John Legend Says Love for Pregnant Chrissy Teigen Is ‘Deeper’ After Overcoming Grief, IVF: ‘I Just Value Her More’

19.10.2022 - 22:01 / usmagazine.com

A new perspective. John Legend opened up about how he and pregnant Chrissy Teigen were able to rebuild after the loss of son Jack — and how their grief made their bond even stronger.

“When we first met, we were like, very attracted to each other, our chemistry was great, but that level of attraction is more like infatuation at the beginning of a relationship,” the EGOT winner, 43, recalled on the Monday, October 17, episode of the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast. “And love when it is able to stand the test of time, it has to be deeper and more real than that. We’ve been through enough together where it’s really fortified us and made us stronger. Those tests have made us grow together and realize things about each other that we didn’t know. … I think she’s cooler now than I ever thought she was. I just really have seen her in all kinds of situations. I just value her more, and in awe of her more than I ever have been.”

Legend explained that the couple’s hardship helped inspire one of his new songs, “I Don’t Love You Like I Used To,” because their relationship feels “different now but it’s better.”

The Voice alum and the Cravings cookbook author, 36, got engaged in 2011 after four years of dating and tied the knot in 2013. Legend confessed on Monday that he was “selfish” in the early days of the duo’s romance.

“I wasn’t a great partner at the beginning of our relationship,” he said. “Even though I was very into her and very excited to be with her. I was still selfish. I was in my mid-20s, still not ready to fully be the committed partner that I am now. … Once you really figure out that you love someone and you really love so much about them and you really want to make it work with that person, like you have to decide, I’m