Chrissy Teigen Reveals Major Change To Her Family In Candid Admission

Chrissy Teigen  just announced a major shift in her family dynamic and it might catch even her most loyal followers off guard.

During a stop by Today Show Radios The Happy Hour  this week, Teigen revealed that her mom, Vilailuck Pepper Teigen, recently moved back to her native Thailand after spending years living with the models growing family, which includes husband John Legend.

We havent really told the world or the internets, and everyone is going to be probably so confused, Chrissy Teigen said on the SiriusXM program.

She is meant to go live her best life. She, you know, obviously loves taking care of her grandchildren. ... But seeing her every day at home doing that, and being there with us, was so special and so amazing. But shes young enough that she needs to go off and be happy. 

For years, Pepper Teigen has regularly made appearances on social media, in interviews and in public with her daughters family. Fans celebrated when she became a U.S. citizen in 2018 , and regularly laughed along  at the mother and daughters antics.

While Chrissy Teigen said that it was her moms decision to leave, she also talked about why she was so supportive of the move.

She has a group of girlfriends out there that she just, she changes she lights up when she sees them, the model said. And I wasnt seeing her light up as much, you know, without them. And she needs to go find love and find, you know, whatever it is she wants. She pretends that she doesnt care about that kind of stuff, and she just cares about her grandbabies and her friends. But I wanted that for her.

The former Lip Sync Battle host said that the family misses her so much, but that her mom checks in with daily FaceTime chats.

Shes only been gone for a couple of weeks, but you feel the void, Chrissy Teigen said, later adding that she has never really been on my own.

Its weird waking up and knowing, like, Oh, my God, Ive got four kids, and Moms not here. And, of course, we have help, but theres nobody like your mother. 

When her mother left, the Cravings cookbook author said that I felt it in my bones, explaining that she didnt quite process the move until her moms car was ready to pick her up for the airport.

I had not shed a tear. I was really excited for her, Teigen recalled. And then I heard 30 minutes until your car gets here, and then I just lost it.