Chrissy Teigen is Being Accused As Racist After This Tweet

Publish date
Thursday, 15 Sep 2016, 3:11PM
Photo: Instagram/chrissyteigen

Photo: Instagram/chrissyteigen

Chrissy Teigen often gets in spats on Twitter for various comments and it's happened again.  

The 30-year-old model upset Twitter users when she declared that she wasn’t offended by the word “oriental.” 

It all started when Teigen, who is half-Thai, tweeted about the “oriental dressing” option on her flight. 

“I really really really really clearly am not a PC type of gal but I’m a little weirded out at the oriental dressing option on my flight,” she wrote.   

Moments later, she posted this:  

When a user asked if the term was offensive, she replied:   

But Teigen’s “oriental” debate didn’t end there. The cookbook author then clarified that while she’s not personally offended by the term, she does recognise how outdated it is, saying that she excuses people who use it under “forgivable ignorance.”  

She then continued - which only seemed to anger people further as they argued that tolerating others’ ignorance was another way of maintaining the status quo and perpetuating racism. 

And, of course, the debate continued to spill into the next morning.  

Meanwhile, baby Luna had not a care in the world, as Teigen showed off with an adorable video on Instagram.  

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A video posted by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on

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