So apparently Jessica Simpson is fat now!

[Shell Beau]

:eyes:




http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-29-simpson-curves_N.htm

Really, it is no damn wonder some women have such issues with their bodies.

[hobbit709]

1. That's FAT????

:wtf:

[Shell Beau]

4. In Hollywood I guess it is.

It is sick is what it is.

[Dr. Strange]

2. Not fat.

But those are some ugly jeans.

[Shell Beau]

6. Yeah the jeans aren't so flattering on everyone but to call

her fat is so effing ridiculous. What message does that send?

[leeroysphitz]

3. Those jeans are less than flattering but she is not fat.

Phat maybe, but not fat.

[SKKY]

5. I'd still hit it!

[no name no slogan]

19. I would too-- with a steamroller

She's not my type, but she's not fat.

[crimsonblue]

7. she looks hideous

but I think it's the pants and escaped convict chain around her waist.

[redqueen]

8. That's my shape,

and going by the sciencey charts and stuff, I'm literally obese.

[Shell Beau]

17. I just hate how they focus on any weight gain.

We all fluctuate from time to time.

It's no wonder all these celebrity types are so thin. If they gain one pound, it makes the cover of all the tabloids. And they are all of a sudden "curvy". Which I love curvy, but in Hollywood terms that means fat.

[redqueen]

44. Yep...

then they also do the "OMG they look awful!" issues with pics of celebrities with no make up on.

Awful, those mags. I dunno why people buy them.

[Shell Beau]

53. I've seen some at the grocery store where they show

best and worst bods in bathing suits and then highlight dimples and cellulite. How humiliating. I couldn't make my living being one of those photographers. I do read People, which will sometimes have some pics (not like those) that are questionable, but I feel like People is a reputable magazine that doesn't just focus on celebs. They usually have a lot of inspiring stories in the mag.

[redqueen]

55. Heh, I used to subscribe to People.

:)

I don't consider it a tabloid either... it's got gossip too, but not so much and not as vicious.

[sohndrsmith]

9. That's zaftig, not fat. Were we in another century, she'd be considered far

more beautiful than when she's been thinner.

This is a tough subject for me right now - I wish I felt as good as she looks. For the first time in my life I've gained weight and I don't even recognize my body. It's really frustrating and I feel guilty that it matters so much to me. : (

[GOPisEvil]

10. Maybe not.

Pic on right was taken Thursday.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. I definitely didn't get enough from last night's "fun" fat flamefest, so let 'er rip!

:eyes:

[Shell Beau]

13. Sorry, wasn't here last night.

[redqueen]

14. I thought that was about disabled people...

you miss so much if you're not there before the deleting starts.

[Shell Beau]

18. No joke. I read a little of it. All I got was something about a thumb and

a little wee-wee! :shrug:

[petronius]

12. She has horrible taste in jeans, belts, and earrings, but she's not fat

:shrug:

[flvegan]

15. Good Lord. If you think she's "fat" in that pic, check her out in two weeks.

Bodies fluctuate for various reasons. And even with that, she is NOT "fat" in that pic. Heightened expectations suck.

[Shell Beau]

22. I just had a baby. I don't think anyone is fat anymore.

;)

[bigwillq]

16. She looks great!

:)

[SallyMander]

20. That's life in the fish bowl...

She's certainly not fat, but she's definitely gained weight since her Dukes of Hazzard role. That said, she was TINY then:

[Shell Beau]

23. She almost killed herself to look like that.

Not literally, but it would be very difficult for her to maintain that look. At least that is what I gathered listening to her talk about prepping for Dukes.

[SallyMander]

28. Oh, i'm not surprised to hear that

I don't know anything about what she did to prep, but she seems to be naturally curvy - for me to look like that bikini shot i'd have to work out 10 hrs a day and live on celery! Instead i eat healthy and work out, and just accept the curves! ;)

[Shell Beau]

31. Curves are awesome!

:)

[krispos42]

63. Visible ribes are not good:-(

Okay, maybe if you stretch wayyyyy back and you see them, that's okay.


But not when you're upright walking.

[SallyMander]

79. Seriously

Some people are just built bony, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. I hope she is healthy and happy with how she looks now.

