Courtney Stodden Accuses Chrissy Teigen of Bullying in Old Tweets

Speaking out. Courtney Stodden, model and media personality best known for their marriage to actor Doug Hutchison when they were 16 years old, accused Chrissy Teigen of bullying them over social media during the height of their fame.

“[Teigen] wouldn’t just publicly tweet about wanting me to take ‘a dirt nap’ but would privately DM me and tell me to kill myself. Things like, ‘I can’t wait for you to die,'” Stodden, 26, claimed to The Daily Beast in an interview published on May 10. “She has sent me so many different tweets. Private DMs, up ’til a couple years ago. It’s so damaging when you have someone like Chrissy Teigen bullying children.”

The Washington native added, “It was just so hypocritical of her. I think, for me, because I experienced so much harassment and bullying from her when I was just 16 years old, just 17 years old, just 18 years old, at a time when I needed help. Like, I was being abused.”

Courtney also alleged that other celebrities also were outwardly cruel to them during the early days of their marriage to Hutchison, which ended in 2018. Their divorce was not finalized until March 2020.

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“People came out of the woodwork to beat up on a kid because she was in a situation that she shouldn’t have been in. There were a lot of celebrities acting like playground bullies,” they said. “Some of the worst treatment I got was from women, and we’re not going to get anywhere if we keep holding each other back.”

The former pageant queen married the Green Mile star in 2011 and their union garnered international attention. Hutchison was 51 years old at the time of their nuptials. As a couple, they appeared on many reality shows over the years, including Couples Therapy in 2012, Celebrity Big Brother in 2013, Reality Ex-Wives in 2015, The Mother/Daughter Experiment in 2016, Celebs Go Dating in 2017, and Courtney in 2020.

In Touch reached out to Teigen for comment on the allegations. Scroll through the gallery below to get all the details on the situation between Courtney and Chrissy over the Safely founder’s past tweets and DMs.

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Teigen’s Tweets

Buzzfeed collected and republished a series of since-deleted tweets from Teigen about Stodden, which included her desire for Stodden to “go to sleep forever,” that her “fantasy Friday” was for Stodden to “take a dirty nap,” and simply “I hate you.”

“What drug makes you do that with your mouth?” read another of Teigen’s tweets published by the outlet. “Asking for a friend who really wants to know how to look like an idiot. Thanks.”

Teigen’s Plea

When Teigen left Twitter in March, she spoke out about how people’s words have affected her on the platform and on social media at large. “I have made my mistakes, throughout years and in front of hundreds of thousands, and been held accountable for them,” she wrote at the time. “I’ve learned an incredible amount here. God I have said f—ked up s—t and killed myself over it as much as you killed me. But one thing I haven’t learned is how to block out the negativity.”

“I encourage you to know and never forget that your words matter. No matter what you see, what that person portrays, or your intention,” she added. “For years I have taken so many small, 2-follower count punches that at this point, I am honestly deeply bruised.”

She is now back on Twitter with 13.6 million followers.

No Apology?

Stodden also revealed in their interview with The Daily Beast that none of the A-listers who publicly shamed them — Teigen included — had apologized at the time of publication.

“You know, one of the biggest surprises is that all of the celebrities who shamed me—other than Perez Hilton, who stood up and was kind—they have not sought to apologize or sent any kind of love my way,” they explained. “The majority of love and apologies have come from reporters and also people online who tell me that they appreciate me and love me, and that I’m a source of strength for them. And that means everything to me.”

Teigen Breaks Her Silence

“Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bulls—t in front of the entire world. I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be,” the A-lister wrote in a series of tweets on May 12. “I was an insecure, attention seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel. I have worked so hard to give you guys joy and be beloved and the feeling of letting you down is nearly unbearable, truly. These were not my only mistakes and surely won’t be my last as hard as I try but god I will try!!”

She added, “I have tried to connect with Courtney privately but since I publicly fueled all this, I want to also publicly apologize. I’m so sorry, Courtney. I hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am. And I am so sorry I let you guys down. I will forever work on being better than I was 10 years ago, 1 year ago, 6 months ago.”

What Is the Truth?

Later that day, Stodden took to Instagram and claimed that they have yet to actually hear from Teigen or her team regarding a private apology.

“I accept her apology and forgive her. But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private. In fact, she blocked me on Twitter,” they wrote alongside a screenshot of their alleged block on the social media platform. “All of me wants to believe this is a sincere apology, but it feels like a public attempt to save her partnerships with Target and other brands who are realizing her ‘wokeness’ is a broken record.”