Chrissy Teigen Praises ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ for Representation

Chrissy Teigen shared a heartfelt Instagram caption in praise of newly-released film, Crazy Rich Asians, explaining its special meaning to her. 

Since the romantic-comedy hit theaters, there has been an overwhelmingly positive response toward the entirely Asian-American cast. Teigen used her social media presence to gush about the film’s use of representation, and explained how it personally impacted not only her, but her daughter.

What can I really say about this movie that hasn’t been said by absolutely everyone who has seen it. I’ve been excited to see this since production was announced but I could have never imagined how wonderful it would be. I planned on seeing it, making a few jokes about how it checked all the boxes for me (CRAZY ☑️ RICH ☑️ ASIAN ☑️) but the feeling I got during the credits, watching John dance with my little black asian mashup baby bear luna tunes, was a feeling I haven’t had at the end of any other movies. Luna, aside from being blown away by the general movie-going experience (yep she’s 13 now, time flies) looked up at @constancewu’s mother and yelled “yāy!” (“Grandma” in thai) because she saw someone who looked like her yāy. Someone beautiful and aspirational. It was something that simple that made my heart just…warm. That made me happy. It made me happy to see this over the top story done from so many angles, some I could totally understand because of my own confusing Asian American upbringing. I loved it all, from the quieter moments of talking around the table of sacrifice and past hardships to the spectacle of the bachelor party. Finding that I could cry watching the most over the top aisle walk on the planet. You never know how much you miss being represented on screen until you actually see what it’s like to be represented. And represented by all different types of characters with all different types of personalities, just like any other great movie. Also aside from all that, it’s just colorful, fun and big as fuck. God I love a rom com. God I loved it all. Thank you guys for making this movie.

A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Aug 26, 2018 at 3:01pm PDT

The model’s two-year-old daughter, Luna, squealed her grandmother’s name when an actress resembling Teigen’s Thai mother appeared on-screen. Teigen was not only ecstatic that the film represented her Asian-American upbringing, but that it provided her child with lead roles that looked similar to family.

The heartwarming post promoted the importance of minority representation in film, and how impactful it can be to all ages.