAEL COSTELLO?

In June 2021, fashion designer  of leaving him “traumatized, depressed” and having “thoughts of suicide” after bullying him.

Teigen allegedly accused him of being a racist in 2014 on his Instagram page.

He says Teigen "formed her own opinion of me" after seeing a "photoshopped comment".

He claimed the comment was proven to be false by Instagram and contacted Teigan to explain.

Costello said, "She told me that my career was over and that all my doors will be shut from now on."

He shared an alleged screenshot of a conversation between him and Teigen in which Teigen wrote: "Racist people like you deserve to suffer and die."

"You might as well be dead. Your career is over, just watch."

FARRAH ABRAHAM SPEAKS OUT ON CHRISSY'S BULLYING

This week  alum  as an “unfit person for society” after the model branded her a “whore” in a now deleted tweet.

, 30, spoke out against the Sports Illustrated model, who in 2013 called her a "w***e."

She said in an interview with : “It's really just a pathetic statement after someone has gone to therapy publicly for sex shaming, working through my own depression, bereavement, and vulnerabilities at that time.

“I don't even say the words she says.”

The mom of one called her "an unfit person in society" after the resurfaced tweet from Chrissy was shared last month by author .

WHAT DID CHRISSY SAY ABOUT LINDSAY LOHAN?

Then a social media post that Chrissy had written about Lindsay Lohan on January 16, 2011 resurfaced, encouraging her to self harm.

Chrissy posted: " adds a few more slits to her wrists when she sees emma stone."

CHRISSY REPLACED ON NETFLIX SHOW NEVER HAVE I EVER

 wife's past actions have since cost her work and .

 has already lost a lucrative partnership with American retailer Target since the scandal hit.

Now it seems she may have also lost work with  as a result.

The show, Never Have I Ever, follows the life of a high school teen, with celebrity stars featuring on the series to provide voice-over commentary for episodes.

Chrissy had been due to feature in the second season, but a spokesperson for the show told : “The role is expected to be recast.”

The report also suggests Chrissy herself took the decision to drop out of the planned voice work.

FAN VOWED NOT TO SHOP AT TARGET BEFORE CHIRSSY'S LINE WAS PULLED

Fans have vowed to no longer shop at Target if they did not drop Chrissy’s line, with one saying: “Nope - condoning Chrissy Teigen cyberbullying minors @target losing my business and ALOT OF OTHERS.”

“As long as you sponsor Chrissy tiegen I will never shop with your business again.  

“Sponsoring someone that influences a teenager to commit suicide is really disturbing and downright disgusting,” another wrote. 

A third tweeted: “@Target end your relationship with Chrissy Teigen immediately.  She admitted to encouraging teen suicide and self harm. I am a TGT shareholder and insist you part ways with her.”

“Going to @target for what may be the last time to see if you have pulled @chrissyteigen and her @cravings product line yet,” a fourth fired off. 

One more exclaimed: “@Target Get rid of Chrissy Teigen’s products Clapping hands signClapping hands signClapping hands sign She is a bully to individuals who struggle with mental health!”

TARGET'S COMMENT ON PULLING CHRISSY'S CRAVING LINE

In response to a request for comment, the company told The Sun: "We made the mutual decision in December to no longer carry the cookware line, given our continued focus on brands we develop and that can only be found at Target."

The 35-year-old offers her products in a number of big box retailers but has seemingly found the biggest success with her line at Target. 

In 2018, Chrissy partnered with the mega-brand to sell an affordable line of kitchenware - which has expanded to food, robes and other items throughout the years. 

Her top-selling items were regularly her pots and pans collection - which all retailed for under $150. 

CHRISSY'S KITCHENWEAR LINE REMOVED FROM TARGET

As the backlash rages on, the social media personality's culinary empire is now in the line of fire as thousands of fans have vowed to “stop shopping” with the companies all together if they continued selling . 

It appears Target listened to their customers and has reconsidered their business with Chrissy, 35, as the entire Cravings collection has been scrubbed from their website. 

Upon looking up Cravings or Chrissy’s name specifically, the site states it “couldn’t find a match” for any relevant searches. 

In addition, the link for the Cravings line is no longer active and redirects to the main webpage.

The store is continuing to sell the chef’s cookbook, Cravings and Hungry For More, as the products are sold under publisher Random House and not her company specifically. 

CHRISSY'S ORIGINAL APOLOGY TO COURTNEY

Chrissy did do that and  - despite still having Courtney blocked on social media.

"Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bulls**t in front of the entire world," she began.

"I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention seeking troll.

"I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that...is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel," the mom of two confessed.

"I have worked so hard to give you guys joy and be beloved and the feeling of letting you down is nearly unbearable, truly. These were not my only mistakes and surely won’t be my last as hard as I try but god I will try!!"

Chrissy also added that she has "tried to connect with Courtney privately" but since she "publicly fueled all this," she decided to "also publicly apologize."

"I’m so sorry, Courtney. I hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am," the TV personality wrote.

"And I am so sorry I let you guys down. I will forever work on being better than I was 10 years ago, 1 year ago, 6 months ago."

COURTNEY WANTED CHRISSY TO APOLOGIZE BACK IN APRIL

Back in April, Courtney exclusively told The Sun that they want Chrissy to "apologize."

While reflecting on Chrissy’s tweets, Courtney said: “It bothered me so much. I didn’t realize how much it affected me. Chrissy told me to take dirt naps. It made me see she’s part of this dark issue. Telling girls to take a dirt nap. She needs to learn, apologize and never do this again.”

Courtney continued to The Sun: “I hope she’s not bullying anymore. Chrissy with her platform telling me to take a dirt nap, you believe it.

"I loved John and looked up to her, it was devastating.”

CHRISSY'S OLD TWEETS ABOUT COURTNEY SODDEN

Courtney has called Chrissy a “bully” and shared tweets that were apparently sent from the model between 2011 and 2012.

One tweet read: “@CourtneyStodden my Friday fantasy: you. Dirt nap. Mmmmmm baby.”

A second read, “Go. To sleep. Forever” in response to a tweet from Courtney that read: “On the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Eight Erotic Elves.”

A third read: “@CourtneyStodden I hate you.”

A fourth read: “@CourtneyStodden what drug makes you do that with your mouth? Asking for a friend who really wants to know how to look like an idiot. thanks.”

CHRISSY PRIVATELY MESSAGES COURTNEY WITH HARMFUL MESSAGES

This all comes after an old tweet that Chrissy wrote about Courtney Stodden resurfaced, where she claimed she hated them.

 - who uses the pronoun they - made the claims during a new interview with , which was published on Monday. 

While talking about the 35-year-old model, they told the outlet: "She wouldn't just publicly tweet about wanting me to take 'a dirt nap' but . Things like, "I can't wait for you to die."'