Gigi Hadid Replaces Chrissy Teigen on ‘Never Have I Ever’ After Courtney Stodden Bullying Controversy
Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide.
Update: July 15, 2021
Never Have I Ever has chosen to recast Chrissy Teigen with Gigi Hadid as Paxton’s narrator amid the controversy surrounding Chrissy’s cyberbullying of Courtney Stodden. As a reminder, this isn’t Gigi’s first time dabbling in the field of voice work—she most recently showed off her skills on Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? during her guest appearance!
Gigi also took to Instagram to share the news and wrote, “Had the BEST time getting to narrate a new episode of @neverhaveiever—I got your back, Pax! Check out season 2, NOW on @netflix!!!! Big love to @mindykaling & the whole NHIE team!”
Can’t wait to see (uh, hear?) how Gigi brings the role to life!
Original story: June 5, 2021
Chrissy Teigen’s Never Have I Ever voice-over role is being recast amid her Courtney Stodden cyberbullying controversy. Variety confirms that Chrissy dropped out of the Netflix show’s second season.
The news comes after Courtney accused Chrissy of cyberbullying them when they were 16 years old. In a May Daily Beast article, they spoke about being the focus of online hate as a teenager. “She wouldn’t just publicly tweet about wanting me to take a ‘dirt nap’ but would privately DM me and tell me to kill myself,” they told the publication. “Things like, ‘I can’t wait for you to die.’”
Chrissy responded to the accusations with an apology shared via Twitter: “I was an insecure, attention-seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that…is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel.”
Even though Courtney accepted the apology, they pointed out that they never received a personal apology from Chrissy.
“I accept her apology and forgive her. But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private. In fact, she blocked me on Twitter,” Courtney captioned a May 12 Instagram post. “All of me wants to believe this is a sincere apology, but it feels like a public attempt to save her partnerships with Target and other brands who are realizing her ‘wokeness’ is a broken record.”
Courtney has since said that they’ve received “overwhelming” support since coming forward about the bullying complaints. Hopefully, this serves as a reminder that bullying is never a good look.
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