Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Hire Food Trucks to Feed Eric Garner Protesters in NYC

Model and her husband weren't in the city at the time

By Francesca Bacardi Dec 09, 2014 9:55 PMTags
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New York City has been facing multiple protests in the wake of the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner case, so Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend decided to help the activists out...by feeding them.

The A-list couple hired several food trucks to hand out free grub during the demonstrations that began after a grand jury decided not to indict an officer who had killed an unarmed Garner in a chokehold.

"So much love for the super generous & thoughtful @chrissyteigen @johnlegend for their support. #BlackLivesMatter Now come get fed!," tweeted Kimchi Taco, one of the food trucks hired.

Unfortunately, the supermodel and her husband couldn't be in New York, but she tweeted her thanks for the truck's participation.

"@KimchiTruck @johnlegend wish we could be there!! thank you for being a part of it!," she wrote.

The couple's cross-country generosity didn't end with the food trucks! The singer and his wife donated all of the leftover food to the homeless and urged fans to check out feedprojects.org.

These two aren't the only celebs who are speaking out against the controversial decision, though.

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Athletes have turned out in waves wearing I Can't Breathe T-shirts on the basketball court and football field. LeBron JamesDerrick RoseKyrie Irving and Reggie Bush all donned some form of the tee, which references the final words that Garner spoke before his death.

"It's not a Cavs thing," LeBron told reporters before the game. "It's a worldly thing."

"It's just for us to make a [statement] to understand what we're going through as a society," he added when asked about his tee. "Obviously, as a society we have to do better. We have to be better for one another. It doesn't matter what race you are. It's more of a shout-out to the family more than anything, because they're the ones that should be getting all the energy and effort."

This isn't LeBron's first time speaking out against the controversies that have swept the nation. He Instagrammed a cartoon photo of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin wrapping their arms around each other two weeks ago and captioned the pic, "As a society how do we do better and stop things like this happening time after time!! I'm so sorry to these families. Violence is not the answer people. Retaliation isn't the solution as well. #PrayersUpToTheFamilies #WeHaveToDoBetter."