President Donald Trump paused his feuds with actor Debra Messing, former FBI director James Comey and the National Weather Service on Sunday night to attack singer John Legend and model/cookbook author Chrissy Teigen.
Legend appeared on MSNBC to talk about criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration. In response, Trump posted a tweet claiming to support reform and attacked Legend for not backing his plan last year. Then, the president took a shot at the EGOT winner’s wife, Teigen, but without using her name:
....musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is - but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed. “Anchor”@LesterHoltNBC doesn’t even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
.....the importance or passage of Criminal Justice Reform. They only talk about the minor players, or people that had nothing to do with it...And the people that so desperately sought my help when everyone else had failed, all they talk about now is Impeaching President Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
It wasn’t lost on Teigen that Trump tagged Legend in his tweet, but not her. And she let him have it:
lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Luna, remember the night before your first day of school? When mommy was making your sign and the pussy ass bitch president had his 9th meltdown of the day pic.twitter.com/ZFZHJYrDPG
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
the absolute best part of his tweet is I literally didn't speak in the special, nor was I mentioned. I'm cackling at the pointless addition of me because he cannot not be a bitch pic.twitter.com/9ZkV7bh4FA
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Minutes later, Legend also fired back:
Imagine being president of a whole country and spending your Sunday night hate-watching MSNBC hoping somebody--ANYBODY--will praise you. Melania, please praise this man. He needs you.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
Your country needs you, Melania
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
Teigen has been a constant critic of Trump and his policies, to the point of being blocked by him on Twitter.
Teigen and Legend began trending almost immediately after Trump’s attack. But the couple tried to get another term trending instead:
no guys no please do not make this trend, for it is my fight with #PresidentPussyAssBitch, not yours!!!!!! https://t.co/hSJ0UxjbaO
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Please don't make this foul mouthed hashtag trend #PresidentPussyAssBitch https://t.co/TMaq58hzIx
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
The president’s critics were only too happy to play along, even if the NSFW nature of the nickname made it unlikely to trend:
This exchange between Chrissy Teigen and #PresidentPussyAssBitch should be placed in the Smithsonian because it's a very important part of our history as a people. pic.twitter.com/O0gwa8w1YM
— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) September 9, 2019
Donald Trump vs. Chrissy Teigen (sound up) pic.twitter.com/RMQi12VFID
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) September 9, 2019
Me walking around with @chrissyteigen from now on. pic.twitter.com/6R3vhgwqgt
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 9, 2019
If @johnlegend & @chrissyteigen don't want #PresidentPussyAssBitch to trend then we must respect their wishes during this difficult time. https://t.co/bf2bEfrUeV
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) September 9, 2019
Please, oh please, moderate the general election debates. Assuming #presidentpussyassbitch has the guts to show.
— Litsa Dremousis (@LitsaDremousis) September 9, 2019
Chrissy Teigen just said hold my gold and proceeded to humiliate the leader of the free world with a soundbite tweet that slaps all offkey like a RZA beat. I have no choice but to stan https://t.co/S76EggHtnj
— Zaron Burnett III (@Zaron3) September 9, 2019
You’ve heard of filthy mouthed wife now get ready for pussy ass bitch
— Jenna Quigley (@JBomb11) September 9, 2019
Trump got totally unhinged that a Category 5 hurricane didn’t hit Alabama, wanted to invite the Taliban to play golf with him to celebrate 9/11, and now picks a fight with Chrissy Teigen on Twitter. Whatever Trump is really hiding to distract us with all this stuff must be huge.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 9, 2019
No American president should ever call anyone “filthy-mouthed,” like Trump just did to Chrissy Teigen. It’s beneath the office of the presidency, like everything Trump does. Trump is an international disgrace. Chrissy is a patriot. Anyone who says anything different is a liar.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 9, 2019
Chrissy Teigen’s “pussy ass bitch” reply is the only thing will ever top Lebron’s “U Bum”! 😂😂😂😂😂
— very legal & very cool (@Msaderhold) September 9, 2019
Oh, I’ve lived this game. Ladies! Gays! Everyone! In the name of all things @chrissyteigen, let orange dumbass know how we feel💪🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/YocLjZdcIY
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 9, 2019
"Chrissy Teigen" is spot on! 🥰#Pussyassbitch
— April (@speakout_april) September 9, 2019
Hey @realDonaldTrump are you really going to pretend you don’t have a foul mouth, and throw f-bombs around when you’re in a petulant rage bc nobody is defending you when the media reports the truth about your lies?🖕 pic.twitter.com/vlutwHJ7wF
Narrator: ...late one night the pussy ass bitch came for Chrissy Teigen.
— filthy mouthed wife💋 (@lilsister7) September 9, 2019
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