[krispos42]

80. She looks like a blonde version of Laura San Giacomo

Who falls comfortably within my personal definition of damn-good physical beauty.



<sigh>


Oh, sorry... woolgathering again.


Okay, Jessica needs the Fab Five to re-dress her. But put her in a regular pair of jeans and a v-neck t-shirt and she'll look ten times better.

[arcadian]

129. That is a lazy ass Hollywood production.

The Hazard County seal is nothing more than the U.S. Department of the Treasury seal.

I think Jessica looks better, I don't like too skinny women.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. I cannot permit myself to say Jessica Simpson is attractive

[Shell Beau]

26. Yeah, but can you permit yourself to say she ain't fat?

I think she is attractive. She certainly isn't ugly. But I don't really care for her.

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Of course she ain't fat

I'm saying she looks better than she did before. Hips are good. :)

What I neglected to say is I've been on record since long before DU as wanting to kick the duck shit out of Hollyweird, the fashion industry, etc. for the damage they do to women regarding body image.

[Shell Beau]

33. No shit!

Little girls look up to these people. Parents should obviously keep it in check as best they can, but this can't be good for young ones to hear that she is "fat" or heavy.

[Diana Prince]

24. I would love to be that fat

The pants are totally hideous.

[InvisibleTouch]

25. No, not fat...

...but probably heavier than she wants to be. That was pretty much my shape in my early-to-mid teens, with big hips and big thighs, and yes, I felt fat at the time. In looking back, I wasn't. Just heavier than I considered ideal. It didn't help that I had my mother on my back about it with snarky comments - never mind that it's very normal for teenage girls to gain some weight due to hormonal fluctuations, but nobody bothered to tell me that. Usually you lose it again, and I did. Now I get bitched at for being too thin. Heh. I no longer care. :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

27. I think it's just poor taste in clothes, personally.

[LeftyMom]

29. She's wearing horrible unflattering clothes. Anybody'd look awful in that getup.

I hate clothes and even I know not to wear the waist of your jeans right under where your bra strap would be, assuming you had one. Also, she's much too ample on top to go without.

She has put on weight though, you can tell by her upper arms. Might be medication or just cyclical bloating, hard to say from one photo.

[SallyMander]

32. I'm wearing that right now!

:cry:

[Shell Beau]

34. Those jeans would make me look nasty.

They are meant for sticks. Tall sticks at that.

[LeftyMom]

41. Mom jeans are not meant for anybody. Hitching your pants up like Urkel will not flatter any shape.

It may look less stupid if you have that whole 6' human clothes hanger ultra-skinny model thing going on your belly won't stick out, but it's not going to actively flatter any figure. And that belt looks like it's on loan from the Mister T Collection.

[Shell Beau]

42. Urkel and Mr. T!!

Certainly can't be a good combo!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. What's up with the flared mom jeans?

[Shell Beau]

36. Mom jeans!

:rofl:

Maybe she is sending ol' Romo a message!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

37. Even my mom doesn't wear mom jeans

And she's 55! Although, LeftyMom says she looks more like 35.

[Shell Beau]

39. I had to break my mom from them.

It wasn't pretty. Literally.

[tabbycat31]

72. I forbid my mom from wearing mom jeans

and she knows that if I see her wearing them, then I will dissown her. She's short waisted like I am and they'd look ridiculous on her (as they would on me).

[Writer]

38. She's only 5'2"... any extra weight would look far worse than it is.

And those clothes don't help! They're horrible!

[Shell Beau]

40. The clothes are bad. She has made bad choices before

with her clothes that prompted the tabloids to say she plumped up.

But still, the message it sends is so wrong.

[Symarip]

43. Now she can only rely on her talented voice.

lol

[Shell Beau]

46. Ok, so I will agree with you on this.

And don't forget her wonderul acting skills.

But Aniston is still hot! :hide:

[Symarip]

50. The two share more than you care to acknowledge

They're both worthless beyond their looks. If Jennifer Aniston gained a pound or twenty like ol' Jessica, they'd be all over her shit, too. To be frank I don't feel sorry for these Hollywood 'victims' one iota. Where was all the kicking and screaming about objectifying women before she lost her it power (whatever it may be)? Yet another reason to keep the television off.

