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ON BEING GRATEFUL HE WAS BORN
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For Legend’s 40th birthday, Teigen shared a slideshow of adorable posts of their familyto Instagramalongisde a heartfelt caption expressing her love for him — and a cheeky nod to how she shows it.
“Happy 40th birthday to the most incredible man. The best father, hardest worker, best lover, best friend I could ever imagine,” she wrote on Dec. 28.
02of 15ON SPENDING TIME AS A FAMILYChrissy Teigen and John Legend with son Miles and daughter Luna.Paul Drinkwater/NBCWhile the famous pair love a fun date night, Teigen shared that nothing tops spending time at home together with their two kids, Luna, 2½, and Miles Theodore, 6 months.“There is a lot of relatability in our lives,” she says. “We’re homebodies. We like to stay in. We get to do over-the-top, awesome things a lot, but we really love being a family. We really love being together, and I find more happiness in the smaller moments than those huge nights out.”
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ON SPENDING TIME AS A FAMILY
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend with son Miles and daughter Luna.Paul Drinkwater/NBC
While the famous pair love a fun date night, Teigen shared that nothing tops spending time at home together with their two kids, Luna, 2½, and Miles Theodore, 6 months.
“There is a lot of relatability in our lives,” she says. “We’re homebodies. We like to stay in. We get to do over-the-top, awesome things a lot, but we really love being a family. We really love being together, and I find more happiness in the smaller moments than those huge nights out.”
03of 15ON HOW TEIGEN INSPIRES HIMVALERIE MACON/AFP/GettyLegend has no shortage of sweet things to say about his wife. After winning an Emmy for co-producingJesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, becomingone of the youngest EGOT winners ever, Legend turned the spotlight on Teigen and how she’s helped to get him where he is.“We inspire each other,” he told reporters of their marriage after accepting the award. “She inspires my songs, sheinspires me to want to be a better husband and a better father. We support each other fully in everything that we do. I root for her in her career and everything she’s doing. And I expect that she’ll be up here winning Emmys herself for all the awesome work that she does.““She’s such a dynamic, vibrant personality, and I’ve fallen in love with her a long time before the rest of America did,” he added. “But now America’s fallen in love with her too, and she inspires me every day.” Could they be any cuter?!
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ON HOW TEIGEN INSPIRES HIM
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Legend has no shortage of sweet things to say about his wife. After winning an Emmy for co-producingJesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, becomingone of the youngest EGOT winners ever, Legend turned the spotlight on Teigen and how she’s helped to get him where he is.
“We inspire each other,” he told reporters of their marriage after accepting the award. “She inspires my songs, sheinspires me to want to be a better husband and a better father. We support each other fully in everything that we do. I root for her in her career and everything she’s doing. And I expect that she’ll be up here winning Emmys herself for all the awesome work that she does.”
“She’s such a dynamic, vibrant personality, and I’ve fallen in love with her a long time before the rest of America did,” he added. “But now America’s fallen in love with her too, and she inspires me every day.” Could they be any cuter?!
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ON BEING MARRIED TO LEGEND FOR FIVE YEARS
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“12 years ago today, I met the man of my dreams. And 5 years ago today, we got married,“wrote Teigen, alongside a professional shot of the couple kissing at theirLake Como, Italy wedding. “We have two babies and some pups and a life I am grateful to have. My everything, I love you and am so proud of the story we’ve created.”
05of 15ON BEING MARRIED TO TEIGEN FOR FIVE YEARSMike Marsland/WireImageLegend responded withhis own touching tribute.“What can I say on a day like today?” the dad-of-two began the post, alongside a photo of him and Teigen in formal attire sitting cheek-to-cheek on the floor.“I could talk about the 12 beautiful years I’ve known you. I could talk about the 5 years of wedded bliss, the 2 wonderful children we’ve brought into this world,” Legend continued.“But I feel the urge to say something far more important,” the “All of Me” singer continued. “I LOVE your new kitchenware line at @Target. I can’t wait for it to come out on September 30th,” he wrote, playfully responding to her frustration over him announcing that he would bejoining NBC’sThe Voiceas a judge for season 16on the same day as her Target kitchen line’s launch.
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ON BEING MARRIED TO TEIGEN FOR FIVE YEARS
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Legend responded withhis own touching tribute.
“What can I say on a day like today?” the dad-of-two began the post, alongside a photo of him and Teigen in formal attire sitting cheek-to-cheek on the floor.
“I could talk about the 12 beautiful years I’ve known you. I could talk about the 5 years of wedded bliss, the 2 wonderful children we’ve brought into this world,” Legend continued.
“But I feel the urge to say something far more important,” the “All of Me” singer continued. “I LOVE your new kitchenware line at @Target. I can’t wait for it to come out on September 30th,” he wrote, playfully responding to her frustration over him announcing that he would bejoining NBC’sThe Voiceas a judge for season 16on the same day as her Target kitchen line’s launch.
