If you know anything about social media, you know better than to mess with Chrissy Teigen. Yeah, sure, she's beautiful, and her family with John Legend and their two kids is adorable. But if you talk smack to her on Twitter, she will come for you. And you do not want that one bit.

Chrissy Teigen might be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, but that doesn't mean she can't hold her own when it comes to disputes online. How else would you explain her flame war with vegetarians on Twitter? She's also got some savage responses to trolls and to Donald Trump - who, I guess you could say, is the ultimate troll.

But recently, she's been the one catching fire after a pretty controversial statement about Nutella. It's not a particularly new opinion, but she's facing criticism after she doubled down on it in an interview. Now, here on Food Envy, we all love a good bit of Nutella. It's delicious. But Chrissy Teigen does not agree with you, as we found out a few years back.

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Two three-word posts, both saying in no uncertain terms that Chrissy Teigen does not like Nutella. In case you were in any doubt, there was a third, just to hammer the point home, and confirm that Teigen had not been hacked.

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Among the things that are better than Nutella in Chrissy Teigen's mind include "dried squid in Asian movie theaters", "Bush's baked beans", not to mention "leaving a chocolate bar in a hot car". Delightful. But since then, Chrissy Teigen's had two kids. Maybe she's mellowed out?

According to an interview on First We Feast: nope. Chrissy Teigen, as part of her promotion trail for her new cookbook Cravings: Hungry For More, where she shares some of the food she loves that can be made in the comfort of your own home. As is customary on First We Feast, Teigen chowed down on some hot wings.

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Given the chance to defend some of her more debatable food opinions, her Nutella truthing was unsurprisingly first on the menu, so to speak: "I think that a lot of people think that the hazelnut is good for them - 'Oh! I'm so French!' - but no; you're eating chocolate in the morning. It's the mimosa of foods - you just want to drink in the morning."

Oh snap! Chrissy Teigen went there, and she went there again when she doubled down on her opinions on Milky Way, and her begrudging respect for deep dish pizza, which she's described as a "topless, sexier calzone". "I respect it for what it is," said Teigen, but was quick to add: "It's not pizza."

There you have it folks - if you know Chrissy Teigen at all, then this interview is everything you'd ever hoped for in terms of sass and superb soundbites. So enjoy. Maybe not with your breakfast Nutella.

A Tokyo Olympics commentator has provoked outrage on social media after misgendering the first non-binary Olympic athlete.

According to PinkNews, 20-year-old skateboarder Alana Smith competed in women's skateboarding on Sunday, July 25, but was misgendered when several news correspondents used incorrect pronouns when reporting on them.

Instead of using "them/they" pronouns, BBC journalists Marc Churchill and Ed Leigh, as well as NBC reporters Todd Harris and Paul Zitzer, used "she/her" pronouns instead.

These gaffes in turn provoked the wrath of a number of social media users, who promptly took to Twitter to express their outrage.

Trans journalist Britni de la Cretaz stated: "This is journalistic malpractice. No one should have to be misgendered on an international stage like this.

"Sports doesn't know what to do with non-binary athletes. Shoutout to Alana Smith, the first openly non-binary athlete to represent the U.S. in an Olympic Games."

Another wrote: "@BBC Sport tell ur commentator to get alana’s pronouns right they use they/them pronouns. hope this helps :) [sic]"

While a third added: "It really is pretty garbage hearing NBC commentators repeatedly misgendering Alana Smith when they literally have they/them on their board."

In an official statement, the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall wrote: "Alana Smith (they/them), American pro-skater in the #Tokyo2020 Olympics has been repeatedly misgendered by journalists.

"We hope there will be swift corrections. All athletes deserve to be respected & celebrated as part of the games. [sic]"

The controversy was only exacerbated when one Twitter user pointed out that Smith had their preferred pronouns printed on the back of their skateboard.

Per Out, a spokesperson for NBC Sports has since responded to the backlash, stating: "NBC Sports is committed to (and understands the importance of) using correct pronouns for everyone across our platforms.

"While our commentators used the correct pronouns in our coverage, we streamed an international feed that was not produced by NBCUniversal which misgendered Olympian Alana Smith. We regret this error and apologize to Alana and our viewers."

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Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee has spoken out about a racist pepper spray attack she recently experienced when she was the subject of a hate crime.

Lee, who won gold in the women's gymnastics all-around at this summer's Tokyo Games, opened up about the recent incident in an interview with PopSugar.

According to the 18-year-old athlete, the encounter took place in Los Angeles while she was waiting for an Uber with a group of friends also of Asian descent.

The Dancing with the Stars contestant said that as they stood there, a group sped past in a car and yelled racist slurs at her and her friends. As well as telling them to "go back to where they came from," one member of the gang even sprayed pepper spray, some of which hit Lee on the arm.

Though the incident was terrifying, the teenage gymnast was above all frustrated that she had not been able to do anything about it.

"I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off," she told PopSugar. "I didn't do anything to them, and having the reputation, it's so hard because I didn't want to do anything that could get me into trouble. I just let it happen."

As well as being the first Asian American woman to win gold in the all-around category, Lee is also the first Hmong American gymnast to qualify for the Olympics.

She has previously spoken proudly of her joint heritage, and the close Hmong American community she grew up in. During the Tokyo Games, Lee's parents organized a party that hundreds of Hmong American's from all over the country attended to watch Lee compete.

