--- title: Chrissy Teigen Gets Hit By Umbrella in NYE 2019 Video description: Chrissy Teigen gets hit by Leslie Jones' umbrella on NBC New Year's Eve 2019, providing the internet with the best meme of 2019 so far. canonical: https://time.com/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-02T15:14:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:39.247Z og:title: Everyone Is Relating to the Chrissy Teigen New Year's Umbrella Video og:description: "Do not tell me Chrissy Teigen isn't a reigning meme queen as we begin 2019" og:url: https://time.com/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a156552022e5c7d/69894282656a3f002abd6599/ChrissyTeigenUmbrella.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2018 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards: Women Rise - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone Is Relating to the Chrissy Teigen New Year's Umbrella Video twitter:description: "Do not tell me Chrissy Teigen isn't a reigning meme queen as we begin 2019" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a156552022e5c7d/69894282656a3f002abd6599/ChrissyTeigenUmbrella.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen's Umbrella Moment Is Already the Most Relatable Thing to Happen in 2019 So Far by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 2, 2019 3:14 PM UTC  Chrissy Teigen attends the 2018 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards: Women Rise on November 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Glamour) Chrissy Teigen attends the 2018 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards: Women Rise on November 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Glamour)Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images for Glamour by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 2, 2019 3:14 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/) kicked off 2019 with a human moment so comically relatable that it gave us the first truly widespread meme of 2019. The model and cookbook author, 33, had no shortage of quips that charmed fans watching NBC’s [New Year’s Eve broadcast](http://time.com/5491211/2019-new-year-celebrations-around-the-world/), which she co-hosted with Carson Daly. But it wasn’t the banter that left the most lasting impression. Instead, it was an innocent, accidental clash with rain gear that supplied us with a viral video. Just seconds after the ball dropped, _Saturday Night Live_ star Leslie Jones moved in for a warm celebratory hug on a rainy New Year’s night. But Jones’ umbrella accidentally hit Teigen in the eye. > [](https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/1079966065554321408) Thankfully, Teigen is doing just fine [post-collision](http://time.com/4417439/donald-trump-mike-pence-kiss/). Jones appeared more emotionally wounded by the mishap, and took her apology to Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/1080018347268493313) And the prolific Twitter queen took to social media to assure everyone all was well. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1079980787188097024) And work in some jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1080070030472155136) But the hilariously awkward moment was an excellent example of moving in with great intentions only to get smacked in the face by life. Some people felt the umbrella symbolized 2019\. Some people felt the umbrella symbolized reality. Whatever they felt, they clearly saw themselves. > [](https://twitter.com/j%5Fr%5Fa%5Fm%5F/status/1080161113277378560) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Ftrashgender%5F/status/1079984950831656960) > [](https://twitter.com/Emma03783515/status/1080440126528925697) > [](https://twitter.com/MrHippoKing/status/1080204327820644352) > [](https://twitter.com/OfficialPLT/status/1080395944531771392) > [](https://twitter.com/MoonpigUK/status/1080433427193782272) > [](https://twitter.com/NikkiKARE11/status/1080331915121606656) > [](https://twitter.com/daddyperetti/status/1080328571489525760) > [](https://twitter.com/DaLiability/status/1080012007347171328) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen's Umbrella Moment Is Already the Most Relatable Thing to Happen in 2019 So Far","datePublished":"2019-01-02T15:14:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:39.247Z","description":"Chrissy Teigen gets hit by Leslie Jones' umbrella on NBC New Year's Eve 2019, providing the internet with the best meme of 2019 so far.","url":"https://time.com/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a156552022e5c7d/69894282656a3f002abd6599/ChrissyTeigenUmbrella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a156552022e5c7d/69894282656a3f002abd6599/ChrissyTeigenUmbrella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards: Women Rise - Show","caption":"Chrissy Teigen umbrella video","creditText":"Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images for Glamour","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/5491691/chrissy-teigen-umbrella/","name":"Chrissy Teigen's Umbrella Moment Is Already the Most Relatable Thing to Happen in 2019 So Far"}}]}] ```