--- title: Chrissy Teigen Admits a Stranger Saved Her from a Cyclist description: A funny paparazzi photo of the model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen may have fans laughing, but it turns out there's a story behind it. canonical: https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-28T16:09:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:49.275Z og:title: That Stranger in the Chrissy Teigen Photo Was Actually Heroic og:description: A photo of Chrissy Teigen has fans laughing, but there's a heroic story behind it og:url: https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea8a04a7d8c5473/69892c2f86f68e3f006e8b90/chrissy-teigen-street.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - March 27, 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: That Stranger in the Chrissy Teigen Photo Was Actually Heroic twitter:description: A photo of Chrissy Teigen has fans laughing, but there's a heroic story behind it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea8a04a7d8c5473/69892c2f86f68e3f006e8b90/chrissy-teigen-street.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Sets the Record Straight About That Photo With the Random Stranger ## Video: Chrissy Teigen Claims She Knows the Actress Who Tiffany Haddish Says Allegedly Bit Beyoncé [Watch (HLS stream): Chrissy Teigen Claims She Knows the Actress Who Tiffany Haddish Says Allegedly Bit Beyoncé](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/q8MPnvBp.m3u8) (1:18)  _Published 2018-03-27. Chrissy Teigen claims to have discovered the identity of the alleged Beyoncé biter_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 28, 2018 4:09 PM UTC  Model Chrissy Teigen is seen walking in Soho on March 27, 2018 in New York City. Model Chrissy Teigen is seen walking in Soho on March 27, 2018 in New York City.Raymond Hall—GC Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 28, 2018 4:09 PM UTC People thought a paparazzi photo of [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5215400/chrissy-teigen-snapchat/) getting photobombed by a passerby was just a funny image. Others thought the man may have even been invading the popular celebrity’s personal space. They thought wrong. As model and cookbook author Teigen pointed out [on Twitter](http://time.com/4947946/chrissy-teigen-trolls-john-legend/), the passing good Samaritan was walking so close to her because he was actually stopping her from getting hit by a biker. “He actually saved me from getting run over by a cyclist,” she explained in a comment on a tweet. “I should have looked before stepping out!” Teigen, who announced her second pregnancy [in November](http://time.com/5034270/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-second-child/), appeared to just be crossing a New York City street when the incident nearly occurred. Luckily it seems she has eagle-eyed angels surrounding her. Her husband John Legend may be inhabiting the role of Jesus Christ himself in the live NBC production of [_Jesus Christ Superstar_](https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-john-legend-became-the-black-jesus-we-need-in-jesus-christ-superstar-live) at the moment, but there are all kinds of benevolent souls wandering our rough city streets, clearly. Oh, and a reminder: always keep an eye out for the cyclists. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/978811014899752962) The explanation was prompted when a fan sent Teigen the photo in a tweet — and she had to joke about the funny optics of the snap, of course. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/978804098152779776) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Sets the Record Straight About That Photo With the Random Stranger","datePublished":"2018-03-28T16:09:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:49.275Z","description":"Lesson learned: always look both ways","url":"https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea8a04a7d8c5473/69892c2f86f68e3f006e8b90/chrissy-teigen-street.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/blt9ea8a04a7d8c5473/69892c2f86f68e3f006e8b90/chrissy-teigen-street.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - March 27, 2018","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - March 27, 2018","creditText":"Raymond Hall—GC Images","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/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Sets the Record Straight About That Photo With the Random Stranger"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Chrissy Teigen Claims She Knows the Actress Who Tiffany Haddish Says Allegedly Bit Beyoncé","description":"Chrissy Teigen claims to have discovered the identity of the alleged Beyoncé biter","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/q8MPnvBp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-03-27T15:43:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/q8MPnvBp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/","duration":"PT1M18S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5218780/chrissy-teigen-cyclist/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```