Chrissy Teigen Issues Apology Following Cyberbullying Controversy | THR News - video Dailymotion

In a blog post shared Monday, Teigen reflected on what has taken place and promises to continue on her "path of self-improvement."

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00:00Chrissy Teigen is speaking out after facing accusations of cyberbullying.

00:04Back in May, Courtney Stodden, who became a tabloid target in 2011,

00:09when at 16 they married 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison,

00:12called out people in the industry for harassing them on and off social media when they were a teenager.

00:17One of those people being Teigen.

00:20After Stodden's claims, resurfaced tweets written by Teigen led to her publicly apologizing on Twitter.

00:25Following her admission, Teigen remained silent on social media until now.

00:30In a Monday blog post shared on Medium, she wrote,

00:32Not a day, not a single moment has passed where I haven't felt the crushing weight of regret

00:36for the things I've said in the past.

00:38Of her awful tweets resurfacing, Teigen admitted,

00:41As I look at them and understand the hurt they caused, I have to stop and wonder, how could I have done that?

00:46She continued to denounce her actions, writing,

00:49There is simply no excuse for my past horrible tweets.

00:52My targets didn't deserve them. No one does.

00:55Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support.

00:58Not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humor.

01:02I was a troll, full stop, and I am so sorry.

01:05Teigen also noted that she is no longer the person who wrote those horrible things.

01:09I grew up, got therapy, got married, had kids, got more therapy, experienced loss and pain,

01:15got more therapy and experienced more life, and got more therapy.

01:19She also expressed her hope that everyone going forward can have patience and tolerance.

01:24I ask that you allow me, as I promise to allow you, to own past mistakes

01:28and be given the opportunity to seek self-improvement and change.

01:31Following Teigen's apology, fashion designer and former Project Runway contestant Michael Costello

01:36took to Instagram to detail how Teigen and her stylist Monica Rose

01:40attempted to blacklist him from the fashion industry after allegedly calling him a racist,

01:45following a, quote, photoshopped comment, which he writes,

01:47had, quote, been proven to be false by Instagram and since taken down.

01:51He says because of the incident, he still feels traumatized, depressed, and has thoughts of suicide.

01:57Teigen has yet to respond to Costello's claims.

01:59For more on this ongoing story, head to THR.com.

02:03For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.