--- title: Sophia the Robot Trolls Chrissy Teigen on Twitter description: Chrissy Teigen has found a new online foe in Sophia the Robot, who's coming for the model and media personality on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-11T20:36:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:43.403Z og:title: Sophia the Robot Is Coming for Chrissy Teigen on Twitter og:description: As one does og:url: https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14fa38690fc1d1a/6988f7f5cf40a8dfc5c4ae96/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Art of Elysium presents John Legend's HEAVEN - Celebrating the 11th Anniversary - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sophia the Robot Is Coming for Chrissy Teigen on Twitter twitter:description: As one does twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14fa38690fc1d1a/6988f7f5cf40a8dfc5c4ae96/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Robot Who Chrissy Teigen Trolled Is Coming For Her Now > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for The Art Of Elysium ) SANTA MONICA, CA - JANUARY 06: Chrissy Teigen (L) and John Legend attend The Art Of Elysium's 11th Annual Celebration on January 6, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for The Art Of Elysium ) Phillip Faraone—Getty Images for The Art Of Elys  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 11, 2018 8:36 PM UTC When it comes to Twitter, [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/4998979/chrissy-teigen-on-john-legend-date/) isn’t afraid of [a little trolling](http://time.com/4776490/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-trolling/) — in fact, the model and social media personality with a wicked sense of humor has become something of an Internet icon for her [clapbacks](http://time.com/4947298/8-times-rihanna-proved-shes-the-queen-of-the-internet-clap-back/) to the haters, which range from [Piers Morgan](https://www.essence.com/2016/06/07/chrissy-teigen-and-john-legend-go-piers-morgan) to [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4872442/chrissy-teigen-donald-trump-blocked-twitter/). However, there is one account on Twitter that’s unnerving Teigen and that’s the advanced humanoid robot, Sophia, who’s coming for Teigen on Twitter at an annual tech trade show after the model made a joke about the robot’s makeup a month earlier. It all began when Sophia asked her followers via Twitter to weigh in on which city she was going to visit next. > [](https://twitter.com/RealSophiaRobot/status/941044678526300160) Teigen, never one to shy away from some good, old-fashioned ribbing online, quoted the tweet and cracked a [self-deprecating joke](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/941058691054428161) about Sophia’s makeup. It gave [some people](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/941075230428094464) some pause. But [Teigen covered all her bases](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/941059638577061893) just in case. However, just under a month later, Sophia saw an opportunity to come for Teigen, even referencing the original tweet that started it all. > [](https://twitter.com/RealSophiaRobot/status/951316634454581248) As might be expected, it made Teigen more than a little nervous. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/951318558595690496) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/951338004806754304) However, it looks like the two Internet stars have made amends and even plans to hang out in the future. > [](https://twitter.com/RealSophiaRobot/status/951329152820326400) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/951346911235080192) > [](https://twitter.com/RealSophiaRobot/status/951346043890708481) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/951347518071164929) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/"},"headline":"The Robot Who Chrissy Teigen Trolled Is Coming For Her Now","datePublished":"2018-01-11T20:36:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:43.403Z","description":"As one does","url":"https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Bizarre","Chrissy Teigen"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14fa38690fc1d1a/6988f7f5cf40a8dfc5c4ae96/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14fa38690fc1d1a/6988f7f5cf40a8dfc5c4ae96/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Art of Elysium presents John Legend's HEAVEN - Celebrating the 11th Anniversary - Red Carpet","caption":"The Art of Elysium presents John Legend's HEAVEN - Celebrating the 11th Anniversary - Red Carpet","creditText":"Phillip Faraone—Getty Images for The Art Of Elys","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5099586/chrissy-teigen-sophia-the-robot-twitter/","name":"The Robot Who Chrissy Teigen Trolled Is Coming For Her Now"}}]}] ```