Chrissy Teigen Picked A Girl Embryo Because She Wants John Legend To Have A Daughter
I watched an episode of Vice a couple of weeks ago about “designer babies” and an expert said that in the near future we’ll be able to pick our unborn kid’s eye color, height, etc… In other words, in the future, the world will be overrun with tall, blond skinnies with blue eyes. It’ll be like living in Leonardo DiCatchAho’s Shangri-La. They also brought up how gender selection is already thing and I already knew that thanks to the Onion Crunch Mogul vs. Sofia Vergara disaster. Well, Chrissy Teigen told People that she chose to get implanted with a girl embryo because she really wants to see John Legend be a father to a daughter.
Chrissy and John had problems making a baby, so they got help and used IVF. While pushing her cookbook in an interview with People, Chrissy says that the baby growing in her womb is a girl and not by chance.
“I’ve made this decision. Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, ‘Let’s put in the girl.’
I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl. That excited me. It excited me to see … just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We’ll get there too, so it’s not like we really have to pick. But he definitely is very lucky to have a little girl. And this girl is going to be so completely lucky to have John as her papa — it’s crazy!”
If you don’t think those words of hers caused a little OUTRAGE on Twitter, then you don’t know Twitter very well. Because some people came at Chrissy for her own decision and for making a GATTACA BABY! If you don’t think that Chrissy had something to say about that, then you don’t follow Chrissy on Twitter, because of course she had something to say.
What year is this!? And for the record, I am always happy and open to speak on infertility. The more casual, the better! I don't mind.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
what is that difference though? i've already created embryos with a doctor. only after must it be random? https://t.co/hyIwy3P1Oy
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
This is all so interesting. I said it so casually because i'm just open. I'm around so many open-minded people & forgot it's controversial.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
anyhow I am not mad at anyone's beliefs but I don't really actively seek out people to make them feel bad about their decisions either.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 24, 2016
But really, gender selection? Pfft. Big deal! Let me know when science is able to manipulate DNA so that the baby will come out of the womb knowing the following:
– Pampers are really damn expensive and since you don’t have a job, your parents have to pay for them. Go caca in the toilet.
– Keeping your parents up all night with the non-stop crying is selfish and not a good look.
– If you want to show your parents that you love them, make them a really good dirty martini.
– SpongeBob SquarePants is a devil show and the sound of it hurts your parents’ souls. Watch one of the Real Housewives shows instead.
Once science can figure out how to do that, then I’ll be a parent. Actually, maybe that’s not a good idea, because with my luck, my kid would do the exact opposite on purpose to torment me.
Here’s Chrissy and John at a signing for her cookbook in L.A. yesterday:
Pics: Wenn.com