[Shell Beau]

52. Her "it" power was a dumb blonde unfortunately.

And she capitalized on that like crazy.

If Jennifer Aniston gained weight, it would be even bigger Hollywood news. I don't really compare the two though. Jessica is famous for being a ditsy wife on Newlyweds. Which was a "reality" show. But, we know we don't agree on Aniston.

[underpants]

45. I saw this in the grocery store this morning. Any size Jessica is fine with me

:P

Britney's problem is that the upgrade was far better than the first year model

[Shell Beau]

47. Britney is hotter than Jessica.

:hide:

[underpants]

51. Hot like truck stop mudflaps

and about as fresh

[Blue_Tires]

48. i hate hollywood reporters

and their definitions of body style...i'm still not quite over that Jennifer Love Hewitt 'fat bikini' photo ruckus

[Shell Beau]

49. I remember that. She said she was a size 2 in those photos.

If a size 2 is fat then we are in some serious trouble.

Same thing happened with Tyra Banks.

[jmowreader]

54. The whole outfit needs to go

The earrings, the ugly belt and the bell-bottom jeans with front patch pockets--UGH! And that tank top? No, no.

She's cute (although if you stepped back ten feet you couldn't see her mouth), but she REALLY needs someone to dress her.

[Lorien]

56. I'd say that she's healthy but wearing some truly ugly "fashion"

the high rise jeans and prize fighter belt do nothing for her.

[MrSlayer]

57. She has packed on a few pounds hasn't she?

She was blazing hot in the Dukes of Hazard movie.

[SallyMander]

58. ...

:popcorn:

[LisaL]

60. Well, aren't you smart?

:eyes:

[MrSlayer]

64. Well compare the two pics.

Obviously she has put on some weight. What's the big deal?

[Shell Beau]

62. I have a post above that kind of addresses that.

She said she worked her ass off majorly hard for that movie. And it was almost impossible to keep up that kind of rigorous exercise. It was also hard for her to maintain her diet.

There is no question that she has gained some weight. But to call her fat... Well, that is just ridiculous. Even plump. She is probably still tiny. It is hard to even tell from photographs. It sends a terrible message, IMO.

[MrSlayer]

65. I didn't call her fat.

I said she gained some weight, which she has. Why is this bothering people so much?

[Shell Beau]

67. I am not bothered. You said she was smoking though when

she was rail thin. At least rail thin for her body type. I was just pointing out that her having that body wasn't practical for her.

[MrSlayer]

70. But she wasn't "rail thin" she was toned up,

Rail thin is Kate Moss or Karen Carpenter. Sickly isn't sexy but perfectly toned is.

[Shell Beau]

71. She wasn't rail thin only because of her very rigorous workout.

That is why she looks so toned. Plus she has an athletic build, whereas Kate Moss does not. Jessica Simpson said herself that it would be impossible for her to keep up that body. When I say rail thin, I mean for Jessica's specific body type. I don't necessarily mean bony.

[MrSlayer]

74. Well yeah, you have to work at it to look that good.

I don't know that it would have been impossible for her to stay in shape like that, it would have just required a lot of work. Look at Britney, she went from smoking hot to a flabby mess and now looks damn good again because she worked at it. Once you get to where you want to be you just have to do maintenance.

[LisaL]

75. Maybe, just maybe, she wants to enjoy life a little bit instead

of working really hard to "look that good." Had that thought ever occurred to you?

[Shell Beau]

78. Not to mention that was too skinny for her build.

Healthy and fit are one thing....

[MrSlayer]

81. Well that's on her, I don't care if she eats herself into a piano case sized coffin.

But let's face it, she's only where she is because of how she looks, that's her talent. Without looking good she has no earning power.

[Shell Beau]

76. Dedication and maintenance are one thing.

Unhealthy is another.

[MrSlayer]

82. I can't see how working yourself into outstanding physical condition is unhealthy.

It would seem to be the opposite.

[Shell Beau]

84. What? Really? She said she couldn't maintain it. Not because

she couldn't eat healthily or because she couldn't exercise, but because it wore her down. She didn't feel good. It was too much. There is a such thing as too much of a good thing. Just because she was tone doesn't mean she was healthy. I bet she still exercises and eats decently.

