Chrissy Teigen just announced a major shift in her family dynamic and it might catch even her most loyal followers off guard.

During a stop by Today Show Radios The Happy Hour this week, Teigen revealed that her mom, Vilailuck Pepper Teigen, recently moved back to her native Thailand after spending years living with the models growing family, which includes husband John Legend.

We havent really told the world or the internets, and everyone is going to be probably so confused, Chrissy Teigen said on the SiriusXM program.

She is meant to go live her best life. She, you know, obviously loves taking care of her grandchildren. ... But seeing her every day at home doing that, and being there with us, was so special and so amazing. But shes young enough that she needs to go off and be happy.

For years, Pepper Teigen has regularly made appearances on social media, in interviews and in public with her daughters family. Fans celebrated when she became a U.S. citizen in 2018 , and regularly laughed along at the mother and daughters antics.

While Chrissy Teigen said that it was her moms decision to leave, she also talked about why she was so supportive of the move.