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<p>Once upon a time, in the magical land of Los Angeles, Twitter Princess <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-breakup-no/">Chrissy Teigen</a> found herself in need of six brown bananas. Instead of going on a wild goose chase all over LA trying to find the perfect &#39;nanas, the model and chef put a call out to her Twitter followers&ndash;with the promise of some <em>very</em><em> </em>good rewards.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area, I will send my assistant to your home with a signed cookbook, John&#39;s underwear and a Becca palette</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910924407744249856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ok this banana thing is getting ridiculous. don&#39;t tell me your banana browning hacks. just...if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area lmk</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910924062641184768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The people of Twitter jumped at the chance to provide Teigen with browned yellow fruit&ndash;including many people who didn&#39;t quite fit Teigen&#39;s requirements but just wanted to meet her...</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/AmnaaSid/status/910924748426801152</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I HAVE 3 THEYRE MY ROOMMATES BUT SHELL UNDESTAND IM IN YHE VALLEY</p>&mdash; i s a b e l l (@isa8ellcardenas) <a href="https://twitter.com/isa8ellcardenas/status/910926273966305280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Many offered to mail some to her&ndash;or to drive through the night with them.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have one but I’m not in LA but I could overnight it to you</p>&mdash; georgia⁷ (@gotmestargazin) <a href="https://twitter.com/gotmestargazin/status/910924396528680960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m in Milwaukee and have bananas that would probably be brown in the time it takes to drive there....you want them or nah</p>&mdash; Madeline Spaghetti Sauce (@MadLorax) <a href="https://twitter.com/MadLorax/status/910926704843087872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>These fans were clearly missing the point, so Teigen had to clarify her request.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. please send me a photo of u holding the bananas, giving the peace sign</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910924747726139392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The goddess had spoken, so more serious inquiries started coming in.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CHRISSY THERE ARE 6 and they were in my freezer lol <a href="https://t.co/RbDa2dtNH3">pic.twitter.com/RbDa2dtNH3</a></p>&mdash; erin (@eddddin) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddddin/status/910927064672305153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/theronsters/status/910926779228884992</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Finally, the sole judge of this contest had chosen a winner (someone named Meg!) and submissions were closed.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SO DOES SHE! ok I think 5 will do. thank you so much will DM you now!!! <a href="https://t.co/mCWqYaxLzl">https://t.co/mCWqYaxLzl</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910926796685688832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">banana submissions are now closed. thank you guys so much I will send the runner ups some banana bread once done</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910928499380166656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>However, Chrissy Teigen is a smart woman, so she asked that Meg take a bite of one of the nanners in front of her assistant (who is Teigen&#39;s mom) to confirm they were not poisoned. Evidently, she was down for this, because the trade was made within an hour and a half of her closing submissions.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the deal has been done. thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/bymeg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bymeg</a>!!!! <a href="https://t.co/f1wDrzO31Z">pic.twitter.com/f1wDrzO31Z</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910950297064816640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">already home. that was...so fast. I will now do all grocery shopping like this <a href="https://t.co/DLAzKvDezI">pic.twitter.com/DLAzKvDezI</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/910951289659342848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Meg was so excited (but chill enough for Chrissy Teigen to choose her) that she wrote a <a href="https://medium.com/@bymeg/i-gave-my-brown-bananas-to-chrissy-teigen-654eae455ca2">blog post</a> about the experience. Look how cute the inscription is!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Courtesy of @bymeg" data-attribution-url="https://medium.com/@bymeg/i-gave-my-brown-bananas-to-chrissy-teigen-654eae455ca2" height="658" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-09-22-at-25752-pm-D8PTe6.png" width="995" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://medium.com/@bymeg/i-gave-my-brown-bananas-to-chrissy-teigen-654eae455ca2">Courtesy of @bymeg</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>However, the story is nowhere near over. After mashing up the bananas, Teigen realized she still needed more.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I really, really hate to say this but. I need one more banana <a href="https://t.co/DBqKjQpSM7">pic.twitter.com/DBqKjQpSM7</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911005070413541376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So, she reached out to a runner-up named Jake.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">do u still have those bananas <a href="https://twitter.com/OnAirJake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@onairjake</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911005611231297536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Bingo! He still had them.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Come get the 2 for me (1 extra in case). I’m in West Hollywood near Laugh Factory! <a href="https://t.co/YsHVtXgJTA">pic.twitter.com/YsHVtXgJTA</a></p>&mdash; Jake Updegraff (@OnAirJake) <a href="https://twitter.com/OnAirJake/status/911005430242992128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Her mom/assistant was all like, &quot;This better be it, Chrissy!!!&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my mom just goes &quot;if I go he better have 2 bananas I not going in traffic for 1&quot; she&#39;s like a real dealer</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911008352699768832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>There were in fact two bananas, so she drove over to meet Jake.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">one of the cutest things I&#39;ve ever seen <a href="https://twitter.com/OnAirJake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@onairjake</a> <a href="https://t.co/5YxPXsnPNK">pic.twitter.com/5YxPXsnPNK</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911025445369405441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She wrote him a cute message as well.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chrissyteigen</a> for the gifts! 😍 Shoutout to <a href="https://twitter.com/muariley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@muariley</a> for letting me know she needed brown bananas! 🍌💛 Hope the outcome was worth it! <a href="https://t.co/Ba2eHUMAEZ">pic.twitter.com/Ba2eHUMAEZ</a></p>&mdash; Jake Updegraff (@OnAirJake) <a href="https://twitter.com/OnAirJake/status/911029671222927360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And Chrissy Teigen was super grateful.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is no longer my banana bread. this is *our* banana bread.</p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911025540005376000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Teigen then tweeted a bunch of videos from Snapchat of her stunning banana bread&ndash;sorry, <em>our</em> stunning banana bread.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GUYS <a href="https://t.co/3a0YC2e8Cm">pic.twitter.com/3a0YC2e8Cm</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911093819193430017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am so happy. I&#39;ve made it 10x this month. Different variations. Flavor combos. Banana hacks. It is finally over <a href="https://t.co/kFNvqvT7jr">pic.twitter.com/kFNvqvT7jr</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911094307158761472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/o32O9fVX7P">pic.twitter.com/o32O9fVX7P</a></p>&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/911101147703779328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>You guys, we did it! Teamwork makes the dream work.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://giphy.com/embed/xTiTnxZCalVGtaq6A0" width="480"></iframe> <p> </p> </div><p><sec-poll id="27"></sec-poll></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Chrissy Teigen put out a Twitter call for mushy bananas. Her fans delivered (literally).

