The Chrissy Teigen Bullying Controversy, Explained
Here's Everything You Need to Know About Chrissy Teigen's Bullying Controversy
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Designer Michael Costello, who first came to fame on Project Runway, called out Chrissy for making his life hell over the past seven years. "She apparently formed her own opinion of me based on a Photoshopped comment floating around the internet which has now been proven to be false by Instagram and since taken down," he said in an Instagram post. "When I reached out to Chrissy to communicate that I was a victim of cyber slander . . . she told me that my career was over and that all my doors would be shut from then on.'He also shared screenshots of DMs from Chrissy, saying, "Racist people like you deserve to suffer and die. You might as well be dead. Your career is over, just watch."
Singer Leona Lewis then alleged that Michael had refused to dress her for a 2014 charity fashion show because of her size. "I don't condone any kind of bully behaviour and I'm sorry for what Michael Costello went through," she shared in an Instagram story. "When I got to my fitting I was made to feel very awkward and uncomfortable as the dress was a sample size and he/his team clearly did not want to alter it to fit me . . . I had to sit in the audience and was asked by press why I didn't walk in the show. I remember having to come up with excuses as I was so humiliated by it all . . . I was left with deep insecurities after this and I've had to work hard over the years to love my body."