Chrissy Teigen Announces Father’s Death in Emotional Message: ‘I Will Talk to You Every Night’

Chrissy Teigen is mourning the sudden loss of her father, Ron.

“Yesterday I woke up with a daddy and went to bed without one,” Teigen, 40, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, June 10, alongside a video of her 86-year-old dad. “All the same things happened. Hurried shower. Picked up stuffing from the dog toys. Answered some emails. Avoided some. Laughed with my friends and put on a pretty dress for a friend’s birthday. Took a video. How cute is this dress! And then my dad just like … f***ing died.”

Her emotional caption continued, “I thought that since we talk about it and I’ve come to terms with him always having been an ‘old dad’ that I wouldn’t have fallen to the ground the way I did. I’ve thought about this phone call for years. I’ll be ready.”

Teigen went on to recall writing her father “a letter about how grateful I was for him” after a recent week away.

“[I wrote] about how hard he worked for us growing up and how much I love him. I am forever grateful for the moment I handed him the letter, and all our years before,” she wrote. “If you didn’t know my dad, my dad hated nearly everything in the world that wasn’t a bass guitar, swing dancing, wood carving, animals, YouTube, or his family. I have hundreds and hundreds of videos of him just being mad at things he isn’t even doing, watching, or eating. They make me so happy now.”

Teigen concluded, “God I love you so much. I will talk to you every night. Thank you for being such a great dad. Until we complain again 🤍🤍🤍.”

In the accompanying video, Ron sat at a table discussing his opinion on salmon. “Salmon this, salmon that,” he said with laughter in the background. “I got so much salmon, I’ll never touch another salmon ever again.”

Teigen elaborated on the clip in the comments section, writing, “The video is my dad talking about raising me in the Pacific Northwest. He really loved it but boy did he hate salmon.”

Among the many supportive messages from fellow social media users was one from Teigen’s husband, John Legend.

“We love you so much Papa Ron,” he commented. “I’m so glad you got to spend so much time with your grandbabies. I loved seeing you beam with pride at the beautiful family you helped create. 🤍🤍🤍🤍.”

Legend, 47, announced on Thursday that a handful of upcoming concerts would be rescheduled due to the family’s loss.

“To my fans in Albuquerque, NM, and Pine Bluff, AR,” he wrote via his Instagram Story. I was so looking forward to being with you this weekend for an Evening of Songs & Stories, but we have had a death in our family and I need to be home with them.”

He noted that the performances would be rescheduled for August and apologized “for any inconvenience this may have caused.”