Chrissy Teigen is the undeniable queen of Twitter clapbacks. Yesterday Bill O’Reilly made the mistake of coming after Teigen’s husband John Legend for his performance in Jesus Christ Superstar Live. She made him regret it.
In honor of Easter, NBC aired its live version of Jesus Christ Superstar last night and it looks like fired Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly was watching. He doesn’t seem like a fan.
Watching JC Superstar on NBC. Who knew Jesus of Nazareth ran a tattoo parlor? Geez.
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) April 2, 2018
John Legend, R&B singer and husband to the fabulously funny Chrissy Teigen starred as the big J.C., himself.
Always on her Twitter A-game, Chrissy Teigen saw the tweet mocking her husband’s starring role as Jesus Christ and blasted O’Reilly to kingdom come:
Yes the shop specializes in coverups that aren’t 32 million dollars https://t.co/2hklA6Ix4P
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 2, 2018
OUCH. Teigen is referring to the $32 million in settlement money O’Reilly paid in a settlement to his former producer for allegedly sexually harassing her. Additionally, Fox’s parent company was forced to pay $13 million in settlements for similar accusations agains the host. O’Reilly was fired from the network following an advertiser boycott of his show after the settlement news broke.
Twitter was definitely here for the Clapback Queen’s latest burn:
Call the fire department. That was a third degree burn!! https://t.co/xOcTAImgfm
— Mugo Odigwe (@MugoOdigwe) April 2, 2018
After that zinger, his liver spots don’t even want anything to do with him. #burn https://t.co/mQEeMLD0XQ
— Militant Marker (@militant_marker) April 2, 2018
Reason #32,000,000 that @chrissyteigen is the best at Twitter.
Don’t come for her yo. https://t.co/YDDk8ynRoh
— Andrea Noricel (@andreanoricel) April 2, 2018
FINISH HIM https://t.co/xN5xzTGcgW
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) April 2, 2018
The wrong person in the relationship is named Legend https://t.co/5vU5syLBeM
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) April 2, 2018
But hubby John Legend definitely appreciated the support the most:
I love my wife https://t.co/Q1Y1hIZpJr
— John Legend (@johnlegend) April 2, 2018
Before he got canned, criticism of black musicians was a popular theme on his Fox show The O’Reilly Factor. He called Common, the turtleneck-wearing black poet and rapper so controversial he appears in ads for GAP and Microsoft, a “gangsta rapper” (lol).
Now that he’s lost his platform at Fox, O’Reilly’s been forced to produce sad little videos from his home, ranting about advertiser boycotts.
The tweet from @IngrahamAngle was ill-advised and Laura has apologized. But know this: the sponsor boycott is not some spontaneous uprising by companies. It is being directed by powerful, shadowy radical groups who want Laura Ingraham off the air.
— Bill O’Reilly (@BillOReilly) April 2, 2018
Unfortunately, this is a new position for O’Reilly, who once led a Pepsi boycott for their ad campaign featuring Ludacris because he “disrespected women.”
Oops!