Chrissy Teigen is loved for her sense of humour, but it seems her latest social media stunt has left fans confused.
The TV personality and cookbook author, 40, posted an Instagram video explaining why she couldn’t attend the 2026 Met Gala.
Instead, she was attending the “funeral” of a “dear friend” who had died. But not all was what it seemed.
Watch the video above.
“I don’t really like to post sad stuff but wanted to share I couldn’t go to the met ball because one of my best friends from Seattle passed away,” she captioned the video.
That ‘friend’ was the closing down of a Taco Bell restaurant in Seattle.
But with no other context in the post, until you were a third of the way into the video, some fans jumped to more sombre conclusions.
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In the video, Teigen is dressed in black funeral attire on her way to attend the ‘ceremony’ as the text in the video read: “We recently attended a funeral for a dear friend”.
Teigen, who shares four kids with singer-songwriter John Legend, was seen mourning in the video as she held a candle and red rose to commemorate the loss of the building.
She then pretended to cry as Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance played over the clip.
While husband Legend reacted with a laughing crying emoji under the video, some fans missed the funny side.
“I thought you died when I saw her sad face. Goddammit,” one fan reacted under Legend’s comment.
It seems Legend wasn’t the only one, as Teigen’s famous friend and hairstylist Jen Atkin wrote: “Do you know how many people THINK I DIED???? Do better.”
Whether Atkins was serious or not, the comment amassed over 2,500 likes.
Just as one fan was sharing their condolences to the star, relating to their own recent loss they added: “Omg yikes I thought this was a real funeral.”
“Hands up who doesn’t find this in any way funny?” said another.
But many of Teigen’s followers could see the funny side, with one account commenting: “THIS IS SOOOO DRAMATIC I LOVE 🤣”.
“🤣🤣🤣 Most of you missed the point that she would rather be at an unhinged Taco Bell funeral than the Met Gala!🤭 This is my type of carrying on @chrissyteigen 🫶🏾,” defended another.
Others labelled the star “a legend” as a third added: “Chrissyyyy!!! You are the most unserious person to ever grace our timeline 😹 also sending my condolences 🕊️.”
Teigen, who is also a podcast host and three-time cookbook author, has attended the Met Gala in the past.
Her last appearance was in 2017. She also attended in previous years with husband John Legend.
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