John Legend was Chrissy Teigen’s “stage husband” for her new Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover.
The model — who made her professional modeling debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue back in 2010 — graces the iconic publication’s 60th anniversary edition, with the shoot done at the couple’s home.
“Oh, I was there. I was cheering her on. I was ‘ooh-ing and aah-ing.’ And then Yu Tsai was asking me which [photos] were my favorites, and I was showing him what my favorites were. So, you know, I was there stage-husbanding,” Legend told Extra.
The singer described the Sports Illustrated team as “like family” to him and his wife — who have kids Luna, Miles, Esti and Wren together — and the whole experience was “so comfortable.”
“I was so proud. I was there for the photo shoot … I know the photographer very well, Yu Tsai, and the whole team at SI team has been there for a long time … The whole team is like family to us, and so it was such a warm, like, familial experience being around for the shoot and doing it at our house. Chrissy just felt so comfortable; we all felt so comfortable, and the photos came out so beautifully,” Legend added.
His wife appeared in the new issue alongside the likes of Kate Upton, Christie Brinkley, Martha Stewart and Tyra Banks. Teigen said she relished the photoshoot for the latest edition.
“It was honestly so comfortable and cool … It’s growth, and it felt good,” she recently told Extra.
And Teigen believes appearing in the 2010 issue was a life-changing moment.
“They were the first people to really believe in me … It was the first time that I got to speak and be in front of people, and they were okay with it — and I got to represent a brand that I was really proud of representing,” she said.
