Chrissy Teigen Pulls Out Of Netflix Show 'Never Have I Ever' Amid Career-Threatening Courtney Stodden Cyber-Bullying Scandal
June 5 2021, Published 12:05 p.m. ET
Chrissy Teigen has opted to pull out of a Netflix show amid the continued fallout from her career-threatening cyber-bullying scandal involving Courtney Stodden and others.
The 35-year-old model-turned-cookbook author was set to do voiceover as a guest narrator in Mindy Kaling's coming-of-age comedy series, Never Have I Ever.
"Chrissy Teigen has decided to step away from a guest voiceover role in one episode of the upcoming second season of Never Have I Ever," a spokesperson for the show said. "The role is expected to be recast."
Details about her replacement have not yet been disclosed.
Back in 2011/2012, Chrissy was vocal about her disdain for Courtney, often publicly tweeting messages wishing they would take a "dirt nap" and "go to sleep forever." But the allegations really only made headlines last month, after Stodden claimed Teigen would also urge them to commit suicide in private messages.
In response to the backlash, Teigen tweeted a public apology to Stodden and her fans, saying she was "mortified and sad" at who she used to be. "I was an insecure, attention seeking troll," she said, adding that she had "tried to connect with Courtney privately