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ON REMINDING TEIGEN HOW SEXY SHE IS
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Legend sees his wife as a queen, and won’t let her forget it.
“John tells me I’m sexy all the time,” the author ofCravings: Hungry for Moretold PEOPLEin Sept. 2018. “Honestly I fight it because there’s only so much that someone can say or do before you’re like, ‘I know you’re not telling the truth.’ But he really pushes it and he wants me to know that he loves my new body or he loves the way my skin feels.”
07of 15ON THEIR EARLY DAYS OF DATINGKevin Mazur/WireImageThe couple met on the set of Legend’s “Stereo” music video in 2007 and “hooked up” afterwards, Teigenpreviously toldCosmopolitan. “I played it cool for a long time. Never once did I ask, ‘What are we?’ Marriage was never my goal, because I’ve never been very traditional. I was just happy to be with him.“Indeed, it took Legend “probably a couple of years in” to see Teigen as his future wife, he toldLos Angeles Confidentialin 2014. “For me, I’m the kind of person who needs to grow into that feeling.”
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ON THEIR EARLY DAYS OF DATING
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The couple met on the set of Legend’s “Stereo” music video in 2007 and “hooked up” afterwards, Teigenpreviously toldCosmopolitan. “I played it cool for a long time. Never once did I ask, ‘What are we?’ Marriage was never my goal, because I’ve never been very traditional. I was just happy to be with him.”
Indeed, it took Legend “probably a couple of years in” to see Teigen as his future wife, he toldLos Angeles Confidentialin 2014. “For me, I’m the kind of person who needs to grow into that feeling.”
08of 15ON HER WINNING WITAllen Berezovsky/Getty"We were texting a lot, and I started to see her sense of humor,” Legend previously toldETabout the beginning of their relationship. “We would talk on the phone, and I started to fall in love with how engaging and witty and funny she is.”
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ON HER WINNING WIT
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“We were texting a lot, and I started to see her sense of humor,” Legend previously toldETabout the beginning of their relationship. “We would talk on the phone, and I started to fall in love with how engaging and witty and funny she is.”
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ON FALLING IN LOVE IN LAKE COMO
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Teigen and Legend fell in love in Lake Como, Italy, the supermodel and best-selling author revealed on her Instagram account. Thecouple wedat the exclusive Villa Pizzo in 2013.
“A boat tour guide took us to a little spot on the lake and told us to make a wish. I asked for this to be the man I marry and have children with. I think John asked for the most perfect bite of cacio e pepe. Both came true, and here we are.”
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ON SUPPORTING TEIGEN THROUGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
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“For me as a husband, it was my job to do the best I could to support her and understand what she was going through and do whatever I could do to help her,” he said. “I feel like that’s the least I could do. I think it was powerful for her to let a lot of women know they’re not alone, and no matter how much money you have or fame, anybody can feel that.”
Teigen credited her husband’s unwavering support in herGlamourcover, saying “he’s exactly as compassionate, patient, loving and understanding as he seems.”
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ON THAT TIME HE TRIED TO BREAK UP WITH HER
“I was really stressed and busy. I was just like, ‘I’d just be happier single right now,’ and she was like, ‘No,'” Legend toldThe Guardianabout their brief split.
12of 15ON THEIR STEAMY SEX LIFEChrissy Teigen/Instagram"We were on our way to Thailand to see my parents, flying commercial first-class,” she toldCosmopolitanaboutjoining the mile-high clubwith her husband.“We were under a blanket. We weren’t even in one of those pod things. I feel like we should get a trophy for that.”
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ON THEIR STEAMY SEX LIFE
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“We were on our way to Thailand to see my parents, flying commercial first-class,” she toldCosmopolitanaboutjoining the mile-high clubwith her husband.
“We were under a blanket. We weren’t even in one of those pod things. I feel like we should get a trophy for that.”
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ON SEEING LEGEND BECOME A FATHER
“It makes me so happy to see so much of you in her smile and eyes that completely glow when looking at you … We love you, Johnny, endlessly, forever and ever to the Luna and back.”
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“It’sbetter than ever. We love being parents, we love our daughter and we still enjoy each other’s company so much,” Legend told PEOPLE in March. “I think she’s brought me out of my shell and made me enjoy life a little bit more. It’s been fun to grow together in that.”
“I’m much luckier to have John’s personality in my life than he is to have mine,“Teigen toldInStyle. “He is insanely patient and such a dork, and he loves seeing me happy.”
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ON EXPANDING THEIR FAMILY
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“Even though Chrissy and I have been together a long time, we hadn’t been parents together until last year, and so I think you start to learn how to parent together and what kinds of responsibilities you want to share and take on,” Legend said in December.
source: people.com
