WHOA: Chrissy Teigen Just Threatened to Quit Social Media
Those of us who live for Chrissy Teigen’s tweets and social shares migggghht just want to watch what they say on her page — the new mom (check out this heart-melting pic of tubby time with daughter Luna) just threatened to quit social media altogether.
“I can’t have people threatening each other and losing their minds in extremely HARMLESS photos,” she writes. “It isn’t something I will take anymore.”
See highlights from her rant below.
.@instagram needs an option to disable comments for the sanity of my followers who go absolutely bonkers on each other for HOURS on end.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 1, 2016
i understand it would result in less engagement, which = less $, but i can promise significantly less engagement when i quit because of it.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 1, 2016
I can't have people threatening each other and losing their minds in extremely HARMLESS photos. It isn't something I will take anymore.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 1, 2016
While fans desperately attempted to talk her out of it, some of whom she answered directly, (“oh honey, I had countries going to WAR trying to claim baklava,” she explained to one user), it’s pretty clear that Chrissy has had enough when it comes to online bullying.
i know that in the grand scheme of things, it's such a silly cause to launch a tirade against but I am just really bummed to see it all day.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 1, 2016
/end rant.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 1, 2016
She’s got MORE than a fair point — following a swarm of Beyhive attacks over “Becky with the good hair” and that eye-opening not just mean Tweets vid, we’ve gotta’ say, we’re with her on this one.
Though she may or may not make good on her word (we’re seriously hoping she won’t have to), if nothing else, Chrissy has given us all yet another reminder that we all need to be kinder to one another when it comes to our interactions, both IRL AND online. Enough is enough!
Are you with Chrissy on this one? Let us know @BritandCo!
(Feature image by Sergi Alexander/Getty)
