Chrissy Teigen exits upcoming web comedy
Model and television personality Chrissy Teigen has exited a guest voice role in the web comedy Never Have I Ever, in the wake of revelations that she once engaged in online bullying against model Courtney Stodden. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Teigen opted to drop out of the role, which would have occurred in one episode of the series.
The coming-of-age comedy from actor-producer Mindy Kaling features voice-over narration for key characters, performed by guest actors. A spokesman for the show said Teigen’s role is expected to be recast.
Never Have I Ever revolves around a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl navigating high school, while dealing with the loss of her father.
The previous season featured voice-over narration by ace tennis player John McEnroe for Maitreyi Ramakrishnan’s character, Devi. Teigen issued a public apology on May 12 after Stodden had revealed in an interview that the former harassed them online a decade ago, after Stodden married actor Doug Hutchison, when they were 16 and he was 60. Stodden revealed that Teigen sent them direct messages with cruel taunts such as “I can’t wait for you to die”. Following the interview, Teigen apologised on Twitter.
“Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bulls — in front of the entire world. I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention seeking troll,” read the post.
The model, who has 13.5 million followers on Twitter and 34.9 million followers on Instagram, has not tweeted since her three-part apology last month.