Sunday, 21 February 2016

Chrissy Teigen is "already dreading" parenting articles

by

Sara McGinnis

posted in Celebrities

Chrissy Teigen is making it clear she won't sit quietly by while her parenting choices are criticized. The beauty, who is currently expecting a baby girl with husband John Legend, has taken to her Twitter account to pick a bone with Us Weekly.

Take a look at how she addressed an article and message sent by the entertainment news site:

For what it's worth, the beginning of Us Weekly's actual post reads:

When their baby girl arrives later this year, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend will have assistance with late-night feedings and diaper changes from a night nurse.

Asked about the best parenting advice she’s received, Teigen didn’t need a minute to think. “The recommendation of a night nurse!...It’s pretty unanimous. Everyone was like, ‘If you can do it, do it.’ So we’re going for it!”

Though the mom-to-be isn't denying she said those words, she has an issue with the way that one bit was pulled out for the headline.

She hasn't been proven wrong on the point of commenters critiquing her parenting plans.

Chrissy Teigen pregnancy

A look at two other tweets Chrissy Teigen sent on the subject:

For the record, those were two of the nicer responses. "Shame on @johnlegend and @chrissyteigen! Night nurse! #parttimeparenting," is what someone else sent them, and another wrote, "'Night nurse' for your baby's feedings and diaper changes. How awful..."

The whole thing has this pregnant star reconsidering sharing her life with fans.

And "dreading" more articles to come.

I won't dance around the fact I'm one of the many people out there who writes parenting articles, but I will say I hope Chrissy sometimes sees they're not all bad. Over the years I know I've made a conscious effort to be increasingly aware of my tone even when a celeb is doing something "wrong." A recent instance with a famous new father (Does Ryan Reynolds need a little babywearing help?) comes to mind.

That being said, I can only imagine what it's like to have twisted headlines and the resulting personal attacks pinging into your social media accounts daily, if not hourly. Personally, I don't think I could handle it. I'd have to turn it all off and hide -- but I'm glad Chirssy hasn't gone that route (yet).

First of all, she's hilarious. Secondly, I appreciate seeing people stand up for themselves and speak about what isn't right. Kristen Bell's campaign to change the laws protecting children from paparazzi is a great example, and I believe if Chrissy put her mind to it she could create some wonderful change as well.

I won't go so far as to say it will be an easy road, but I believe this woman already has enough mama bear in her to get things done.

Would you advise a freely-sharing celebrities to scale back going into parenthood? Do you think non-famous parents face the same issue?

Photo: PR Photos

 

Other stars explain why they opted out of hiring help:

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