--- title: Chrissy Teigen Trolled Bill O'Reilly After John Legend Tweet description: Chrissy Teigen was not interested in Bill O'Reilly's commentary on Jesus Christ Superstar canonical: https://time.com/5224589/chrissy-teigen-on-bill-oreilly/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-02T15:28:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:50.191Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Trolled Bill O'Reilly After His John Legend Dig og:description: Teigen was not interested in O'Reilly's commentary on Jesus Christ Superstar og:url: https://time.com/5224589/chrissy-teigen-on-bill-oreilly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fdcc6a49c6d1f4/69892c9b0a4a2233a09d2499/gettyimages-940829176.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert - Season 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Trolled Bill O'Reilly After His John Legend Dig twitter:description: Teigen was not interested in O'Reilly's commentary on Jesus Christ Superstar twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fdcc6a49c6d1f4/69892c9b0a4a2233a09d2499/gettyimages-940829176.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill O'Reilly Wasn't a Fan of John Legend's _Jesus Christ Superstar_. 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It’s official._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 2, 2018 3:28 PM UTC  JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT -- Pictured: John Legend as Jesus -- (Photo by: Paul Lee/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT -- Pictured: John Legend as Jesus -- (Photo by: Paul Lee/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 2, 2018 3:28 PM UTC On Sunday night, millions of people tuned in to watch John Legend star in NBC’s live version of the musical, [_Jesus Christ Superstar_](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19711025,00.html), including his wife Chrissy Teigen and [former Fox News host](http://time.com/4748725/women-celebrate-bill-oreilly-dismissal-from-fox/) Bill O’Reilly. While Teigen, the author, actress, and model, happily live tweeted the show, O’Reilly was less of a fan of the show’s modern take on the Biblical story. O’Reilly sent out a critical tweet about it, saying, “Watching JC Superstar on NBC. who knew Jesus of Nazareth ran a tattoo parlor? Geez.” > [](https://twitter.com/BillOReilly/status/980605864640950272) The commentary earned a swift and brutal comeback from Teigen, who remarked that the tattoo parlor in question “specializes in coverups that aren’t 32 million dollars.” > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/980647950639562752) The tweet refers to the fact that O’Reilly left Fox News last year under a cloud of [sexual harassment allegations](http://time.com/4747075/bill-oreilly-fox-news-sexual-harassment-accusations/), and a[_New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment.html)[ story](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment.html) that reported that O’Reilly paid a $32 million settlement to a former Fox News analyst after she accused him of sexual harassment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5224589/chrissy-teigen-on-bill-oreilly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5224589/chrissy-teigen-on-bill-oreilly/"},"headline":"Bill O'Reilly Wasn't a Fan of John Legend's Jesus Christ Superstar. 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