ON THE VERGE OF SPLITTING

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen seek couples therapy as their marriage starts to fall apart

John Legend once tried to dump supermodel Chrissy Teigen — but she wouldn’t let him. Years before they wed in 2013, “I was really stressed and busy,” the “All of Me” singer said in an interview published on Sept. 3. “I was just like, ‘I’d just be happier single right now.’” His future wife emphatically disagreed. “He was on tour and his voice hurt and he was being a whiny face about everything,” Chrissy explained on Twitter the next day, “and so, yeah, I was like, ‘no.’”

This time, their relationship might not be saved so easily. John, 38, and Chrissy, 31, known as one of Hollywood’s most loving, downto-earth couples, “are having real marriage problems,” says an insider. Things have gotten so serious, “they have been in marriage counseling for the last six months,” a source close to the couple tells In Touch exclusively. “They are fighting nonstop,” says the insider, who adds despite that, “they’re trying very hard to make their marriage work.” Chrissy’s battle with postpartum depression and her excessive drinking — which she recently claimed to have curbed — have brought the parents of 17-month-old Luna to a breaking point. “Chrissy has been acting paranoid and jealous,” says the insider. “They end up fighting about it all the time. It’s a terrible atmosphere in the home.”

Their problems date back to before Luna was born. “Chrissy was unhappy that John was touring and on the road a lot,” says the source. Adding to the stress: The future parents struggled to conceive and turned to IVF. The Lip Sync Battle host admitted in 2016 that she was “cuckoo pants” from the painful

process that left her bloated and bruised. “Emotionally,” she said, “it could be really hard.”

It only got tougher. After Chrissy gave birth last April, she suffered from postpartum depression. “Most days were spent on the exact same spot on the couch, and rarely would I muster up the energy to make it upstairs for bed,” Chrissy said earlier this year. “I started keeping robes and comfy clothes in the pantry so I wouldn’t have to go upstairs when John went to work. There was a lot of spontaneous crying.”

Wine made matters worse. She downed alcohol with the prescriptions she took to combat her depression and anxiety, which “is like the least thing that helps,” Chrissy admitted to Cosmopolitan in August. (She said she has since cut back on drinking.) Her inner circle took note of her behavior. Says the insider, “She’d often drunk-text nonsensical things to friends. John has tried to be patient because he realizes this is a difficult time for Chrissy, but he is getting wiped out. We don’t know how long he can take it.”

For now, they’re putting up a united front. In recent interviews, both John and Chrissy have discussed doing another round of IVF so they can have a second child. But the insider says that’s not really the case: “The last thing they are thinking about at the moment is having more children. It seems like they are trying to get through the day.” ◼