Chrissy Teigen Steps Out After Saying She's Gained 40 Lbs. During Pregnancy

Chrissy Teigen was all smiles as she headed out for dinner at Craig’s in Los Angeles Monday night.

The 32-year-old cookbook author and Lip Sync Battle host — who is expecting her second child, a boy, with husband John Legend — showed off her growing baby bump in a short black, pajama-inspired wrap dress with cold shoulder details. Teigen accessorized the look with drop earrings, a black purse, and clear sandals.

Her outing comes hours after Teigen told fans about her latest weight gain, lamenting that her pregnancy curves seemed to have avoided one specific area of her body.

“Up 40 pounds and not one ounce went to my butt,” Teigen tweeted. “Please stop shaming the buttless, we are trying.”

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Teigen has longed for a bigger backside for years as she previously told Esquire in 2014 that no matter how much she targeted her workouts, she saw no results.

“I didn’t know butts were a thing until I was 23. Then came Jennifer Lopez and people were like, ‘That butt is great.’ Now you have to have a butt. It sucks for me,” she said at the time. “I have a little half-Asian butt, and the more I work out, the more I try to get it bigger, it’s just going to get flatter and harder.”

The soon-to-be mother of two’s admission on Monday resonated with many fans, including actress Ruby Rose who responded, “I feel this,” and model Tess Holliday, who made a reference to her recent Snapchat about making key lime pies: “Do you want some of mine? I will trade you for some limes.”

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In February, she tweeted about her pregnancy weight gain with a question about one of her cravings.

“Kraft makes a ‘thick and creamy’ version of their original mac and cheese but why not just replace the original with it? It’s infinitely better. Yes I have gained 38 pounds so far in this pregnancy thank you for asking,” Teigen wrote.

And in December 2017, the Cravings cookbook author quipped on Twitter, “I think this baby is gonna come out of my face,” followed by the tweet: “I would weigh 40 pounds less without a face.”