Cookbook author, TV personality and model Chrissy Teigen said she had nothing to do with the New York Times placing columnist Alison Roman on leave from its pages, and asked that she be reinstated.

Teigen, who was attached to executive produce a TV show starring Roman (the show has not begun production because of the pandemic) was mildly dissed by Roman in an online interview that ran in The New Consumer.

Roman brought up that Teigen had exploded as a cooking star despite a modest background in the culinary field.  Roman said that it “horrified” her.

The NY Times has said Roman is on a “temporary leave,” but has not commented further.

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