More Chrissy Teigen bullying has come to light

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Michael Costello says alleged bullying by Chrissy Teigen made him want to kill himself. The fashion designer opened up about his interactions with Teigen on Instagram on Monday, sharing that he is still "traumatized, depressed and has thoughts of suicide" following Teigen and her stylist, Monica Rose, allegedly trying to ruin his career. ET has reached out to reps for Teigen and Rose for comment.

"For the past 7 years, I've lived with a deep, unhealed trauma," Costello wrote, sharing that he was hesitant to come forward out of fear of losing "some of my most profitable brand relationships; in fear of losing friends and allies; and in fear of being blocklisted [sic] even more by the power elites who run the industry."

Costello referenced a 2014 comment on his Instagram page by Teigen, in which she allegedly called him a racist.

"She apparently formed her own opinion of me based on a photoshopped comment floating around the internet which has now been proven to be false by Instagram and since taken down," he said. "When I reached out to Chrissy Teigen to communicate that I was the victim of a vindictive cyber slander and that everything she thought I was is not who I am, she told me that my career was over and that all my doors will be shut from there on."

Costello claimed that over the next few years, he was pulled off jobs "with no explanation" and received calls from mutual friends and colleagues that Teigen and Rose had allegedly "gone out of their way to threaten people and brands that if they were in any shape or form associated with me, they would not work with any of them."

"Each time I have pleaded with Chrissy Teigen or Monica Rose to see the whole story before believing a false narrative a former disgruntled employee cast upon me, they didn't give me the time of day," he continued.

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