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00:00Is Chrissy Teigen Hollywood's biggest Karen Teigen is known for her stunning looks her famous hubby
00:05John legend her culinary talents and most of all for her quirky online persona
00:09But over the years Chrissy's Karen like personality and shocking bullying scandals have changed her reputation in the public eye
00:16So, how did she go from beloved Twitter jokester to queen of the online mean girls?
00:21I don't know
00:25Chrissy's rise to fame started innocently enough when her work as a swimsuit model led to
00:30Opportunities like the game show deal or no deal and sports illustrated swimsuit edition in
00:362010 around the same time she appeared in a music video that introduced her to John legend whom she later married in
00:432013 and inspired the song all of me one of legends biggest hit songs to date
00:51I
00:55Chrissy's fame soared. Thanks to her Twitter presence her snarky and relatable posts made people fall in love with her down-to-earth
01:02Personality despite her superstar status even as her star continued to rise as a TV host and cookbook author
01:09Chrissy's biggest hit to date is successfully trolling former President Donald Trump in
01:142019 the two taunted each other online in a dizzying back-and-forth that resulted in the former president blocking Teigen entirely
01:21While many fawned over Chrissy's cynical cool girl online persona one person made it clear that they were not laughing
01:27Enter Courtney Stoddard a tragic media personality who became famous for marrying a 53 year old actor named Doug Hutchison
01:35When she was just 16
01:38My big break my 52 year old husband
01:42I was 16 years old when I married a 50 year old man
01:46Stodden became a tabloid sensation for her scandalous relationship and bizarre media presence
01:51This made the teen bride a target for public ridicule
01:54But did not for some reason gain her any public sympathy despite her and Hutchinson's outrageous 34 year age gap
02:01Did she mention that her breasts are real? I think she mentioned twice
02:05You know, what else is real their love is real Courtney
02:08I wish you nothing but the best in your singing career and your marriage, but if it doesn't work out
02:12Someone's recently back on the market in
02:142021 Chrissy tried to bow out of Twitter altogether announcing to her
02:1813.7 million followers that she was leaving the platform after being harassed by
02:23Conspiracy group QA non who targeted Chrissy and her husband with claims that they were part of a secret ring of Hollywood child abusers
02:30Chrissy blamed unfair hate and bullying by QA non's followers for having a negative impact on her
02:36That's when Stodden posted a video to her Instagram account calling Chrissy a hypocrite. She revealed that back in
02:422011 Chrissy had posted dozens of cruel tweets to a then 17 year old Stodden to bully her
02:48Relentlessly most famously Chrissy tweeted how she fantasized that Stodden would take a dirt nap a crude slang term for dying
02:55And I guess forgiveness right starts with ourselves, but it's so damaging when you have somebody like Chrissy Teigen
03:04bullying children
03:05Stodden exposed shocking messages Chrissy had sent her privately via Twitter
03:09Including some in which Chrissy urged Stodden to kill herself this disturbing revelation stunned many fans
03:15Especially since Stodden was still a teen at the time Stodden also revealed that Chrissy had never apologized for her hateful remarks
03:22Chrissy Teigen quickly addressed the backlash and apologized writing
03:26I'm mortified and sad at who I used to be I was an insecure attention-seeking troll
03:31But the fallout was swift Macy's dropped Chrissy's cookware line and numerous articles emerged about her toxic behavior
03:37It turns out that Courtney Stodden wasn't the only victim of Chrissy's online bullying
03:42She had harsh and hateful words for Teen Mom reality star Farrah Abraham and mocked actor Lindsay Lohan
03:48Playfully suggesting that she harms herself whenever she loses a film role Chrissy made multiple public apologies for past bad behavior
03:55But today it seems like she's still suffering from her damaged reputation
03:59People are quick to call hypocrisy on Chrissy now that she's on the other end of public bullying
04:04Especially for her appearance Chrissy has been clapping back at trolls for criticizing her weight gain and plastic surgery
04:10But many can't help but find her defensiveness a bit ironic
04:13It seems for celebrities like Chrissy Teigen the best career move may be to ignore the trolls entirely or run the risk of becoming one