Chrissy Teigen appeared to confuse Ipswich Town with Chelsea after wearing the latter’s shirt while attending a match at London club Arsenal.
She was joined by her husband John Legend and their children to watch Arsenal beat Ipswich 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium in north London.
It was the pair’s first Premier League match and the pair gave an interview to Prime Video after the match.
However, when asked why she supports Chelsea, Chrissy appeared to confuse the west London team with the team she has just spent the last 90 minutes watching in Ipswich Town.
She said: “Listen, I love the underdogs and I love coming and being surprised at how much a team can do and I think it was really fun for us to support them because everyone was on Arsenal’s side.”
‘Yes, I really wanted to give them the support they needed. When you said Chelsea, I thought: Chelsea is Ipswich? I don’t know.’
The 39-year-old posted on her Instagram to show off her “risky moves” by wearing a Chelsea shirt at Arsenal’s ground while also donning a half-and-half scarf with an Ipswich Town image.
During the match, he also took to Instagram to suggest ways to make the game more exciting saying that “football needs more goals” before adding “also the main goals should be higher in the air.”
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen attended Arsenal vs Ipswich Town on Friday with their two children.
Fans branded the pair “clueless” as they got confused, and Chrissy even wore a Chelsea shirt to the game.
Chrissy also suggested ways to make the game more exciting saying that “football needs more goals” before adding “also the main goals should be higher in the air.”
After her appearance on Prime Video, football fans calling her “clueless” and online criticism seemed to trigger Chrissy, who posted a series of videos on Instagram attacking critics as “blacks and t***s.”
On her Instagram Stories, she raged: ‘Do you know who the biggest ‘n**syt***s’ are? People who don’t like football as much as I do’
Then, sharing a snap of herself in a football uniform before a match, she added: “Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know football?”
Speaking to the streamer later that night, John said: ‘This was so much fun. This is our first Premier League game and we are here during the holidays.
‘We are having a great time. You know, my friends, I don’t know the league very well, and my friends were saying, well, Arsenal are going to win by six goals.
“But it was a more even game than we expected, more even than we thought.”
He added that his family goes to soccer games in Los Angeles “from time to time” before adding that England is “where the real soccer is played.”
Chrissy continued, “We feel spoiled being here, especially as people who don’t understand the game and the nuances as much as everyone else.” “So the fact that we can be on the field.”
Chrissy has since slammed ‘blacks and t***s’ who claim she doesn’t know anything about football.
Then, sharing a snap of herself in a football uniform before a match, she added: “Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know football?”
Speaking to the streamer, John said: ‘This was so much fun. This is our first Premier League game and we are here for the holidays.
Chrissy is not the first American star to pledge allegiance to an English soccer club.
Tom Hanks has been a long-time Aston Villa fan, as he explained in 2019 on a 2019 episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, who seemed baffled why he would support what he called a “dark team.”
“I don’t think Aston Villa are an unknown team at all, claret and blue,” Hanks replied.
He went on to explain that after waking up early due to jet lag while in London, he turned on the BBC to watch the football results and instantly liked the name Aston Villa.
Hanks has since been seen at Villa Park last season to cheer on the Claret and Blue against Liverpool in a dramatic 3-3 draw.
Meanwhile, Samuel L Jackson has been a devoted Anfield fan since he starred in the 2001 British film The 51st State, filmed on Merseyside, where his character Elmo McElroy takes on a clash between Liverpool and Manchester United during the climax of the drug drama.
Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone claims to be an Everton fan after attending the club’s 1-1 draw with Reading in January 2007, following an invitation from former Blues shareholder and Planet Hollywood owner Robert Earl.
Adam Sandler was spotted at Stamford Bridge, cheering on Chelsea earlier this year.
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks was in Birmingham to watch Aston Villa take on Liverpool in May.
Hanks filmed a video of himself at Villa Park where he was ‘celebrating the second to last game’
Sylvester Stallone greets fans with an Everton scarf before the start of a match against Reading at Goodison Park on January 14, 2007.
It’s no secret that Hollywood’s highest-paid actor is a Blues fan, having once attended a west London derby between Chelsea and Fulham around 15 years ago, according to Tribal Football.
American rap icon Jay-Z said he started supporting Arsenal after seeing club legend Thierry Henry.
Speaking in 2010 during an interview with Arsenal.com, Jay-Z said: “When Thierry Henry was at the club I saw him play and thought he was an incredible player.
“Since then I have been a great fan of the club, I follow you and you still play the beautiful football that Thierry played today. I think it had a real long-term effect on the team.”
Kim Kardashian has also been seen cheering on Arsenal with her son when they crashed out of the Europa League against Sporting CP at the Emirates in March 2023.
And Leeds fans were left stunned after reports that Will Ferrell, who previously declared himself a Cheslea fan, bought a huge stake in the club.
Also buying into English football, Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan was announced as co-owner of Premier League Bournemouth in 2022, and earlier this year he was reported to be creating a kit for Cherries to wear.
Perhaps most famously, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took charge of Wrexham in 2020 and have overseen back-to-back promotions, meaning the North Wales club will play in League One this season.
Jay-Z pictured (left) at Emirates Stadium in 2013 alongside Coldplay singer Chris Martin.
Kim Kardashian has also been seen cheering on Arsenal
The reality TV icon traveled with his son, Saint, to watch Arsenal at the Emirates last season.
Black Panther actor Michael B. Jordan has been announced as co-owner of Premier League Bournemouth in 2022.
Wrexham Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds (right) and Rob McElhenney (left) celebrate with the Vanarama National League trophy in 2023.
McElhenney (left) and Reynolds pictured in the Wrexham FC stands
NFL legend Tom Brady spent time with Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney (left) before a Birmingham City match.
Brady (left) has revealed that David Beckham (right) taught him about the football chant tradition in Birmingham’s 3-1 win over Wrexham in September.
NFL legend Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion, followed suit and invested in Birmingham in August 2023.
He was seen at a match at St. Andrew’s in September with David Beckham, owner of Inter Miami FC in the United States.
“Thank you for teaching me how to sing at a football game, David Beckham,” Brady, 47, wrote on Instagram, adding, “I can’t repeat most of what was said,” with a face emoji. smiling
In a star-studded connection, Brady also spent time with Wrexham co-owner McElhenney before kick-off.