--- title: Chrissy Teigen Leaves Snapchat and Explains in a Tweet description: Chrissy Teigen explained why she stopped using Snapchat following its updates and an advertising misstep involving Rihanna. canonical: https://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-26T14:56:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:37.762Z og:title: The 3 Reasons Chrissy Teigen Left Snapchat og:description: Teigen is the latest celebrity to publicly speak out against the app og:url: https://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb77c9505853111c4/69892bf9ab6d77e0436b236a/chrissy-teigen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 3 Reasons Chrissy Teigen Left Snapchat twitter:description: Teigen is the latest celebrity to publicly speak out against the app twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb77c9505853111c4/69892bf9ab6d77e0436b236a/chrissy-teigen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 3 Reasons Chrissy Teigen Decided to Leave Snapchat  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 26, 2018 2:56 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Model Chrissy Teigen attends the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Model Chrissy Teigen attends the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 26, 2018 2:56 PM UTC Another day, another celebrity choosing to say goodbye to Snapchat. Over the weekend, [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5211049/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-last-name/) — model, cookbook author, wife to John Legend and noted [viral Twitter commentator](http://time.com/4654934/chrissy-teigen-ivf-plans-baby-boy/) — took to Twitter to talk about another form of social media. Specifically, she wanted to explain why she wasn’t using Snapchat anymore. “The update, the constant complaints of people not being able to find me, plus [the Rihanna poll](http://time.com/5201774/snapchat-stock-drops-after-rihanna-statement/)… no bueno \[sic\],” she wrote. Snapchat famously implemented [an app redesign](http://time.com/5041001/snapchat-app-redesign-tips/) that led to criticism amongst many of its regular users, as it changed up the story-watching features and made it tricky to navigate. And just a few weeks ago, users were shaking their heads at [a misjudged ad](http://time.com/5201797/rihanna-slams-snapchat-ignorant-ad-making-light-of-domestic-violence/) that featured exes Rihanna and Chris Brown and referenced domestic violence, leading to Rihanna herself chastising the company via Instagram. Teigen follows celebrities [like Kylie Jenner](https://twitter.com/KylieJenner/status/966429897118728192) who have been opting out of the Snapchat experience recently and complaining about the changes. On Teigen’s tweet, popular YouTube personality [Tyler Oakley](http://time.com/4092355/quick-talk-with-tyler-oakley/) offered his alternative: “Insta stories, all the way,” he wrote. Facebook [may be suffering](http://time.com/5214935/facebook-cambridge-analytica-apology-ads/), but Instagram — which it owns — remains the preferred social media platform of the moment. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/977582927398584320) > [](https://twitter.com/tyleroakley/status/977583073041641472) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/"},"headline":"The 3 Reasons Chrissy Teigen Decided to Leave Snapchat","datePublished":"2018-03-26T14:56:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:37.762Z","description":"Chrissy Teigen explained why she stopped using Snapchat following its updates and an advertising misstep involving Rihanna.","url":"https://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb77c9505853111c4/69892bf9ab6d77e0436b236a/chrissy-teigen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb77c9505853111c4/69892bf9ab6d77e0436b236a/chrissy-teigen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","caption":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic","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/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/","name":"The 3 Reasons Chrissy Teigen Decided to Leave Snapchat"}}]}] ```