Chrissy Teigen kicks off 2019 with a viral moment, and yes, her eyeball is fine

Chrissy Teigen has already kicked off 2019 with a viral moment, but it must have hurt a bit.

The Queen of Twitter was co-hosting NBC's live New Year's Eve from New York's Times Square with her pal, Saturday Night Live favourite Leslie Jones, when the pair went in for a hug at midnight.

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But Jones, shielded from the wet weather by a treacherous plastic umbrella, proved difficult to get to, with Teigen leaning in for a hug but instead taking an umbrella point straight to the eye.

The awkward but rather funny moment was not only seen on live television, but rewatched in videos like the above, which clocked up millions of views. Read more...

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