VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) Faces Backlash For Including Chrissy Teigen In New Commercial

Let’s just say no one will be buying her cookbook again anytime soon. After she was dumped by Target, Macy’s and Bloomingdales, it looks like VRBO might be pulling the plug on their working relationship with Chrissy Teigen as well.

That’s because the company has gotten some pretty harsh backlash for including the model in their latest commercial. Here’s what you need to know.

Chrissy Teigen’s partnership with the vacation property rental service was slammed by social media users for an ad that she was featured in. The spot aired during The Voice. This week.

VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) Faces Backlash For Including Chrissy Teigen In New Commercial

“VRBO, cancel the collab you have with Chrissy NOW unless you support telling children to commit suicide,” wrote one angry critic while another one said, “My family and I use your service to list our property. We deserve better than you using @chrissyteigen as an ambassador. This issue negatively impacts our business. Please act now!”

“If kindness rules (see your Apr 28 tweet) how can you possibly let Chrissy Teigen represent your brand?” another person said, adding, “You said it yourselves; if you mistreat people, there’s no space for you on VRBO. If she represents VRBO, my properties will not be advertised there.”

Chrissy’s downfall began when she told Courtney Stodden told her to kill herself in a series of DM’s on Twitter back in 2011. While Chrissy did offer a public apology on Twitter, she still has Courtney blocked.

If that weren’t enough, she also sent hate messages to Farrah Abraham and suggested Lindsay Lohan should slit her wrists. She also fat shamed Mariah Carey while she was pregnant.

Meanwhile, branding expert Mark Borkowski believes that Chrissy Teigen might not recover from this cyberbullying scandal.

“No one tolerates the idea of a bully. Within the business values of many of these brands it causes problems,” Borkowski explained to the New York Post in a recent interview. “It’s all about authenticity. If you’re found out not to be what you [claim] to be, that always leads to an Icarus moment and everything comes crashing down. One day you’re hot and the next day you’re canceled due to stupidity, arrogance or ego.”

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