Chrissy Teigen wears nothing but a towel as she and John Legend crash her mom’s cooking segment

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend know how to make an entrance – even if it’s unexpected.

And on Tuesday, the founder and legend of Cravings on TODAY crashed her mom Vilailuck ‘Pepper’ Teigen’s virtual cooking segment.

Wearing only a towel, the playful TV personality came into the picture to quickly say hello while her mom cooked, then later returned to give Pepper’s hair a little fluff.

Pepper appeared on the morning show to promote her new cookbook – The Pepper Thai Cookbook – by demonstrating how to make stir-fried spaghetti with Thai chili paste.

Everything seemed to be going as planned until the very excited couple crashed the segment. ‘We’re so excited for Mommy … I just wanted to say goodbye to everyone,’ shared the cooking enthusiast.

“John is dressed, Chrissy is not,” noted Savannah Guthrie. And later Al Roker joked, ‘I wish John wore a towel,’ which made other hosts Carson Daly and Sheinelle Jones laugh.

Pepper was a good sport throughout the process and continued with her recipe before Chrissy came up again – this time stepping into the role of the stage mom.

She looked from behind the lens and seemed to notice that her mother’s hair needed some maintenance. She quickly stepped in to double as her glamor squad, which made Pepper laugh and say, “We had to do our own hair today.”

Smoker asked, “Does she always do that when you’re cooking?” to which Pepper replied, “She likes to tease and play with me.”

And during the interview, she revealed that she got her nickname when she and Ron Teigen (Chrissy’s father) ran a local Washington inn.

‘I always make my own food, so spicy, so hot. My Thai name is difficult to pronounce so they gave me [the name] Pepper.’

In addition, she added that the host of Chrissy’s Court inspired her to create a cookbook after finding success with her own Cravings series.

“I learned a lot from her, not from cooking, but from cooking, because I had no idea.”

Both Legend and Teigen congratulated Pepper on her achievement with tribute messages, and they posted their vacation rental with photos of her over the years and a ‘congratulations banner’.

‘Congratulations on your cookbook birthday @ pepperthai2 !!! I am so proud of you!!!! And jealous – seriously, this book is so damn good. your mum and dad look down with love and pride, ”Chrissy wrote.

And the book is dedicated to both her late parents and the couple’s son, Jack, who she tragically lost after 20 weeks in late September due to a partial placenta abruption.

Pepper told WSJ Magazine: ‘We talk about him every day. Luna talks about him every day, and that’s how we mourn. We get better every day … We get so much better and so does Chrissy. ‘