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Chrissy Teigen Smites Bill O’Reilly With Fiery Comeback After ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Live’ Diss

John Legend’s wife tweeted a lot of quips during his Easter Sunday rock opera — this one could have burned a bush

Jennifer Maas | April 1, 2018 @ 5:01 PM
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We all know Chrissy Teigen’s commentary is the stuff of legend — especially when it’s about her husband John Legend. And this Easter Sunday, the Queen of Twitter brought her live-tweeting game up to a sacred level while critiquing her husband in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.”

The Holy Grail of Teigen’s one-liners that evening was both a compliment to the TV musical and a comeback aimed at Bill O’Reilly, all rolled into one.

“Watching JC Superstar on NBC. Who knew Jesus of Nazareth ran a tattoo parlor? Geez,” O’Reilly tweeted during the show.

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“Yes the shop specializes in coverups that aren’t 32 million dollars,” Teigen replied, referencing the former Fox News pundit’s departure from the network last year amid sexual misconduct accusations.

Teigen’s R&B singer hubby starred in the TV rock opera as the titular son of God. He was joined by Alice Cooper as King Herod, Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate and Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene, among others. But, unfortunately, not Teigen.

No, she managed to steal the show from the audience with a steady stream of amazing tweets.

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The model began blessing us with her insider perspective before the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced event had even started. Teigen shared a video of herself, Legend and their infant daughter Luna hanging out in his dressing room, listening to Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks.” Because of course they were.

Her first official tweet about the show was a very appropriate, “HE HAS RISEN aaaaahahahahhahahahahahahahahh.”

Teigen then gave a quick nod to Legend’s ultra-modern costume — which she previously described as a “hot” take on the star of the Bible — simply writing, “Rick Owens x Jesus.”

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Later, she very astutely deduced that the cast members wearing coats were, in fact, the villains “because coats.”

The pregnant star (did we mention she was pregnant before?) ended her 2 and a half hour long review with the most human comment ever tweeted after a musical: “I just took theeeeeeee most orgasmic pee.”

Oh, and then there was a clip of Legend and his co-stars taking a well-deserved bow.

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See all of Teigen’s tweets below.

Live TV Musicals Ranked by Ratings, From 'Little Mermaid' to 'Rent' (Photos)

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Turns out ABC’s Tuesday event didn’t flounder among adults 18-49

ABC's "The Little Mermaid Live!" didn't flounder in Tuesday's primetime Nielsen ratings in comparison to the other live (and semi-live) TV musicals that came before it. And yes, that includes the most-recent and lowest-rated event, Fox's "Rent."

Last night's broadcast -- which cut between the 1989 animated film and live performances by the cast, including "Moana" star Auli'i Cravalho as Ariel and Queen Latifah as Ursula -- came in at No. 4 on the list of modern-day, live TV musicals ranked by their ratings among the key adults 18-49 demo. What makes that impressive slot even more impressive for "Little Mermaid" is that it was ABC's first foray into the genre since its rebirth, with all the other specials having aired on Fox or NBC.

Scroll through our gallery to see how each of broadcast TV's modern-day, live musical productions rank by Nielsen numbers. Lowest-rated is first, highest-rated is last.

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