After being famously blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter since 2017, Chrissy Teigen has taken matters into her own hands with Joe Biden.
Just a month after asking the new US president to follow her on the social media platform (he obliged), the model and author has done a full 180 and requested that he now unfollow her.
It seems Chrissy felt like she couldn’t be her truest (sweary) self as one of the few people that Joe Biden’s @POTUS account followed.
On Tuesday she made a cheeky request to the commander-in-chief, tweeting: “I have tweeted a handful of times since my treasured @POTUS following. In order for me to flourish as me, I must ask you to please lord unfollow me. I love you!!! It’s not you it’s me!!!!”
I have tweeted a handful of times since my treasured @POTUS following. In order for me to flourish as me, I must ask you to please lord unfollow me. I love you!!! It’s not you it’s me!!!!
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 23, 2021
Shortly after her tongue-in-cheek request, the POTUS account apparently obliged and stopped following her. Cue a seriously NSFW (Not Safe For The Whitehouse) response…
bitch fuck shit suck the d I am FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 23, 2021
Chrissy also shared screenshots of the POTUS Twitter account, showing that the number of those followed by Joe Biden’s official account dropped from 13 to 12.
Although it’s unclear exactly why Chrissy felt she couldn’t “flourish” as one of the rare few followed by the president, Twitter had its theories…
This is precisely how I felt when my father joined Twitter, followed me, and then called me with a very stern reprimand when I said "F— all of you who voted for Kavanaugh." As if I wasn't a married woman in my 40s. I can no longer swear freely here. The joy is gone.
— Robinne Lee (@robinnelee) February 23, 2021
Same when Jenna Marbles followed me. I would tweet every stupid idiot thought I had and then be like "oh god, I'm so sorry for clogging your timeline with my stupidity"
— tiffanysonterre (@TiffanySonterre) February 23, 2021
this is how i have felt since you followed me except i can’t stop tweeting every thought that pops into my head it’s a disease
— cait (@caitlincarrickm) February 23, 2021
Others offered their opinions as to why the US president followed her in the first place…
Chrissy, if he followed you, he apparently appreciates your kind of Twitter. You do you, boo, and appreciate that you might be giving him some entertainment 🙂
— QVickiB (@QVickiB) February 23, 2021
I think it's bigger than you. 🥰 You resonate with the American people (and beyond). You're a great account for @potus to know what clicks with the public, beyond his 'ivory tower'. In addition, let's face it – people have to posture in front of him, he wants real. He's a person.
— Julie London Ferguson (@DearBubbie) February 23, 2021
O Honey! Honey. Do you not remember all the "Uncle Joe" memes? Do you think he's any different now that he's POTUS? He's still the fab man we've loved all alone. You stay being you. I am absolutely sure that he loves you like that too. Be well.
— Dr Caveat Lector (@DrCaveatLector) February 23, 2021
Chrissy’s Twitter relationship with Biden’s started on 20 January when she posted a simple “hello @joebiden I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz.”
hello @joebiden I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 20, 2021
OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/BmBfkPZgEj
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 21, 2021
The US star was blocked by then-president Donald Trump after trolling him and finally tweeting, “Lolllllll no one likes you” in July 2017.
