Chrissy Teigen vows to get NYT food writer Alison Roman her job back after she was placed on leave for slamming star
CHRISSY Teigen has vowed to get The New York Times writer Alison Roman her job back after she was placed on “temporary leave” for slamming the star’s Cravings empire.
Yesterday, it was reported that the food guru’s popular bi-weekly column to the publication has been suspended indefinitely.
According to The Daily Beast, the NYT contributor already prepared a piece that was scheduled to run last week but it was not published amid the controversy.
A spokesperson for the paper confirmed to the outlet Alison, 34, has been placed “on temporary leave.”
After word spread of the writer’s suspension, Chrissy, 34, took to Twitter and made it clear she did not approve of the move.
“I don’t like this one bit and I’m doing what I can (off Twitter) to make that known,” she said in a response to someone’s tweet.
The mom of two continued: “I very publicly forgave Alison and that was real. When I said I don’t believe in being cancelled for your honest opinion, that was very real.
“I don’t agree with what the NYT has done, I am not them. I didn’t call them, I didn’t write, and most of all, I’d like her back.”
In a separate post, the Lip Sync Battle host responded to an angry follower who said the leave was Chrissy’s fault.
“I very publicly forgave her and am getting very much blamed for her leave. And you have a lot to say on your timeline about me. Which is fine. I’m really tired.”
In another message, the culinary entrepreneur fired off a response to someone who questioned her efforts: “This is real life s**t, and I’m doing what I can, in real life.”
Earlier this month, Alison said the former model’s quick rise in the food industry for her Cravings line “horrifies” her.
The blogger told The New Consumer: “What Chrissy Teigen has done is so crazy to me.
“She had a successful cookbook. And then it was like: Boom, line at Target.
“Boom, now she has an Instagram page that has over a million followers where it’s just, like, people running a content farm for her.
“That horrifies me and it’s not something that I ever want to do. I don’t aspire to that,” she fired off.
The comments – which also slammed Netflix star Marie Kondo – outraged fans for it’s “anti-feminist tone.”
Alison was also called out for her “white privilege” after her critical opinion about two Asian women went viral.
After the interview circulated, Chrissy explained how much she loved the NYT culinary expert and how it was “crappy” she made the negative statement.
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“I didn’t “sell out” by making my dreams come true. To have a cookware line, to get to be a part of that process start to finish, to see something go from sketch to in my hands, I love that,” she defended herself.
After Chrissy revealed the online feud escalated so much she needed to take a hiatus, Alison posted a lengthy apology admitting she spoke from a place of “white privilege.”
The NYT columnist has not yet publicly commented on her reported leave.