New York Post

Embr oh, shut up!

Chrissy fires back at ‘pick-a-girl’ critics

- By LAURA ITALIANO

Pregnant supermodel Chrissy Teigen is lashing back at those who have ripped her for specifical­ly selecting a baby girl during invitro fertilizat­ion.

“Stop looking HERE for st to be mad at,” she told the Twittersph­ere on @chrissytei­gen. “There are so many other things that deserve your outrage.

“We didn’t create a little girl. We had multiple embryos. Girls and boys. We simply chose to put in a female first (and second),” she wrote, in an apparent reference to a first attempt that failed.

“We didn’t ‘throw away’ anything and still would love to have more of both in the future. Hard to explain such a complicate­d process here . . . You’d be surprised at how many people you know go through this,” she added.

“Also, every doctor knows the sex of the embryos. It isn’t some grand secret.”

The Sports Illustrate­d model launched a media maelstrom when she told People magazine in a recent interview that “not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, ‘Let’s put in the girl.’ ”

Detractors took to Twitter to condemn her, including for not taking “the natural blessing from God,” prompting her to respond, “My natural blessing from god was infertilit­y.”

The LAbased hottie is 30 and has been married to musician John Legend, 37, since 2013.

“What year is this!?” she added. “And for the record, I am always happy and open to speak on infertilit­y. The more casual, the better! I don’t mind.”

Teigen also joked, “I also picked the embryo with a taste for bacon, a knack for magic and size 7 feet so she can always find shoes.”

One critic, Lindsey Williams @lifeinbook­s05, persisted: “I do think it’s sad people would pick a specific gender / prefer a specific gender.”

“What is the difference though?” Teigen answered. “I’ve already created embryos with a doctor. Only after must it be random?”

Teigen told People she wants a girl because Legend would love the daddyandli­ttlegirl bond.

Supporters were also out in force, with @singallday­long advising haters, “maybe go through infertilit­y troubles, THEN judge.”

“People are so busy chastising you instead of wishing your baby health and happiness,” wrote @pamnonga. “I wish both for you, baby girl and John!”

“I struggle with fertility too,” tweeted @mukkapukka­11. “I think you are absolutely fantastic. Enjoy every second of your pregnancy however the baby was made.”

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