Chrissy Teigen And John Legend Share How They’re Grieving The Loss Of Their Son, Jack

 

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It’s been almost two months since Chrissy Teigen shared the heartbreaking essay she wrote, where she opened up about her and husband John Legend losing their son Jack. Now, the pair are opening up, even more. Speaking on Good Morning America on how they are coping with their loss and the outpour of love they’ve received.

“I definitely give myself permission to feel complete and utter grief. Every day is so different. So when people ask me how I’m doing I always say I’m OK—today,” Chrissy said.

She then added that “it’s so painful to go through something like this as a woman—something that was inside your body that you were nurturing and taking care of…obviously there’s a father involved, and the support for the both of us has just been so beautiful, so incredible.”

John then shared that he didn’t think Chrissy would be okay revealing the details of their loss, but he’s now glad that she did. “I didn’t know that we could experience this grief and also share it, but when we did it really meant so much to so many people.” John continued, “And it was such a powerful experience for me to learn that. I’m just grateful that my wife was courageous enough to do it.”

 

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“This has been a lonely time for so many people because we’re all separated physically in so many ways, and just the outpouring of people’s love and concern for us has truly been heartening and lifting for us,” John shared, with Chrissy adding, “The world is inherently good. I believe people are inherently good, and it’s shown itself.”

Chrissy then addressed the hate that she received for sharing the personal images of herself in the hospital. “I don’t care if you were offended or disgusted. I understand it could be that way for people..it was designed for the people that were hurting, and John was very uncomfortable taking them.”

John then added to this, explaining why Chrissy wanted him to take said images. “She felt like, really, that one of the ways we would carry on Jack’s memory was taking pictures of that moment,” he said. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to, like, commemorate this pain.’ But the crazy thing about having a miscarriage is you don’t walk away with anything. You have this emptiness, and we wanted to take the photos so that we had something to remember.”

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