Updated May 7th, 2021 at 15:40 IST

Chrissy Teigen calls Ben Affleck's video to social media influencer 'creepy & desperate'

Chrissy Teigen took to her Twitter to call Ben Affleck's video to a social media influencer as 'creepy desperate' after she unmatched with him on a dating app.

Reported by: Kinjal Panchal
Image- Chrissy Teigen's Instagram | Image:self
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Model and author Chrissy Teigen, recently, took to Twitter to talk about the video released by a social media influencer that featured Ben Affleck asking why she unmatched him on a dating app. Chrissy has called Ben's video 'creepy' and 'desperate'. Read on to know more details about the story.  

Chrissy Teigen on Ben Affleck's video 

In the tweet, Teigen wrote that it is 'creepy' and 'desperate' of celebrities to make such video messages on the dating app Raya. She also called out the social media influencer for releasing such personal messages and it was 'tacky' of her to do so. She wrote, "I agree celebs shouldn’t be making these creepy desperate video replies on Raya but it’s tacky to release private messages. Ya both wrong, congrats". 

As soon as she shared the tweet, netizens rushed on to express their opinion as well. Many have agreed that Ben Affleck's video was a 'desperate move'. While several others have commented that the personal lives of people. irrespective of them being a celebrity should remain personal. A few others also wrote that it was creepy of the Gone Girl actor to especially look her up on Instagram to just send the video to her. A couple of them also came in support of Ben and said it was 'cute and funny' of him to do so. See netizens' tweets and reactions below. 

Ben Affleck dating app debacle 

A social media user by the name Nivine Jay shared a video of her with the caption, ''Thinking about the time I matched with Ben Affleck on raya and thought it was fake so I unmatched him and he sent me a video on Instagram". She then shared Ben's video wherein he is heard saying, 'Nivine, why did you unmatch me? Its me.'' The video has gone viral on social media as well. 

Chrissy Teigen's Twitter comeback 

The 35-year-old model returned to Twitter three weeks after she deactivated her account. She was popularly known for her witty and political tweets which often did not sit well with many. According to a report by Variety, Teigen said that she had 'grown weary' of the constant negativity she received on the platform. She announced her comeback with the tweet that read, "turns out it feels TERRIBLE to silence yourself and also no longer enjoy belly chuckles randomly throughout the day and also lose like 2000 friends at once lol". She has a massive following of 13.6 million followers on the platform. 

 Image: @chrissyteigen Instagram 

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Published May 7th, 2021 at 15:40 IST