Twitter’s ‘unofficial mayor’ Chrissy Teigen quits platform after years of harassment
Photo: NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Chrissy Teigen, a prolific tweeter the company once called the mayor of Twitter, quit the social media platform Wednesday night. In a series of now-deleted tweets, Teigen said Twitter no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that's the right time to call something."
The model and media personality who is married to singer John Legend was a witty presence on Twitter, and she had 13.7 million followers on the platform, which she joined more than a decade ago. Teigen tweeted about everything from her kids to her cooking projects to personal challenges in her life, including a miscarriage she suffered last October. She was famously blocked on Twitter by former President Trump (who was himself banned from...