--- title: Chrissy Teigen Revives Arthur Meme By Trolling John Legend description: Chrissy Teigen revived the Arthur meme with by skillfully trolling husband John Legend, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the cartoon. canonical: https://time.com/5318564/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-arthur-meme-trolling/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-21T16:22:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:29.575Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Revives Arthur Meme By Trolling John Legend og:description: Relationship goals og:url: https://time.com/5318564/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-arthur-meme-trolling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c3c7caa23df876f/6989338a7cdbacc42dd5d35f/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-arthur.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: WGN America's "Underground" Season Two Premiere Screening og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Revives Arthur Meme By Trolling John Legend twitter:description: Relationship goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c3c7caa23df876f/6989338a7cdbacc42dd5d35f/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-arthur.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Revives the Arthur Meme With a Perfect Troll of John Legend > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for WGN America) WESTWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Model Chrissy Teigen (L) and actor/singer/executive producer John Legend attend WGN America's "Underground" Season Two Premiere Screening at Regency Village Theatre on March 1, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for WGN America) Charley Gallay—Getty Images for WGN America  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 21, 2018 4:22 PM UTC It’s a well-established fact that when it comes to [trolling John Legend](http://time.com/4776490/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-trolling/) on the Internet, [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5227789/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-changes-diapers-with-songs/) takes the cake. However, the [Twitter fairy godmother](http://time.com/4395300/chrissy-teigen-bought-fan-blender/) and [avowed nemesis of Donald Trump](http://time.com/5312445/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-donate-to-aclu-for-donald-trump-birthday/) took her social media teasing to the next level when she revived the [viral Arthur meme](http://time.com/5023849/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-arthur-memes/) and skewered her husband—all in one move. In an Instagram post, Teigen shared a snap of her adorable daughter with Legend, Luna, holding a stuffed doll of the cartoon character Arthur, captioning it “Luna and Daddy.” Arthur, if you need a refresher, is both a beloved children’s book and media character, and [the subject of many a meme](http://time.com/4438715/arthur-memes-wgbh-pbs/). The viral popularity of the Arthur meme made the Internet and Teigen realize that [Arthur bears a strong resemblance to Legend](https://people.com/music/john-legend-arthur-meme-google-duo-video/), something that Teigen used to expertly troll her husband now. Later, in her comments, Teigen took it one step further by telling her followers that the doll was actually hers as a child and that “maybe I’ve been attracted to Arthur my whole life and now I found my real life human one.” To that, Legend only had a monosyllabic response: “Wow.” This isn’t the first time that Teigen’s used the Arthur meme to troll Legend. When the web first alerted her to their resemblance, she had the perfect response. > [](https://twitter.com/sowahblanket/status/833512456899145728) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/834143194619138048) Legend, for his part, has a pretty good sense of humor about it. 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