Chrissy Teigen Defends John Legend From Racist Paparazzi

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by Rebecca Cope |
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Chrissy Teigen is taking on racism one ignorant paparazzi at a time.

The 31-year-old model exposed the racist comments directed at her by a photographer trying to get a rise out of her at JFK airport in New York - some of which were targetted at her husband, singer John Legend.

Taking to Twitter she said: 'Paparazzi at JFK just asked me "if we evolved from monkeys, why is John Legend still around?" - and people wonder why celebs lose it in pics.'

The conversation began in a far more innocent manner, with the photographer in question asking Teigen, who runs a successful cookery website called So Delushious, for some recipes.

'He also went from "what's an easy recipe to make at home" to "if a Jew were a vampire, would he still be afraid of crosses?"

The mother-of-one is known for her candid social media presence, often sharing her political views and defending herself from trolls - including Donald Trump. In 2014 she was forced to quit Twitter after receiving death threats for speaking out against gun-related violence.

Yesterday, she shared pictures of her stretch marks on Snapchat (something she also did pre-pregnancy) proving yet again she is one of Hollywood's most refreshingly open and honest role models. We think we've got a major girl crush.

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