by Suzane Levine
Member since:
August 6, 2008

New Jessica Simpson "Fat" Picture Controversy. Is She Really Fat? If She Is -- I'm Obese!

January 28, 2009 03:04 PM UTC (Updated: January 31, 2009 11:08 PM UTC)
views: 0 | comments: 26

The internet is exploding this week with chatter about new Jessica Simpson "fat" photos (see the pics below). Heck, I even debated it with my husband this morning (who in case you are interested thinks she looks chunky). Is it really that slow of a news week that this is "the" water cooler conversation? Guess so, so I might as well weigh in (pun intended).

Jessica Simpson is not fat. She is a naturally curvy girl who has to literally work her butt off to get in the kind of shape we expect from celebs when she is out promoting a new album, shooting a video etc. When she is not doing those things and starving herself/training like a mad woman she gets curvy.

 

 

 

What Jessica Simpson should have learned a year ago though is that high-waisted jeans are not a good look for her when she is in a curvier phase.

Evidence below:

1. The Jessica Simpson "fat" photos in question that are causing the hoopla this week:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Photos that caused a similar stir back in 2008:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do these photos have in common? Same TERRIBLE jeans. Just as I know that I CANNOT wear skinny jeans, Jessica needs to learn her lesson on high-waisted denim.

 

 

Comments: 26

I think she's gained weight, but that doesn't make her fat. On top of that, though, she wore a horribly unflattering outfit for her body, and I don't think the clothes necessarily fit, either.
Robin"Buffy's Stunt Double" D. Jan 28, 2009, 3:38pm UTC
It's days like this that I'm glad nobody's busy measuring the three ounces I gained this winter.
David Key Jan 28, 2009, 3:39pm UTC
who cares how fat a person gets, it's your personality that really matters. unfortunately for Jessica she's screwed in that department as well.
Tammy N. Jan 28, 2009, 4:02pm UTC
If that's fat... I suuuuurree wish I was fat!
Ginny W. Jan 28, 2009, 4:20pm UTC
she was previously 100 pounds, so even 120 will look significant I guess.
Ginny W. Jan 28, 2009, 4:20pm UTC
but she's not overweight
Liz G. Jan 28, 2009, 4:23pm UTC
Check her out here:



Same weight, but what a difference a cute outfit makes!
♠~Dnbuster~♠ ~. Jan 28, 2009, 4:24pm UTC
no i dont think she is overweight, not even near it.
Carla G. Jan 28, 2009, 4:25pm UTC
I'm sick of this obsession with weight and being skinny. She looks healthy and curvy. My husband likes my hourglass figure. Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. It's time to pay more attention to a woman's character and stop focusing on her weight. What kind of message are we as a nation sending to our little girls and teenagers?
Carla G. Jan 28, 2009, 4:27pm UTC
And I happen to like the jeans. They really give her an hourglass shape.
Chris Wiegard Jan 28, 2009, 7:52pm UTC
it's called a body. You eat with it, you sleep with it, you eliminate wastes, you bear children.

Or you make overly judgemental people happy with it by gaining a few pounds and letting somebody take a picture.
Ariel Storm Jan 29, 2009, 4:25am UTC
For some reason I find it hard to get worked up about Jessica Simpson's weight.
Linda G. Jan 29, 2009, 7:22am UTC
Do I care? We are in a serious economic crisis and people are focused on a celebrity that has no talent and curves! Why?
Robert G. Jan 29, 2009, 10:20am UTC
She is not over weight.
Christopher B. Jan 29, 2009, 10:31am UTC
First of all, according to most experts nearly everyone is to some degree “fat.” That being said a lot of it has to do with where that fat is and all other sorts of factors. Perhaps she should drink some more tea and exercise more. Perhaps she might be better loosing 5 or 10 pounds. That applies to us all, except those anorexic models whose waist lines are almost criminal abuses of their own bodies.
Devin Barber Jan 29, 2009, 1:59pm UTC
The obsession with being thin is actually a fairly recent development in historical terms. Up until the 1960's women who tended to be just a bit chubby were considered the sexiest. I saw an experiment once. Two women were sent into a bar to see what would happen. The first woman was a gorgeous brunette, 5'8" and about 105 pounds. She was told to act aluff and disinterested. The second woman was also a brunette but was about 5'4" and weighed about 150 pounds. She was told to act friendly and outgoing. Guess which one all the men in the bar hit on.
Suzane Levine Jan 29, 2009, 2:52pm UTC
Devin, I am guessing they all hit on the friendly outgoing woman. What a society we live in. I am willing to bet that Jessica will now starve herself and then land on the cover of Us Weekly with a headline. Jessica's Hot New Bod -- How She Dropped 30 Pounds!

Linda G., it is a Bread & Circus society -- we would so much rather discuss Jessica's tush than the very serious issues we all face. I think that's why her bum gets more internet play than the latest on the economic stimulus package.
Samantha A. Jan 29, 2009, 3:01pm UTC
no shes not over weight
Elizabeth Elliott Jan 30, 2009, 11:50pm UTC
She actually just looks like a healthy woman. There's nothing wrong with her pants either.
Erika Himmelberger Feb 1, 2009, 1:32am UTC
Marilyn Monroe was curvy but sizes have changed what was a 14 then was really more like an 8 or 10 the sizes now have gotten more generous it's comfort sizing for your ego because I know sometimes in pants I'm 12 sometimes 14 depending on brand and often I won't buy the 14 I dont want to wear that size so designers make the size bigger but put a smaller size on it. Hold up a size 10 skirt from a vintage store you will see it's really like a 6 now adays.
Col. George W. Feb 1, 2009, 12:02pm UTC
I am tired of the moronic ads for weight loss. They show a woman with womans curves as fat and then say "I lost X number of pounds" The after picture is one of an anorexic stick with no curves. I'll take the "fat" one every time.
Sandy C. Feb 1, 2009, 3:59pm UTC
Just stopping by to say HI! I am trying to get caught up.
Suzane Levine Feb 3, 2009, 4:50pm UTC
Col. George -- studies have proven that you speak for the majority of American men. Men like some curves. They would take the swimsuit model over the supermodel everytime.
Melissa Kramer Feb 6, 2009, 5:37pm UTC
I think that it is unfortunate that you have to deal with so much criticism as an entertainer, but it all goes along with that line of work. The news follows you every where. I do however, feel that some of these things should be kept a little more private. Things like Jessica Simpson putting on a little weight, oh my gosh!!!! She is only human after all, and wow Lindsay Lohan's underpants are showing as she climbs out of her car, well yeah, your underpants would be showing to if the cameraman was laying on the ground with his camera up her skirt. I think that Jessica Simpson is hot and I absolutely love her. She is a brilliant actress, singer, and such a beautiful person. Stay strong Jessica and ignore what everyone says. Melissa

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