Should Vanessa Hudgens Be Forgiven For Coronavirus Comments? Chrissy Teigen And More Sound Off

Vanessa Hudgens received quite a bit of backlash for her coronavirus comments. However, Chrissy Teigen and others are calling for an end to her criticism.

Teigen took to her Twitter on Tuesday to make a statement in the “High School Musical” star’s defense.

“Sometimes people, especially famous people, are gonna say really stupid [expletive],” the 34-year-old tweeted.“& so are you. And they, and u, will learn from it & hopefully their history says they’re good. it’s ok. and at the same time, wow they really had a dumb [expletive] moment. but u don’t have [to] ruin their lives.”

The tweet followed into a thread where Teigen, who is married to singer John Legend, specified who she was referring to in her initial tweet.

“This isn’t about me this time. but it will be one day, or it’ll be you. but yeah today it’s Vanessa lol,” she added. “and no, life is rarely ruined for anyone. but you are [expletive] well trying your best. just stop.”

Author and mental health advocate Amanda Jetté Knox replied in support of Teigen’s words by admitting her own mistakes.

“I have said so much ignorant [expletive] in my time,” she wrote.“Thankfully, there have been people to explain to me why it was ignorant, educate me, and accept my apology/willingness to do better. That is being human. Compassion & patience on their part. Growth on my part. That is what we do.”

However, strategic communications consultant Moira Whelan was in firm disagreement.

The Blue Dot Strategies founder mentioned Teigen: “Agree on 90% of what you ever say but the rules of crisis comms are: Stay In Your Lane. Break the rule, pay the fine. Famous or not.”

Teigen replied to Whelan: “Yikes. I’m gonna choose to be more forgiving but you do you.”

However, Whelan didn’t back down and instead referred to Legend’s recent live stream concert.

She clapped back: “I do this for a living. concerts in your house are life giving right now. That's a great path. Thanks for sharing where you are. But let's use it to move forward right now, forgive later. #toosoon #SaveLives”

The debate came after Hudgens made comments while on Instagram live about social distancing and shutdowns in regards to COVID-19.

“Um, yeah, ’til July sounds like a bunch of [expletive],” she said during Monday's live stream. “I’m sorry, but like, it’s a virus, I get it, like, I respect it, but at the same time, I’m like, even if everybody gets it, like yeah, people are going to die, which is terrible but like, inevitable?”

On Tuesday, Hudgens apologized for her comments with a post on Twitter.

However, many still found the actress' comments as unforgivable and a revelation of her character.

A user wrote under Tiegen's post:

"I disagree. When she laughed and said 'you know, some people are just going to die', it was obvious she didn't mean her, or anyone like her. She didn't mean the young, the healthy, or above all, the rich. This was Parasite captured in one moment-- this was class warfare."

Despite differing opinions regarding Hudgens' apology and comments, Teigen has stood firm in her decision of forgiveness.

She tweeted: "You are not gonna talk me into not forgiving people’s mistakes. It makes me clear and makes me happy and I’m gonna be happy. You wanna be angry online all fuckin day, go for it."