Too posh for the public: Masked-up Chrissy Teigen and John Legend spend at least $3,000 buying out ENTIRE row behind them at NYC’s vax-only Radio City Music Hall (except for their bodyguard’s seat) to watch Rockettes
- Chrissy Teigen and John Legend reportedly bought out an entire row of seats at Radio City Music Hall so they could avoid crowds and onlookers as omicron spreads throughout the city
- They took their children, Luna, 4, and Miles, 2, to see Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes on Friday after spending an afternoon Christmas shopping
- An unnamed source told FOX News they had clearly purchased the entire row of seats behind them to avoid having anyone seated behind them
- Each row in the orchestra section has a dozen seats, and to purchase a row could cost more than $3,000
- Legend then left the show early to further avoid crowds, as a bodyguard escorted Teigen and their children out of the theater
- The couple wore masks for the duration of the 90-minute show, even though, according to the venue’s policy anyone who is two weeks past their second dose does not need to be masked up
- Some on social media condemned the couple for being elitist in their quest to protect themselves from the Omicron variant, and denying others the right to see the Christmas Spectacular
A photograph taken on Friday shows how Chrissy Teigen and John Legend bought out an entire row of seats at Radio City Music Hall so they could avoid crowds and onlookers as the Omicron variant spreads through the city.
The couple took their children, Luna, four, and Miles, two, to see the Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes, where one unnamed concert-goer took the picture of them.
The person told FOX News that Grammy Award winning singer and his celebrity wife had clearly purchased the entire row of seats behind them to avoid having anyone breathing at their backs.
Photos from the night show just one bodyguard, and presumably his family, with at least two other people seated next to him sitting in the otherwise empty row of seats. Each row in the orchestra section has a dozen seats, and to purchase out an entire row would cost more than $3,000.
Some on social media were quick to condemn the wealthy celebrity couple, who have a combined net worth of $75 million, as their COVID precautions may have prevented other families from seeing The Rockettes that night.
John Legend, center, and wife Chrissy Teigen were spotted enjoying the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes on Friday
They had apparently rented out the entire row of seats behind them to avoid having anyone at their backs, save for a body guard and presumably his family
Singer John Legend was pictured carrying his son Miles, 2, over his head, left, as they walked over to Radio City Music Hall on Friday for the performance, while Teigen escorted their daughter, Luna, 4, across the street, right, after the family enjoyed an afternoon shopping at FAO Schwarz
The source also noted that the family slipped into the orchestra seats just before 5pm to further avoid crowds, after going Christmas shopping at FAO Schwarz.
Legend then left 10 minutes before the end of the show to avoid being spotted and accosted by fans, while the bodyguard helped escort Teigen and their children out of the theater when the show formally ended.
Some people took to social media after the pictures of their outing were published on Monday to condemn the couple as being elitist by buying out an entire row of seats to avoid any potential COVID exposure.
‘So @ChrissyTeigen and @JohnLegend denied other families’ children the opportunity to see the Christmas show because they didn’t want to be bothered by the serfs,’ one Twitter user wrote, calling them ‘a couple of elitist jerks.’
Another user also called them ‘fake’ for buying ‘a whole row [at[ Radio City and freeze out regular Americans.
‘Who else is sick and tired of Hollyweird libtards infringing on regular Americans,’ the user asked, rhetorically, telling Teigen and Legend: ‘Next time stay home… no one likes you.’
The Radio City Rockettes are pictured performing at the 89th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
According to Radio City Music Hall’s policy all guests 12 and older are required to show proof of vaccination against COVID
The unnamed source also told FOX News that the celebrity couple kept their masks on for the duration of 90-minute Christmas Spectacular, except for a brief moment when Teigen enjoyed a quick snack.
According to the venue’s policy, guests 12 and older are required to show proof of vaccination against COVID, and anyone who is two weeks past their second dose is not required to wear a mask.
Still, many patrons do wear their masks, as New York City’s COVID positivity rate increases.
The city was averaging nearly 1,600 new COVID cases every day when data was last updated on November 30, a jump of around 25 percent from the 1,200 case daily average from two weeks earlier.
It has already become an Omicron hotspot, with seven cases of the variant detected in the city as of Monday morning, accounting for almost all of the state’s eight cases, and reaching a higher total than anywhere else in the United States.
One case detected in Minnesota was also in a man who had recently traveled to New York City for a convention.
On Monday, outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio said that cases would likely rise in the near future.
‘You can expect community spread, you have to assume its widespread,’ de Blasio said at a press conference.
De Blasio, who is in his last month in office, announced at the news conference on Monday that he will institute a vaccine mandate for private sector employees in the city and make children aged five to 11 show proof of vaccination to take part in indoor dining, fitness or entertainment activities.
The bombshell vaccine mandate – announced just four days before most private sector employees knock off for the holidays – will begin on December 27, though the mayor says more information will be available on the initiative on December 15.
He said that the mandate will apply to in-person employment, with any place with more than one employee on-site subject to it, and there will be no testing opt-out option.
At least 90 percent of New Yorkers have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, with 70 percent being fully vaccinated.
Indoor activity vaccine requirements for children aged five to 11 will also go into effect at that time. Starting December 14, children wanting to take part in band, sports, orchestra or dance extra-curricular activities at school will have to receive at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Bill de Blasio (pictured), mayor of New York City, said on Monday morning that he will soon implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on all private sector employers in the city, along with other vaccine mandates
The mandates announced the mayor include a vaccine mandate for private sector employees working in-person, without a testing option and children over five being required to show proof of vaccine before entering dining, entertainment or fitness venues
Some local business leaders have said they are ‘blindsided’ by the new requirements.
‘There’s no forewarning, no discussion, no idea about whether it’s legal or who he expects to enforce it,’ Kathryn Wylde, head of the business group Partnership for NYC, told the NY Post.
‘There’s been no consultation… we were blindsided…It’s unclear by what authority the mayor is doing this’
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of Long Island, who is seeking the GOP nomination for governor, also called the newly announced vaccine requirement a ‘job-killing, small business-suppressing mandate.’
‘When you dangerously combine a far-left, lame duck politician, who is anti-business, one-dimensional, unaccountable, not bright and has a perpetual `I always know best´ attitude,’ you get Bill de Blasio, the Worst Mayor in America,’ Zeldin said in a statement.
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