Hillary Clinton praises Chrissy Teigen for sharing her miscarriage

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has offered her support to Chrissy Teigen after the star penned a heartbreaking essay on her pregnancy loss. Photo / Supplied

Hillary Clinton has offered kind words of support to Chrissy Teigen in response to the star's candid essay on losing her unborn son.

Teigen, 34, returned to social media on Tuesday after a month-long break following her pregnancy loss, sharing excerpts from a piece she wrote on her website about the tragedy.

Clinton, 73, went on to share the essay on Twitter, praising the model and author for her bravery.

oh my god Hillary Clinton just tweeted my essay now I have to delete the stupid videos I just posted oh my god please dont look at them Hillary Clinton

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 28, 2020

It prompted an enthusiastic response from Teigen, who said she was "honoured" to have the former Secretary of State's support.

"Thank you, @chrissyteigen, for your bravery and grace in starting a hard conversation to help other families heal alongside yours," Clinton's original tweet read.

"Oh my god Hillary Clinton just tweeted my essay now I have to delete the stupid videos I just posted oh my god please dont look at them Hillary Clinton (sic)," Teigen wrote to followers.

I’m so honored @hillaryclinton. You have dedicated your life to fighting for women’s and children’s health, so to have you share my piece about my experience means the absolute world to me. Wow. Wow. https://t.co/9xv5SBDgGX

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 28, 2020

She added in a follow-up tweet sharing Clinton's words: "I'm so honored @hillaryclinton. You have dedicated your life to fighting for women's and children's health, so to have you share my piece about my experience means the absolute world to me. Wow. Wow."

On Tuesday, Teigen penned a lengthy essay detailing the ordeal, including the harrowing moment she and husband John Legend were told to say goodbye.

In her deeply emotional essay, Teigen opened up about the pain of losing Jack, and the gratitude she has for all who have shared their similar stories with her.

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We are quiet but we are okay. Love you all so much.

A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Oct 16, 2020 at 1:53pm PDT

She also touched on the criticism she received for sharing photos of the tragedy.

When it happened, Teigen said she asked her mother and Legend to take photos of the incident, revealing her husband "hated" it.

"I had asked my mum and John to take pictures, no matter how uncomfortable it was. I explained to a very hesitant John that I needed them, and that I did NOT want to have to ever ask. That he just had to do it," she wrote on her website.

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I didn’t know how to come back to real life so I wrote this piece for Medium with hopes that I can somehow move on but as soon as I posted it, tears flew out because it felt so....final. I don’t want to ever not remember jack. . . Thank you to everyone who has been so kind. Thank you to the incredible doctors who tried so hard to make our third life a reality. Thank you to my friends and family and our entire household for taking care of me through all the adult diaper changes, bed rest and random hugs. Thank you John for being my best friend and love of my life. A lot of people think of the woman in times like this but I will never forget that john also suffered through these past months, while doing everything he could to take care of me. I am surrounded, in a human therapy blanket of love. I am grateful and healing and feel so incredibly lucky to witness such love.

A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Oct 27, 2020 at 2:01pm PDT

"He hated it. I could tell. It didn't make sense to him at the time. But I knew I needed to know of this moment forever, the same way I needed to remember us kissing at the end of the aisle, the same way I needed to remember our tears of joy after Luna and Miles (the couple's first two children). And I absolutely knew I needed to share this story.

"I cannot express how little I care that you hate the photos. How little I care that it's something you wouldn't have done. I lived it, I chose to do it, and more than anything, these photos aren't for anyone but the people who have lived this or are curious enough to wonder what something like this is like.

"These photos are only for the people who need them. The thoughts of others do not matter to me."

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We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before. We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough. . . We never decide on our babies’ names until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital.  But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack.  So he will always be Jack to us.  Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever. . . To our Jack - I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive.  We will always love you. . . Thank you to everyone who has been sending us positive energy, thoughts and prayers.  We feel all of your love and truly appreciate you. . . We are so grateful for the life we have, for our wonderful babies Luna and Miles, for all the amazing things we’ve been able to experience.  But everyday can’t be full of sunshine.  On this darkest of days, we will grieve, we will cry our eyes out. But we will hug and love each other harder and get through it.

A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Sep 30, 2020 at 8:58pm PDT

Elsewhere in the piece, Teigen described the events leading up to her miscarriage, saying she had been diagnosed with partial placenta abruption and briefly managed the condition at home.

She told fans she wrote the essay so she could "move on" and "return back to life".

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