Derek Does Stuff With a Friend

Watch Chrissy Teigen Give Hilariously Bad Speed-Dating Advice

Teigen applies her trademark brand of black humor to some unsuspecting singles in Los Angeles.

Chrissy Teigen is gorgeous. That much is obvious. What it took Twitter to showcase is that Chrissy—model, mother, and wife of Oscar-winning singer-songwriter John Legend—is also hysterical. Her grasp of pop culture and keen eye for social interactions are comedy gold. A few years ago she tweeted, “I always have a note in my pocket that says “john did it” just I case I’m murdered because I don’t want him to remarry #truelove #tips.”

When she was pregnant with her daughter Luna, she wrote, “I need a bikini wax but I feel like I should wait for my epidural because THAT IS GENIUS???” On the way home from the hospital after giving birth, she said, “no one told me I would be coming home in diapers too.”

I’ve always thought the secret to a happy couple was laughter, so when I needed a friend for a speed-dating themed episode of Derek Does Stuff With A Friend, I immediately thought of Chrissy. Here's the premise: I hid Chrissy in a back room of a restaurant that served as a sort of Cupid’s mission control. It was hooked up to monitors watching a couple on a date, including the one who is wearing a tiny, unnoticeable earpiece and listening to Chrissy give her own brand of original, non-traditional dating tips.

After a few hours of her advising singles at Au Fudge, a new restaurant in West Hollywood, it was clear she wasn’t a good choice. She was great! Not only did she have me nearly rolling on the floor with some of her suggestions for pick-up lines (An example: “I hate babies, don’t you?”), I think more than one of these pairings heard wedding bells. We did this three times: For a man seeking a woman, a woman seeking a man, and finally a man seeking a man. First up: Danny.