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Chrissy Teigen Weighs In on Doritos Diet Controversy: I'm Not Promoting Eating Disorders!

Supermodel recently revealed she loves just licking the seasoning off the snack chip

By Marc Malkin Aug 19, 2015 5:29 PMTags
Watch: Chrissy Teigen Clears Up Dorito Licking Comments

Chrissy Teigen loves to eat.

And the supermodel is not about to make any apologies for it.

But she did stir up some controversy lately when she revealed her Doritos guilty pleasure.

"I lick off the nacho cheese seasoning and put the chips back in the bag," Teigen told Delish.com. "You still get all the flavor, not all the carbs!"

She came under fire from critics for her flavorful habit.

"It was 'promoting eating disorders' were the exact words," Teigen told me last night at Samsung's launch of the Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5. "Like me, of all people? Holy smokes! Of course, I would never."

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Teigen said people need to lighten up and should have immediately realized it was a joke.

"I wasn't honestly saying licking the seasoning off doritos is my idea of diet, you morons," she tweeted. "Sorry. you all aren't morons. just the people who seriously think i go on doritos seasoning diets. the rest of you are my everything."

Teigen said the interviewer commented on how her guilty pleasure was "no carbs."

"I was like, 'Yeah, you're right!'" Teigen said.

Controversy aside, Teigen is surprised Frito-Lay, the makers of Doritos, hasn't sent her a lifetime supply of the seasoned tortilla chips. "Usually whenever I write about something I get a bunch, but I haven't gotten any," she said.

We also asked Teigen to explain why she loves hubby John Legend's fried chicken so much. Watch the video above to find out what they do to take his recipe "to the next level."

And to hear what Chrissy told us about her and John's baby plans, make sure to tune into E! News tonight at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Watch: John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Look Perfect at Oscars