Chrissy Teigen: Her Miscarriage Was Actually A Life-Saving Abortion
Chrissy Teigen got candid about the loss of her unborn baby Jack at 20 weeks into her pregnancy in 2020. On Thursday (September 15), Teigen revealed what she and husband…
Chrissy Teigen attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California.
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesChrissy Teigen got candid about the loss of her unborn baby Jack at 20 weeks into her pregnancy in 2020. On Thursday (September 15), Teigen revealed what she and husband John Legend said at the time was a "pregnancy loss" was really an abortion to "save my life."
Speaking at "A Day of Unreasonable Conversation" summit in Beverly Hills, Teigen, 36, told the crowd, "Two years ago, when I was pregnant with Jack, I had to make a lot of difficult and heartbreaking decisions. It became very clear around halfway through that he would not survive, and that I wouldn’t either without any medical intervention."
"Let’s just call it what it was: it was an abortion," she continued. "An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, I never, ever put that together until, actually, a few months ago."
Taking to Twitter today to reiterate, Teigen wrote, "I told you all we had a miscarriage because I thought that was what it was. But it was an abortion, and we were heartbroken and grateful all at once. It just took me over a year to realize it."
Teigen shared a heartbreaking post to Instagram in September 2020: "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."
Teigen is currently pregnant and she and Legend share a daughter Luna, 6 and a son Miles, 4. She said she never considered the "pregnancy loss" an abortion until a few months ago when she and Legend were discussing the overturning of Roe v. Wade. "I fell silent, feeling weird that I hadn’t made sense of it that way," she said after explaining that when she was sympathizing with women who get abortions, he reminded her she was one of "them."
She continued, "I told the world we had a miscarriage, the world agreed we had a miscarriage, all the headlines said it was a miscarriage. And I became really frustrated that I didn’t, in the first place, say what it was, and I felt silly that it had taken me over a year to actually understand that we had had an abortion."
On Wednesday, Teigen spoke to People about her optimism about her new pregnancy despite her past loss. "I think that miracles are just always happening, and there are so many ways to make them happen," while admitting "it still hurts." She added how pregnancies can look effortless on social media: "It was always important to me to share the other side of the story for people. And it's just really nice to have people come up and appreciate it and to be able to be that story of hope for them."
Teigen announced her current pregnancy in early August, writing on Instagram, "The last few years have been a blur of emotions to say the least, but joy has filled our home and hearts again," her caption began. "1 billion shots later (in the leg lately, as u can see!) we have another on the way. Every appointment I’ve said to myself, 'ok if it’s healthy today I’ll announce' but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I’m just too nervous still. I don’t think I’ll ever walk out of an appointment with more excitement than nerves but so far, everything is perfect and beautiful and I’m feeling hopeful and amazing. Ok phew it’s been very hard keeping this in for so long!"
Teigen and Legend celebrated their 9-year anniversary this week with a romantic music video. In response, Teigen captioned the post, "I could say the same about you. Happy anniversary to my absolute best friend and lover and partner in life. Thank you for being with me through all my mistakes, my ups and downs, my heartaches, for growing with me, for raising babies with me who are my proudest gifts. We have created the most wonderful life together and all I want to do for the rest of my life is watch you make the world better, feed people, bring people joy, make more babies and kiss on your old and gray face one day."
These are the Most Talked About Celebrity Couples of 2022
Celebrity couples are always a hot topic of conversation and from the jaw-dropping PDA between Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, to the pregnancy news of A$AP Rocky and Rihanna, to the irresistible charm of Tom and Zendaya, this year has been a whirlwind of A-lister romance that has turned heads.
But who are the most talked about celebrity couples of 2022 that have made waves in the media? Well, in their latest Celebrity Power Couple Report of 2022, PrettyLittleThing has analyzed data from the media landscape to reveal the most talked about celebrity power couples of 2022 who never fail to make the headlines. Check out the most talked about celebrity couples of 2022.
20. Cole Tucker and Vanessa Hudgens
Monica Schipper/Getty ImagesThe pair first sparked romance rumors when they were spotted holding hands in November 2020, less than one year after her split from longtime love Austin Butler. The couple went Instagram official in honor of Valentine’s Day the following year. “Me and Cole met on a Zoom meditation group. Very random, yes,” the High School Musical star told Entertainment Tonight in April 2021. “Zoom, you’ve got to love it.”
19. Rita Ora and Taika Waititi
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesThe couple made headlines when they were spotted in Australia sharing a three-way kiss with Tessa Thompson in May 2021. They reportedly began dating a few months prior in March.
18. Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty ImagesYouTubers Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes first got acquainted at a meet and greet in 2012 and went public with their romance the following year. Since then, they've enjoyed heaps of happy milestones together, like moving into their first home and now have a baby girl together.
17. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueAlicia and Swizz actually met as teenagers when the singer was just getting started in the music industry. Swizz marriede Mashonda Tifrere and had a son with her in 2006. It’s been widely speculated that Swizz and Mashonda were married when Swizz began seeing Alicia, though the couple claim Swizz and his wife were already broken up by then. The couple have been married since 2010.
16. Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyAvril recently opened up about meeting Mod when they collaborated on Mod's single Flames on his 2021 album 'Internet Killed the Rock Star.' In an interview with People, she revealed that after sparks flew during their songwriting session, the pair began dating "immediately". "I just followed my heart," she said.
15. Tom Hanks and Rita WIlson
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesIn April 1988, Hanks and Wilson tied the knot. "The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity and our willingness to have an intimate connection," Tom told Oprah Winfrey. 34 years later, they're still going strong!
14. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesWhen Michelle Obama met Barack Obama in 1989 at the Chicago law firm where they both worked, it was not exactly love at first sight — even though he was quite popular around the office. “In my experience, you put a suit on any half-intelligent Black man and white people tended to go bonkers,” Michelle went on to write in her 2018 memoir, 'Becoming. '“I was doubtful he’d earned the hype.”
13. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyChrissy Teigen and John Legend are a power couple to be reckoned with — and they have the swoon-worthy love story to prove it. The duo met in 2006 on the set of Legend's “Stereo” music video. Though they parted ways after the shoot, Teigen later told Cosmopolitan in June 2014 that they “hooked up” that night.
12. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WarnerMediaNicole Kidman and Keith Urban have been married for about 15 years, which, in Hollywood terms, is equivalent to 50 years. But despite their long, dedicated relationship and successful careers in the spotlight, the two manage to keep their private life, well... very private.
11. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Perrie Edwards
Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesLittle Mix star Perrie Edwards and Liverpool player boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are one of the hottest couples in showbiz and have been together since late 2016/early 2017.
10. David Beckham and Victoria Beckham
Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesOne of the UK's biggest and best exports, the Beckhams remain one of the biggest power couples ever. They've been married for 22 years now, and they've never looked happier - maybe because their combined net worth is $900,000,000.
9. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Critics Choice AssociationAfter making recent headlines of slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in retaliation to a joke made about Jada's alopecia condition, the couple's relationship was heavily criticized online for Jada's cheating scandal.
8. Tom Holland and Zendaya
Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesSpider-Man's own power couple, TomDaya, have a combined follower count of 165,333,632. After photos emerged of the couple kissing in a car, they have been increasingly showing off their affection for one another at public outings. We're all for it!
7. Adele and Rich Paul
Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesIn an interview with Vogue, Adele finally spoke about her relationship with Paul, revealing that they were friends for a while before dating. They originally met at a party where she drunkenly joked that he should sign her as a client.
6. Cardi B and Offset
Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyCardi B and Offset met in 2016 and their romantic relationship began in early 2017. They secretly tied the knot on September 20, 2017, and Offset proposed to the rapper onstage a month later. News of their wedding didn't break until June of 2018 and they welcomed baby Kulture a month later.
5. A$AP Rocky and Rihanna
Rich Fury/Getty Images for Fenty Beauty & Fenty SkinThe hottest mom and dad-to-be aren’t just one of the best looking duos out there, but they’re also pretty high earners. They also came out 5th in the overall power couple score. Their combined net worth is $1,710,000,000. Rihanna herself is responsible for most of this wealth - even with her music career on the back-burner, her makeup and lingerie businesses are absolutely thriving.
4. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Noam Galai/Getty Images for NetflixBlake and Ryan had 2,514 articles written about them in the last 12 months, less than the other top contenders, but with their combined social media following of 71,435,859 they pull their way into the top three.
3. Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde
Gareth Cattermole/Rich Fury/Getty Images for LACMAHarry and Olivia met on the set of a film she was directing in 2020, and the rest was history. Their whirlwind romance has been well-documented so far: living their best lives on yachts and walking hand-in-hand in sunny California. These two have been the talk of the town ever since the first hand-hold sighting, with 4,283 articles written about them in the last 12 months.
2. Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBSFrom giving way too much information in interviews to bringing some iconic looks to the red carpet, it's no shock that Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox land in second place. They rank second overall for combined social media engagement rate (26.6%) and have had 4,428 articles written about them in the last year.
1. Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJustin and Hailey Bieber started dating in 2016 and got married two years later in September 2019. Per PrettyLittleThing, there have been 9,520 articles written about the couple in the last 12 months, making them the most talked about duo on our list.