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Los Angeles, Twitter Princess Chrissy Teigen found herself in need of six brown bananas. Instead of going on a wild goose chase all over LA trying to find the perfect &#39;nanas, the model and chef put a call out to her Twitter followers&ndash;with the promise of some very good rewards.if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area, I will send my assistant to your home with a signed cookbook, John&#39;s underwear and a Becca palette&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 ok this banana thing is getting ridiculous. don&#39;t tell me your banana browning hacks. just...if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area lmk&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 The people of Twitter jumped at the chance to provide Teigen with browned yellow fruit&ndash;including many people who didn&#39;t quite fit Teigen&#39;s requirements but just wanted to meet her...https://twitter.com/AmnaaSid/status/910924748426801152I HAVE 3 THEYRE MY ROOMMATES BUT SHELL UNDESTAND IM IN YHE VALLEY&mdash; i s a b e l l (@isa8ellcardenas) September 21, 2017 Many offered to mail some to her&ndash;or to drive through the night with them.I have one but I’m not in LA but I could overnight it to you&mdash; georgia⁷ (@gotmestargazin) September 21, 2017 I&#39;m in Milwaukee and have bananas that would probably be brown in the time it takes to drive there....you want them or nah&mdash; Madeline Spaghetti Sauce (@MadLorax) September 21, 2017 These fans were clearly missing the point, so Teigen had to clarify her request.SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. please send me a photo of u holding the bananas, giving the peace sign&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 The goddess had spoken, so more serious inquiries started coming in.CHRISSY THERE ARE 6 and they were in my freezer lol pic.twitter.com/RbDa2dtNH3&mdash; erin (@eddddin) September 21, 2017 https://twitter.com/theronsters/status/910926779228884992Finally, the sole judge of this contest had chosen a winner (someone named Meg!) and submissions were closed.SO DOES SHE! ok I think 5 will do. thank you so much will DM you now!!! https://t.co/mCWqYaxLzl&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 banana submissions are now closed. thank you guys so much I will send the runner ups some banana bread once done&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 However, Chrissy Teigen is a smart woman, so she asked that Meg take a bite of one of the nanners in front of her assistant (who is Teigen&#39;s mom) to confirm they were not poisoned. Evidently, she was down for this, because the trade was made within an hour and a half of her closing submissions.the deal has been done. thank you, @bymeg!!!! pic.twitter.com/f1wDrzO31Z&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 already home. that was...so fast. I will now do all grocery shopping like this pic.twitter.com/DLAzKvDezI&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 Meg was so excited (but chill enough for Chrissy Teigen to choose her) that she wrote a blog post about the experience. Look how cute the inscription is!  Courtesy of @bymegHowever, the story is nowhere near over. After mashing up the bananas, Teigen realized she still needed more.I really, really hate to say this but. I need one more banana pic.twitter.com/DBqKjQpSM7&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 So, she reached out to a runner-up named Jake.do u still have those bananas @onairjake&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 Bingo! He still had them.Come get the 2 for me (1 extra in case). I’m in West Hollywood near Laugh Factory! pic.twitter.com/YsHVtXgJTA&mdash; Jake Updegraff (@OnAirJake) September 21, 2017 Her mom/assistant was all like, &quot;This better be it, Chrissy!!!&quot;my mom just goes &quot;if I go he better have 2 bananas I not going in traffic for 1&quot; she&#39;s like a real dealer&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 21, 2017 There were in fact two bananas, so she drove over to meet Jake.one of the cutest things I&#39;ve ever seen @onairjake pic.twitter.com/5YxPXsnPNK&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 22, 2017 She wrote him a cute message as well.Thanks @chrissyteigen for the gifts! 😍 Shoutout to @muariley for letting me know she needed brown bananas! 🍌💛 Hope the outcome was worth it! pic.twitter.com/Ba2eHUMAEZ&mdash; Jake Updegraff (@OnAirJake) September 22, 2017 And Chrissy Teigen was super grateful.this is no longer my banana bread. this is *our* banana bread.&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 22, 2017 Teigen then tweeted a bunch of videos from Snapchat of her stunning banana bread&ndash;sorry, our stunning banana bread.GUYS pic.twitter.com/3a0YC2e8Cm&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 22, 2017 I am so happy. I&#39;ve made it 10x this month. Different variations. Flavor combos. Banana hacks. It is finally over pic.twitter.com/kFNvqvT7jr&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 22, 2017 pic.twitter.com/o32O9fVX7P&mdash; chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 22, 2017 You guys, we did it! Teamwork makes the dream work.   

Chrissy Teigen asked her Twitter followers for six brown bananas–and of course, they came through.