Chrissy Teigen Reveals the Reality of a Loss She Thought She Was Prepared For

Chrissy Teigen is heartbroken over the unexpected death of her father, Ron Teigen Sr. The former Lip Sync Battle star and cookbook author shared the news via social media on June 10. She opened up about how she’d been preparing for this news for years, but she quickly learned she wasn’t truly prepared for the loss at all.

In an Instagram post, Teigen revealed, “Yesterday I woke up with a daddy and went to bed without one.”

Teigen wrote that it had been a normal day where “All the same things happened.” She had a normal, uneventful day, until “Then my dad just like…f*****g died.”

She acknowledged that she “fell to the ground” when she learned of her father’s death. Teigen explained that she thought she had long ago “come to terms” with the fact that her father was older.

Teigen thought she was ready to receive the phone call that he had died, as she had thought about it for years.

Despite thinking she was prepared, when the reality came, Teigen discovered she wasn’t ready for her father’s death at all.

The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model explained that not long ago, she had gone away for a week. Before she did, she wrote her father a letter. She wrote about the gratitude and love she had for him.

She quipped, “If you didn’t know my dad, my dad hated nearly everything in the world that wasn’t a bass guitar, swing dancing, wood carving, animals, YouTube, or his family.”

Teigen added she has “hundreds and hundreds of videos of him just being mad at things he isn’t even doing, watching, or eating.” Now, she admitted, those videos bring her happiness.

“Until we complain again,” Teigen wrote to close out the caption of her post.

Her husband, singer John Legend, commented shortly after the post went live. He wrote, “We love you so much Papa Ron. I’m so glad you got to spend so much time with your grandbabies. I loved seeing you beam with pride at the beautiful family you helped create.”

In April 2024, Teigen shared a touching Instagram post about her father.

She noted that at the time, he was 84 and had recently moved into an assisted living community. The facility where he lived was just minutes away from the Teigen-Legend home, so the family was able to spend a lot of time together.

Fans and colleagues flooded the comment section of Teigen’s new Instagram post. Although Teigen had comment moderation enabled, more than 4,000 comments poured in overnight. In addition, over 140,000 people “liked” the post to show their support.