Chrissy Teigen has responded to critics who blasted her for posting a topless pic alongside her son on social media.
Earlier this week (March 17), the 35-year-old model and influencer took to her official Instagram account to share a picture of herself and her son, Miles, with her 34 million followers on the platform.
The image in question shows Teigen's young son standing between her legs while she gets dressed, with Chrissy covering her bare breasts with her arms and smiling at him affectionately.
Chrissy captioned the post simply: "please move, mommy is trying to be thirsty. [sic]"
The post quickly went viral, attaining over 1.6 million likes and more than 17,000 comments from other Instagram users as of the time of writing, with many praising Chrissy's unapologetic pics.
For instance, one person wrote: "THE HOT MOM STRUGGLE IS REAL. [sic]"
Another person wrote: "Ha ha. Only a mom knows this level of lack of privacy!"
A third chimed in: "This is much better than any thirst trap pic."
A fourth commented: "I freakin love your sense of humor, so refreshing."
However, not all of the comments on the post were positive ones, and a number of Instagram users were critical of the picture.
For instance, one person wrote: "Sorry I love ya. But this is inappropriate. [sic]"
Someone else commented: "Nothing wrong with posting this however should be a personal memory. Why make it public?"
A third person commented: "The situation isn't inappropriate, photographing it and posting it is the inappropriate part!"
However, per Buzzfeed, Chrissy was only too happy to clap back to some of the people who took issue with her post.
For instance, in the comments below her post, she replied to one critic: "Wait til [they] fine out we take baths together."
She then replied to another critic: "Everyone mad can reply here so I can just block you in one area."
A number of Chrissy's fans also defended the picture and took her side in the issue.
For instance, one commenter wrote: "I love your Instagram but if I'm being totally honest the main reason I come here is to see you destroy people in the comments."
Chrissy has previously snapped at the trolls who have criticized her online, writing in a tweet made on September 1, 2020: "so many of you are little thieves [of] joy.
"[You] police what makes people happy until they don’t wanna share anymore. you do it to me and I should be happy and successful enough to not have it bother me and it does. imagine what you do to anyone else. that is super sad.
"Honestly I’ll take it if it stops you from doing it to someone not as happy. because that is crazy sad to do to someone. [sic]"
