--- title: Chrissy Teigen Snaps Back at Donald Trump's Twitter Insult description: After Donald Trump called Chrissy Teigen a "filthy mouthed wife" in a late-night tweet, Teigen had a comeback for the president. canonical: https://time.com/5672200/donald-trump-chrissy-teigen-twitter/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-09T15:47:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:03.812Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Snaps Back at Donald Trump's Twitter Insult og:description: After Trump called her a "filthy mouthed wife," Teigen had a comeback og:url: https://time.com/5672200/donald-trump-chrissy-teigen-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Snaps Back at Donald Trump's Twitter Insult twitter:description: After Trump called her a "filthy mouthed wife," Teigen had a comeback twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'An Honor Mr. President.' 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Chrissy Teigen’s son Miles Theodore is getting his first taste of political activism._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 9, 2019 3:47 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 9, 2019 3:47 PM UTC It was an eventful Sunday night on Twitter, as [President Donald Trump](https://time.com/5636301/johnson-trump-history/) took to the platform to share his thoughts about singer [John Legend](https://time.com/5556823/bail-reform-criminal-justice-system/)‘s prison reform activism — and called out [Chrissy Teigen](https://time.com/collection-post/5567708/chrissy-teigen/), the model, cookbook author, show host and popular Twitter personality, referring to her as Legend’s “filthy mouthed wife.” Teigen, always [quick with the comebacks](https://time.com/5396853/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-anniversary/) and a self-professed Trump troll [for years](https://time.com/4872442/chrissy-teigen-donald-trump-blocked-twitter/), was having none of it. In his evening tweets, Trump [seemed to criticize](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1170897584510124032?s=20) Legend and others for not supporting his own work on [criminal justice reform;](https://time.com/5615053/2020-democrats-criminal-justice-reform/) the comments appeared to be a response to an MSNBC town hall on the topic airing that evening and featuring Legend. “I SIGNED IT INTO LAW, no one else did, & Republicans deserve much credit,” he wrote, referring to the bipartisan [First Step Act](https://time.com/5483066/congress-passes-bipartisan-criminal-justice-reform-effort/) that was passed in December. It gives prison inmates who are nonviolent the opportunity to be released earlier through participation in counseling programs. “But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise. Guys like boring musician John Legend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is — but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed,” the rant continued. (Legend has long been a [prominent voice](https://time.com/3965245/john-legend-mass-incarceration/) on the subject.) It was the remark to Teigen — and the fact that he did not directly tag her Twitter handle in the post — that particularly stood out, given her strong fan base on the platform and reputation for being political vocal. (She has 11.5 million followers; Trump has 64 million.) Teigen’s response: she called Trump a [number of words](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1170914148919590914?s=20). “Tagged everyone but me. An honor, Mister President,” she further wrote, racking up hundreds of thousands of likes (and counting) on her comeback. (Trump’s original tweet mentioning her has 50 thousand likes.) Her insult of choice became a [trending topic](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1170928754945736704?s=20) soon after; Teigen [is known](https://time.com/4654934/chrissy-teigen-ivf-plans-baby-boy/) for being central to many viral moments online. [Back in](https://time.com/4872442/chrissy-teigen-donald-trump-blocked-twitter/) 2017, she reported that Trump had even blocked her on the platform after she said “no one likes you,” although her antipathy to the president dates back to at least 2011. Legend also had some select words for Trump. “Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody —ANYBODY — will praise you. Melania, please praise this man. He needs you,” he posted. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1170897586364006405) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1170921073694539776) > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1170914945287933953) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5672200/donald-trump-chrissy-teigen-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5672200/donald-trump-chrissy-teigen-twitter/"},"headline":"'An Honor Mr. President.' 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