LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chrissy Teigen says people have been mispronouncing her last name for years, and she hasn’t corrected them.
word! gave up a long time ago. last name is tie-gen not tee-gen https://t.co/M9EvS9pTrW
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
But the model took to social media on Sunday to say it’s not Teigen (TEE’-gihn), but Teigen (TY’-gihn). Off camera, her mother confirmed it with a “Yep!”
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
The 32-year-old says she’s “tired of living this lie.”
I don’t correct people but I do I don’t know im so tired please let me go
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 17, 2018
She previously wrote on Twitter that her name has been mispronounced and she “doesn’t correct people, ever.”
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