--- title: Chrissy Teigen Trolls John Legend When He Ignores Her Call description: John Legend ignored calls from his wife Chrissy Teigen, so she did the only logical thing and contacted him via Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4947946/chrissy-teigen-trolls-john-legend/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-19T15:57:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:52:12.248Z og:title: John Legend Ignored Chrissy Teigen's Calls So She Tweeted Him og:description: Of course og:url: https://time.com/4947946/chrissy-teigen-trolls-john-legend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc15a89089eacc3b4/6988de5c656a3f7bf8bd1c11/chrissy-teigen-tweets-john-legend-doesnt-answer-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 5th Annual Beautycon Festival Los Angeles - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Legend Ignored Chrissy Teigen's Calls So She Tweeted Him twitter:description: Of course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc15a89089eacc3b4/6988de5c656a3f7bf8bd1c11/chrissy-teigen-tweets-john-legend-doesnt-answer-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Legend Ignored Wife Chrissy Teigen's Calls So She Turned to Twitter > Sponsored content. 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John Legend, a TIME 100 honoree, says he sees the world in a struggle between fear and love right now and he's concerned about racism in the U.S. today, but he's also heartened by the activism he sees._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 3:57 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 3:57 PM UTC [John Legend](http://time.com/4476379/john-legend-activism-fatherhood-music/) and [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/4690893/chrissy-teigen-comeback/) are widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s favorite celebrity couple thanks to their [hilarious social media exchanges](http://time.com/4776490/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-trolling/), their mutual love of culinary experiences, and of course, [their adorable daughter Luna](http://time.com/4809377/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-baby-at-baseball/), but that doesn’t mean that the duo doesn’t encounter complications in their marriage. To wit, consider this tweet that Teigen sent out in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. In the tweet (where she skillfully employs the use of the caps lock,) the always playful Teigen sweetly — if passive aggressively — informs her husband that she was reaching out via Twitter since he appeared to be ignoring her calls to him. While John hasn’t replied to Chrissy’s tweet yet, [if history is any indicator, we can expect a spirited response](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/908278202820435970). See Chrissy’s hilarious tweet below. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910031834267795457) ## Transcript Well, [ LAUGH ]. Quiet on the set. Okay, if I were to describe what's happening in the world right now, I think there's a real struggle going on between whether fear is going to win or love is going to win. [ MUSIC ] I'm concerned about what's happening in America, when it comes to race and racism. Obviously, I was very disappointed with the outcome of the last election. And I feel like our current president is actively working to take the country in the wrong direction. But, I'm also heartened by the response that the American people have shown. [ MUSIC ] I've seen the activists in [ UNKNOWN ] streets. I've participated in marches. I've seen really a surge of Interest in the political system and I think that's a positive and powerful thing. It makes me a bit more optimistic then I would have been otherwise. My inspirations are people like Harry Belafonte, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Paul Robeson. Artist that I've looked up to over the years have always had beautiful art that reflects what's going on in the world. And speaks out about issues that they care about. [ MUSIC ] I think art has a very important role to play in making us see each as human and so a lot of what we do as artists, as producers, as content creators, as storytellers, is try to bridge The [ UNKNOWN ] by helping us feel what someone else might feel [ MUSIC ] I wrote a song called ordinary people way back in 2004 and it's about the ups and downs that couples go through, that family goes through and I think all of us go through that. We're just ordinary [ MUSIC ] My wife just wrote very candidly about the things she went through with post partum depression and dealing with the aftermath of having a child. We're very happy in our relationship and very happy to be parents but like everybody else we're human and We have challenges, and so no one should think that our lives are perfect. Hi. [ SOUND ]. We're like other parents. We're excited to post pictures of our babies. [ LAUGH ] When we're having a great time and we capture a good moment, we wanna share it with our friends. We're just being as natural as we can be in that kind of Surreal world. [ LAUGH ]. That looks pretty good. 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