John Legend has been awarded numerous prizes for his work as a singer, composer and songwriter - but in another discipline he seems to be a beginner: the 40-year-old can not swim properly. That should change now.
His wife, model Chrissy Teigen, posted a video on Instagram depicting Legend in swimming lessons: The US singer swims in a pool from pool edge to pool edge, supervised by a swimming instructor.
Check out this post on Instagram
adult swim with @ kidswimla - so proud !!!
A post shared by chrissy doigen (@chrissyteigen) on Jan 30, 2019 at 6:11 PST
"So proud," wrote the 33-year-old to the post.
Legend had tweeted a few days earlier that he could not really swim: "Today I took my first swimming lessons since I was five."
I can not really swim. Today I took my first swim lesson since I was like 5. My dad learned in his 60's so I feel like I'm ahead of schedule.
- John Legend (@johnlegend) January 28, 2019Then, among other things, the US Olympic champion Simone Manuel had offered to teach him to swim. Also the American Red Cross praised Legend for this step.
Congrats! Learning about water safety and how to swim are important at any age. #BetterLateThanNever
- American Red Cross (@RedCross) January 29, 2019"Congratulations!", It said on the Twitter account. It is important to learn to swim at any age.