Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s 3-Legged Dog Penny, Who Was Born on Their Wedding Day, Dies at 11

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are mourning the loss of their beloved dog, Penny.

The French bulldog, who has three legs and was born on the same day Teigen, 39, and Legend, 46, tied the knot in 2013, “passed on peacefully in her sleep,” Teigen announced via Instagram on Saturday, January 25.

“I loved this girl. We will miss you, Penny,” Legend wrote in the comments section.

“Our beautiful little tripod queen, penny, passed on peacefully in her sleep today. Born the same day John and I got married, 11 years ago, she was there for us for every baby, every loss, every joy,” Teigen wrote alongside a carousel of photos featuring their pup. “She loved nothing more than being loved, having her nub rubbed and destroying any ball she could get her paw on, even til her last weeks.”

The model added, “Never forget that while every pup is just a few chapters in your long life, for them you are their entire book, their entire lives. Oh penny. We were so beyond lucky to have you. Say hi to Puddy and Pippa for us. You are all together again.”

The family’s first dog, Puddy, died in 2018, with Pippa passing in 2021.

“Our first two dogs are no longer with us, and that was the first time we really grieved together, when we lost Puddy,” Legend said in a 2024 interview with People. “And so once you go through those experiences together, it just helps build the character of your relationship.”

Legend and Teigen now share three dogs: poodle Petey, basset hound Pearl and their latest adoptee Pebbles.

“They are constantly in the mix of our household,” Teigen told People of her pets, which include a bearded dragon and hamster. “I always joke about this, but people are always like, ‘Oh, how do you let the dogs on the furniture?’ I’m like, ‘All that furniture is made with outdoor fabric so that we can have them on the furniture.’”

Legend and Teigen are also parents to four human children: Luna, 8, Miles, 6, Esti, 2, and Wren, 19 months. Teigen also gave birth to son Jack, who was stillborn, in 2020.

“I didn’t know that we could experience this grief and also share it, but when we did, it really meant so much to so many people and it was such a powerful experience for me to learn that,” Legend told Good Morning America after their son’s death. “I’m just grateful that my wife was courageous enough to do it.”

“… Obviously it’s so painful to go through something like this as a woman,” Teigen added, “something that was inside your body that you were nurturing and taking care of, but obviously there’s a father involved, and the support for the both of us has been so beautiful, so incredible.”

Legend has said that their shared grief has made him and Teigen bond as a couple, telling Jay Shetty in 2022, “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.”