"I don't know how to go to an awards show and not drink."
So said Chrissy Teigen about her recent decision to cut back on alcohol consumption, especially while she's taking medication for postpartum depression and has the IVF process looming again as she and John Legend try to have another child.
Given her celebrity lifestyle, the Sports Illustrated model told Cosmopolitan, she had simply gotten used to having alcohol available everywhere she went _ something that's not good for a person who "can't have just one" and who has a family history of problem drinking.
She would have a glass of wine while getting her hair and makeup done before awards shows, where Legend has been quite in demand in recent years. Then she'd have another before the show, and a bunch when she got there.
The results? No bueno.
Though it helped her build her quirky, free-speaking reputation, Teigen said she didn't like "making an ass" of herself in front of people she respected.
"I knew in my heart it wasn't right," she said, even though she'd be fine the next day. "It makes you very short with people. People think it's cutesy and fun to go on these boozy brunches, but there's more to it. I've never once been like, 'I'm sure glad I had that boozy brunch!' "
After a wellness retreat in Bali, she said she's feeling great, sans alcohol.
But after the article was published Monday, she tweeted screen grabs of comments from people calling her "ignorant," "unpolished and crass" and "overly melodramatic again, about her depression." Also, her and her husband's decision to implant a female embryo during the IVF process was tagged "the creepiest part of the story."
Said Teigen: "I dunno how you can be this mean."
