John Legend jokes seeing Chrissy Teigen walk Ed Hardy fashion show in 2010 convinced him they should wed… as she recalls being ‘star struck’ by Jon Gosselin in the front row
John Legend has joked that he knew he was ready to marry Chrissy Teigen when he saw her at a runway show for the now collapsed fashion brand Ed Hardy, back in 2010.
After Teigen, 34, posted a throwback from the show on Thursday via her Instagram, Legend, 41, commented: ‘This was the year I proposed to you.’
He explained: ‘After seeing you in the Ed Hardy show, I was convinced you were the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.’
This is it: John Legend has revealed that he knew he was ready to marry Chrissy Teigen when he saw her at THIS Ed Hardy fashion show back in 2010.
However, it seemed to be a less memorable event for Teigen, who recalled in her caption that she was ‘star struck’ over seeing reality star Jon Gosselin sat in the front row.
Although she mentions the year 2011, the Ed Hardy Swimwear 2011 fashion show actually took place on on July 16, 2010, during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim at the Raleigh in Miami Beach, Florida.
Funnily enough, designer Ed Hardy remembers Jon Gosselin, 43, all too well, as the tattoo artist said in 2013 that having the reality star photographed in his clothing led to the brand’s downfall.
‘That Jon Gosselin thing was the nail in the coffin,’ he told the New York Post. ‘That’s what tanked it. Macy’s used to have a huge window display with Ed Hardy, and it filtered down and that’s why Macy’s dropped the brand.’
Memories: The couple appeared to have different takes on the event
Runway: Chrissy at the Ed Hardy Swimwear 2011 fashion show actually took place on on July 16, 2010, during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim at the Raleigh in Miami Beach, Florida.
Looking good: John Legend was watching his then girlfriend from the audience
Thankfully it was the first time Teigen and Legend laid eyes on each other. The model played Legend’s love interest in his 2007 music video for Stereo, where they first met.
She later revealed that when the shoot was over, they went back to his hotel room and ate In-N-Out burgers and ‘hooked up.’
‘We did the music video, we were together for like 12 hours,’ Teigen told Wendy Williams in 2014.
All worked out: The couple have two children together Miles Theodore Stephens, two, and Luna Simone Stephens, four.
‘We spent the entire day together, me in my underwear and him in a full suit, and I went to go say goodbye to him, to his hotel and we didn’t ever say goodbye that night.’
Legend ended up getting down on one knee and proposing to Teigen during a 2011 vacation in the Maldives.
The couple have two children together Miles Theodore Stephens, two, and Luna Simone Stephens, four.