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Chrissy Teigen 'wants an interview with Oprah Winfrey to save her reputation'

Chrissy Teigen is reportedly hoping that Oprah Winfrey can work her magic with a tell-all interview to help save her reputation amid her growing cyber-bullying scandal. Teigen wrote a blog post to apologize for her past bullying tweets including one which told then-16-year-old Courtney Stodden to commit suicide. Teigen has been the target of backlash since abusive tweets by the star, originally made in 2011, resurfaced online, including one that urged then 16-year-old TV personality Courtney Stodden, who identifies as non-binary, to kill themselves Lindsay Lohan was also the subject of an insensitive post by Teigen. Relentless: In one tweet Teigen told the non-binary reality star to 'take a dirt nap,' which is slang for death Hatred: In another tweet she told Stodden 'I hate you,' and insinuated that drugs must be responsible for her affected speech 'Lindsay adds a few more slits to her wrists when she sees emma stone,' read the tweet dated January 16 2011 'Lindsay adds a few more slits to her wrists when she sees emma stone,' read the tweet dated January 16 2011 Amid the backlash, Teigen has been dropped by several companies, including Safely, the cleaning brand she founded with Kris Jenner; Macy's; Target; and Bloomingdale's. Under fire: Teigen wrote a blog post to apologize for her past bullying tweets including one which told then-16-year-old Courtney Stodden to commit suicide Teigen writes that her tweets were borne out of being 'insecure, immature and in a world where I thought I needed to impress strangers to be accepted.'

Daily Mail

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