I love Chrissy Teigen but wish she hadn’t handed victory to the trolls by leaving Twitter

Chrissy’s unfailing cheeriness will be sadly missed on Twitter, where nastiness reigns supreme, writes Janet Street-Porter

TV host and lifestyle promoter Chrissy Teigen (2020 Invision)

TV host and lifestyle promoter Chrissy Teigen has left Twitter – where she commanded 13.7 million followers – citing the negativity she encountered. She says “my life goal is to make people happy”, and has “come to terms with the fact that some people aren’t gonna like me”. I know the feeling. But I wish she’d been tougher, and not handed victory to the trolls.

Since 2017, Chrissy and her husband John Legend have been targeted by supporters of conspiracy theorists QAnon, who falsely claimed the couple were part of a secret paedophile ring. Chrissy has blocked and unfollowed millions of hostile accounts, announcing in a final tweet: “I have taken so many small, 2-follower counter punches, that at this point, I am honestly deeply bruised.”

Another wave of hostile comments came last year after she bravely documented her miscarriage on social media. Trolls claimed it was to “gain popularity”.