Chrissy Teigen Is Coming Under Fire

Chrissy Teigen has been slammed on social media over her comments criticizing the boom of viral TikTok videos showcasing new takes on comfort and junk foods.

The model and Cravings cookbook author this week appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, where she, restaurateur David Chang and comedian Joel Kim Booster are promoting their new food series, Chrissy and Dave Dine Out.

When the trio sat down for an interview with Variety at the annual Utah-based festival, Teigen expressed her distaste for a certain type of food video that has dominated the social media cycle in recent years.

"I don't like anyone to talk down about any one type of food. That really just angers me, just because there is so much history that goes into the way that people eat," she began. "So I never really have ever turned up my nose at frozen food."

"But the thing that gets to me—that, like, really gets to me—is like TikTok viral food sensations," she added. "It just makes me so sick. I'm tired of the burrito wrapped in a pizza, stuffed with macaroni cheese… Just that overconsumption of s***."

Utah-born Teigen, who has also shared recipes on Instagram, went on to say that she "used to like them... But I don't know, the more I grow up the more I love the simplicity of food. And I think a lot of the restaurants that we got to go to [for the show] took such pride in the simplicity. And then you learn their story and that makes it taste that much better."

Teigen's comments sparked a wave of criticism when the minute-long video was shared on Variety's accounts on Instagram and X, formerly Twitter.

"She's part of the problem with her cooking," wrote one detractor on Instagram. "I guess she doesn't like competition."

"You could try not watching these types of videos, or make your own content that's not that, or get off TikTok over all?" another responded. "Basically no one is forcing anyone to watch anything you don't want to watch."

"She's so good at yucking everyone's yum," opined another. "Let people be [excited] about something, the world is on fire Chrissy. Let us have our viral foods."

"So brave of her to speak out on such a sensitive and controversial issue facing today's society," some one else quipped.

Amid the wave of criticism, a number of social media users stated that they agreed with Teigen's take on the food videos flooding TikTok.

Countering the claim by some that Teigen's cookbook recipes are on a par with those that she has criticized, one supporter said: "I've made a few of her recipes and they're actually good. It's not at all like the overrated hype food videos or rage bait recipes."

Amid questions regarding Teigen's talents, another comment read: "She's turned a lot of their family recipes and original recipes into 2 or 3 cookbooks that are actually good and developed a whole cookware brand so I wouldn't say talentless."

"TikTok is garbage. Period," another stated, taking their support a step further.

Newsweek has contacted a representative of Teigen via email for comment.

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at the Sundance Film Festival, Teigen recalled an intimidating fine dining scenario in New York City, when she was dating her now-husband, musician John Legend.

"I took John [Legend] to Jean-Georges when I was 20 years old, and I remember the margarita that he ordered was $58," she said. "I was just blown away when it came out. It came out on a little dish and had little salts and everything."

"My heart broke because I knew then that my card would probably decline," she went on. "I ended up going to the bank and getting cash because I was so, so scared that it would decline, so I ended up getting out like $800 cash. Our meal there was beautiful and wonderful, but the fear that went into having it…oh my God, I'll never forget that feeling in my entire life. It was terrifying."