Stodden backs Teigen amid With Love cameo, urges anti-bullying

In a public discussion surrounding Chrissy Teigen’s forthcoming cameo on Meghan Markle’s Netflix project, With Love, Meghan, Courtney Stodden voiced support for Teigen and urged an end to online bullying, while also noting that a direct outreach they allegedly sent years ago has gone unanswered. The comments come four years after a high-profile online feud between Stodden and Teigen drew widespread attention to the toll of cyberbullying, and as Stodden weighs in again when a new platform for Teigen’s public image appears on the horizon.

The back-and-forth between Stodden and Teigen stretches back to the early 2010s, when Teigen publicly criticized Stodden during the teen model’s marriage to a much older man. Stodden has previously described severe online harassment, including private messages that urged self-harm, which ultimately led Teigen to issue a public apology in 2021. Teigen has since said she privately reached out to Stodden, an assertion Stodden has disputed, maintaining that no private communication ever occurred. The disagreement over private contact remains a point of contention in the broader narrative of accountability for past online behavior.