Chrissy Teigen appeared to mistake Ipswich Town for Chelsea after wearing the latter’s shirt while attending a game at fellow London club Arsenal.
She was joined by husband John Legend and their children to watch on as Arsenal beat Ipswich 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium in north London.
It was the couple’s first Premier League game and the pair gave an interview to Prime Video following the match.
However, when asked why she supports Chelsea, Chrissy seemed to confuse the west London team with the team she just spent the last 90 minutes watching in Ipswich Town.
She said: ‘Listen, I love an underdog, and I love coming in and being surprised by how much a team can do and and I think it was so much fun for us to root for them, because everyone was on Arsenal side.
‘Yeah, I wanted to really give them the support that they needed. When you said Chelsea, I was like, is Chelsea Ipswich? I don’t know.’
The 39-year-old posted to her Instagram to show off her ‘risky moves’ in wearing a Chelsea shirt to the Arsenal ground while also donning a half and half scarf featuring Ipswich Town.
During the match, she also took to Instagram to suggest ways to make the game more exciting by saying ‘soccer needs more goals’ before adding ‘also the main goals should be higher in the air’.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen attended Arsenal vs Ipswich Town on Friday alongside their two children
Fans branded the couple ‘clueless’ as they got confused, with Chrissy even wearing a Chelsea shirt to the game
Chrissy also suggested ways to make the game more exciting by saying ‘soccer needs more goals’ before adding ‘also the main goals should be higher in the air’
Following their appearance Prime Video, football fans for branding her ‘clueless’ and the online criticism seemed to trigger Chrissy, who posted a series of videos on Instagram hitting out at the critics as ‘n**s and t***s’.
Taking to her Instagram Stories, she fumed: ‘You know who the biggest ‘n**s and t***s’ are? The people who don’t like soccer as much as I do’
Then, sharing a throwback snap of herself in a football kit before a match, she added: ‘Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know soccer?’
Speaking with the streamer earlier in the evening, John said: ‘This was so fun. This is our first Premier League game ever, and we’re here for the holidays.
‘We’re having a great time. You know, my friends, I don’t know the league very well, and my friends were like, well, Arsenal is going to win by like, you know, six goals.
‘But it was a closer match than we expected, closer than we thought.’
He added that he family go to football matches in LA ‘every once in a while’ before add that England is ‘where the real football has been played’.
Chrissy continued: ‘We feel spoiled to get to be here, especially as people that don’t understand the game and the nuances as much as anybody else. So the fact that we get to be on the field.’
Chrissy has since blasted the ‘n**s and t***s’ who claim she doesn’t know anything about football
Then, sharing a throwback snap of herself in a football kit before a match, she added: ‘Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know soccer?’
Speaking with the streamer, John said: ‘This was so fun. This is our first Premier League game ever, and we’re here for the holidays’
Chrissy is not the first American A-lister to pledge their allegiance to an English football club.
Tom Hanks has been a longtime fan of Aston Villa, as he explained back in 2019 on an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden who seemed puzzled why he would support what he called an ‘obscure team’.
‘I don’t think Aston Villa is an obscure team whatsoever, the claret and the blue,’ Hanks said back to him.
He went on to explain after waking up early due to jet lag while in London, he turned on the BBC to catch the football scores and took an instant liking to the Aston Villa’s name.
Hanks has since been spotted at Villa Park last season to cheer on the Claret and Blue take on Liverpool in a dramatic 3-3 draw.
While, Samuel L Jackson has been a devout Anfield fan ever since he starred in the 2001 Brit flick The 51st State , shot on location in Merseyside, where his character Elmo McElroy takes in a Liverpool-Manchester United clash during the drug drama’s cilmax.
Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone claims to be an Everton fan after attending the club’s 1-1 draw with Reading in January 2007 following an invite from former Blues shareholder and Planet Hollywood owner Robert Earl.
Adam Sandler has been spotted at Stamford Bridge, cheering on Chelsea earlier this year.
Hollywood A-Lister Tom Hanks was in Birmingham to watch Aston Villa take on Liverpool in May
Hanks filmed a video of himself at Villa Park where he was ‘celebrating the penultimate game’
Sylvester Stallone salutes the fans with an Everton scarf prior to the start of a match between against Reading at Goodison Park on January 14, 2007
It’s no secret that Hollywood’s highest-paid actor is a fan of the Blues, as he once was in attendance for a west London derby game involving Chelsea and Fulham, 15 years or so ago, according to Tribal Football.
American rap icon Jay-Z said he started supporting Arsenal after watching club legend Thierry Henry.
Speaking in 2010 during an interview with Arsenal.com, Jay-Z said: ‘When Thierry Henry was at the club I saw him play and I just thought he was an amazing player.
‘Ever since then I have been a big fan of the club, following you guys, and still today you play the beautiful football that Thierry did. I think he had a real long term-effect on the team.’
Kim Kardashian has also been seen cheering on Arsenal with her son as they crash out of the Europa League against Sporting CP at the Emirates in March 2023.
And Leeds fans were left gobsmacked following reports that Will Ferrell – who has previoulsy dcleared himself a Cheslea fan – purchased a large stake in the club.
Also buying into English football, Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan was announced as a part-owner of Premier League Bournemouth in 2022 – and earlier this year, it was reported that he was creating a kit for Cherries to wear.
Perhaps most famously, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over Wrexham in 2020, and have overseen back-to-back promotions which mean the North Wales club play in League One this season.
Jay-Z pictured (left) at the Emirates Stadium in 2013 alongside Coldplay singer Chris Martin
Kim Kardashian has also been seen cheering on Arsenal
The reality TV icon travelled with her son, Saint, to watch Arsenal at the Emirates last season
Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan was announced as a part-owner of Premier League Bournemouth in 2022
Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds (right) and Rob McElhenney (left) celebrate with the Vanarama National League trophy in 2023
McElhenney (left) and Reynolds pictured in Wrexham FC’s stands
NFL legend Tom Brady spent time with Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney (left) before a Birmingham City match
Brady (left) has revealed that David Beckham (right) taught him about the tradition of football chants at Birmingham’s 3-1 win over Wrexham in September
NFL legend Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion, followed suit and invested in Birmingham in August 2023.
He was seen at a match at St. Andrew’s in September with David Beckham, who owns Inter Miami FC in the US.
‘Thanks for teaching me how to sing at a football match, David Beckham,’ Brady, 47, wrote on Instagram, adding, ‘Can’t repeat most of what was said,’ with a laughing face emoji.
In a star-studded link-up, Brady also spent time with Wrexham co-owner McElhenney before kick-off.
