This week, Chrissy Teigen tweeted this little anecdote about her mom buying AirPods a few times a month.
my mom treats her air pods like they're disposable. buys a few a month. she says they would be easier to not lose if they had....a cord
People were quick to call out Chrissy for the tweet, considering a pair of AirPods costs $159.
"Most of your followers can't afford medicine," one user wrote.
@chrissyteigen Most of your followers can't afford medicine but this is definitely a thing you can tweet
This person pointed out how so many people near her are living in poverty:
@chrissyteigen Meanwhile a few miles from Chrissy’s home.
Others were just, frankly, pissed off by the tweet:
@theyoungman6669 @chrissyteigen NOOO PLEASE HOW WILL SHE SURVIVE ON ONLY 500 MILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 900 MILLION THINK OF THE AIRPODS BRO
@chrissyteigen Hilariously out of touch
@chrissyteigen Why did you tweet this. Why did you think this was a good idea.
@chrissyteigen eat the rich
@chrissyteigen Can rich people stop senselessly flexing on the poor like this?
But Chrissy checked her mentions and immediately apologized, saying, "It came across super tone deaf and icky."
Oh man I haven’t checked my mentions for a bit and I didn’t realize how many people were super pissed off about this. It was meant as a joke (and exaggeration) about how my mom doesn’t realize air pods are with a cord are headphones but it came across as super tone deaf and icky.
"I will do better to not be such an asshole," she added.
I promise I will not always say the right thing in the right way but I also promise I hate disappointing or pissing you guys off. I’m sorry and I will do better to not be such an asshole.