Lee tweeted a video of the party after seeing the celebration. "The people I do it all for," she wrote. "I LOVE YOU ALL."

The news of Lee's attack comes amid a dramatic rise in assaults on Asian Americans, The Washington Post reports.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, attacks targeting Asian people or those of Asian descent are estimated to have jumped by 73%.

In June, advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate counted more than 9,000 self-reported incidents of hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders since March 2020. Evidence suggests that a disproportionate number of attacks are against women.

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Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, and his administration's increasingly aggressive actions have sparked a renewed push to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Last week, tens of thousands gathered in cities across the nation to protest the policy that separated thousands of young migrant children from their parents. Like the Women's March and the March for Our Lives protests before it, the Families Belong Together demonstrations attracted everyone from seasoned activists to celebrities, including the likes of Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Laura Dern and Amber Heard.

The latter, however, incited the vitriol of the internet earlier today after allegedly "joking" about an ICE checkpoint.

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The actress posted a tweet early Tuesday morning, warning her 60,400 Twitter followers about an ICE checkpoint near her home in Los Angeles. "Just heard there’s an ICE checkpoint in Hollywood, a few blocks from where I live, she wrote. 'Everyone better give their housekeepers, nannies and landscapers a ride home tonight..." Heard wrote.

While it's evident that the 32-year-old was using sarcasm to highlight the unfair stereotypes perpetuated by - and used to justify  -- the actions of Trump's administration, many deemed the tweet to be insensitive, and even "racist".

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"Seriously? It’s easy to be outraged and an ‘activist’ from your privileged LA white soapbox isn’t it?", one Twitter user wrote, while another corroborated "I can see where you were going but somewhere along the way you took a wrong turn. Delete this sis."

"Basically saying all house keepers, landscapers, and nannies are illegal immigrants isn’t a little racist? Please help me understand how this isn’t a little racist," a third individual asserted.

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Heard seemingly tried to clarify her initial message in a follow-up tweet, which read "Checkpoints on your home streets.... Is this the “great” America we’re aiming for? Raids, fences and police-state like checkpoints don’t feel like the ‘land of the free’ our immigrant ancestors built."

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Heard was one of several high-profile celebrities to protest Trump's policy of separating immigrant families at the border - a move which saw over 23,000 children taken from their parents. The actress, who was previously married to Johnny Depp, was photographed at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry, formerly known as the Tornillo Port of Entry in Texas, with a sign that read: "Apartheid was legal, Holocaust was legal, legality is a matter of power, not justice."

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Chrissy Teigen also used her platform to make her opinion on the matter clear. Speaking at a Families Belong Together rally held last Saturday, the model asserted that she was proud to have a parent who was an immigrant.

"I’m incredibly proud to be the daughter of an immigrant. My mother grew up in a very small village in Thailand and she never lets me forget it," she stated. "We love that the American story is filled with people who come from all over the world to have a better life here. America at its best is big, beautiful and diverse. It's not small, it's not petty, and it's not exclusive, like Mar-a-Lago," she said, referencing the president's Florida resort."

An ex Olympic weightlifter has been praised on social media for her take on transgender women competing in sports.

Per Indy100, Laura Mariel, who competed four times in national weightlifting competitions in the US, took to TikTok earlier this week to share her thoughts on the controversial issue.

When asked about what she thought on the subject by another TikTok user, Mariel was quick to share her two cents.

"I think a lot of people use this question as an excuse for their bigotry," she said. "A lot of people that are concerned about transgender women in sports have not given a flying f*** about me as a female athlete."

"You don't care about the inequalities in opportunities, in pay, in airtime... You don't care about the blatant misogyny that still exists within sports today," she added.

Mariel added:

"Basically, people who have not cared one bit about my wellbeing as a female athlete, and are probably the same people who have bullied me, are now concerned about my competitive opportunities as a female athlete because of transgender women."

On Twitter, a number of social media users have praised Mariel's attitude as empathetic and understanding, and have agreed with her assessment on the hot button topic.

One wrote: "To everyone saying she didn't answer the question: most people asking this question want their biases against transgender people confirmed, not corrected.

"There is no actual answer that will satisfy their curiosity because they don't actually want an answer. It's a talking point."

Meanwhile, another added: "I have long made this point. It is amazing how so many people claim to care about women’s sports when it comes to transgender athletes.

"But they never care enough to campaign for equal pay or support women’s sports by watching in greater numbers. Odd."

While a third wrote: "I'll be honest, this is outside of my usual concerns. I had no real opinion on the subject at all, but this has opened my eyes!

"Fantastically put across and I will be using everything she said in any conversations on this topic I may have in the future."

This debate comes in the wake of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard representing New Zealand in this year's Olympics in the women's weightlifting team.

Per Reuters, the IOC confirmed that Hubbard, who was assigned as male at birth but who came out as transgender back in 2013, would be able to participate in the Tokyo Olympics in an official statement issued on Saturday, July 17.

Commenting on the decision in an official press conference, IOC chief Thomas Bach stated: "The IOC is in an inquiry phase with all different stakeholders… to review these rules and finally to come up with some guidelines.

"The rules are in place and the rules have to be applied and you cannot change the rules during an ongoing qualification system. This is what all the athletes of the world are relying on: that the rules are being applied."

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