FILE – In this archive photo from November 2, 2017, model Chrissy Teigen poses at the 2017 Revolve Awards at the Dream Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. Teigen said that people have mispronounced her last name for years and she has not corrected them. But the model was broadcast on social networks on Sunday, September 16, 2018, to say that it is not Teigen (TEE-gihn), but Teigen (TY'-gihn). (Photo by Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP, File) less
FILE – In this archive photo from November 2, 2017, model Chrissy Teigen poses at the 2017 Revolve Awards at the Dream Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. Teigen said that people had mispronounced his last name for years … more
Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
FILE – In this archive photo from November 2, 2017, model Chrissy Teigen poses at the 2017 Revolve Awards at the Dream Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. Teigen said that people have mispronounced her last name for years and she has not corrected them. But the model was broadcast on social networks on Sunday, September 16, 2018, to say that it is not Teigen (TEE-gihn), but Teigen (TY'-gihn). (Photo by Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP, File) less
FILE – In this archive photo from November 2, 2017, model Chrissy Teigen poses at the 2017 Revolve Awards at the Dream Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles. Teigen said that people had mispronounced his last name for years … more
Photo: Chris Pizzello, Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Chrissy Teigen sheds light on his last name
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chrissy Teigen says that people have mispronounced her last name for years and that she has not corrected them.
But the model took social media on Sunday to say that it's not Teigen (TEE -gihn), but Teigen (TY -gihn). Off camera, his mother confirmed with a "Yep!"
The 32-year-old says she is "tired of living this lie".
Previously, she had written on Twitter that her name had been badly pronounced and that she "never corrects people".