[Missy Vixen]

87. And how many hours a day would that take?

>Once you get to where you want to be you just have to do maintenance.

Jessica Simpson stated in the press that she worked out with a trainer four hours a day to "look that good".

Again, nice to know that she needs a multi-hour per day workout to meet your standards. Somehow, I'm thinking Tony Romo doesn't seem to care.

:mad:

[MrSlayer]

125. As I said before, she can do whatever she wants.

I don't have any standards for her. She and Tony Romo can both jump off a bridge for all I care. I'm just stating facts. Why are you so angry about this? The hostility is ridiculous.

[Heidi]

102. If you believe that's an unretouched photo, please send me all of your free cash to invest

in Adobe.

[MrSlayer]

126. Nonsense. Watch the video.

She really looked like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXt4l9r2pA

[krispos42]

59. They had that article isn Us magazine

(as an aside, I get "Us" magazine because last year for my birthday a family friend screwed up when trying to get me "US News & World Report" :D )


I think the 137-lb version is hotter than the 120-lb version.

She the extra weight goes to all the good places. :-)

[Shell Beau]

66. You got Us Weekly instead of US news?

:rofl:

That is funny! :)

[krispos42]

68. Yah.

:eyes:

[Shell Beau]

69. Let me know when Brad and Angelina adopt another cutie pie!

:P

[krispos42]

73. Bah!

I just thumb through it for eye candy and then give them to my ex. That's more her style!

[bicentennial_baby]

89. She's where I am...3 years ago, and for many years before

I was 115-118. You could see my ribs and I wore size 1-2 pants. Now, I'm 135, and wear a size 6.

I'm curvier, and not all in places I'd like to be, but hey, I'm 32, it happens.

The men in my life say it's sexier. :shrug:

:)

[krispos42]

90. I've seen your picture

I recall some moderate drooling on my part. ;-)


I think this was before you got married so there's no need for sniffa to come out and kick my ass. :hide:

[Jamastiene]

61. She ain't fat.

She's just standing sorta sideways and funny.

[SeattleGirl]

77. I think she looks good!

And yes, it's no wonder women have so many issues with body image.

Bastages!

[Missy Vixen]

88. Just reading this thread is a good indication of "why"

If she's comfortable, happy, and healthy, let her weigh what she wants.

:woohoo:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

83. Great Body. Bad Outfit. Worse Angle. The End.

[Shell Beau]

85. Yep!

:thumbsup:

[Lucian]

86. Hell no...she got hotter, IMO.

[sniffa]

91. She looks like a thumb

[JVS]

99. I can't even tell if she's a carbon based life form!

:puke: ;-)

[Sultana]

92. .

She's fat by the Hollywood standard.

She should get ticketed by the fashion police for that outfit.

[madeline_con]

93. The late 70's called. They want their jeans back.

Other than the fashion faux pas, she looks fine. Can't she afford a decent outfit?

[Shell Beau]

95. Sadly, that outfit probably did cost a lot!

[ElboRuum]

94. Hmm. Wide hips. Hourglass figure. Ample bosom.

In some decades, they'd call that "attractive." We clearly do not live in any of them.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

96. Just more of her to love. I hope that's not why Romo cheated on her.

[JVS]

97. Are those belts squeezing in her gut?

[Heidi]

103. Doesn't look like it, does it? But perhaps she's not anorexic enough for you. (nt)

[JVS]

104. It does look like it. And while she looks fine for a normal person, her job and her looks are...

connected. As a popstar, if one could go onto nearly any college campus and find women who can sing, act, and look better than she can, it stands to wonder why she should be making the millions of dollars instead of them.

[Heidi]

105. By your level of concern, you must be one of her stakeholders.

You can easily disabuse yourself of that emotional investment by working on caring less than you obviously do. It's really that easy. Go for it. :hi:

[JVS]

107. Perhaps you're a stakeholder trying to keep up the value through positive chatter.

I don't care for her, fat or thin, What are you so bothered about?

[Missy Vixen]

114. She's bothered by the same shit I am

Men who want to let women know they're never perfect enough. Those same men can have a gut, bald spot, be unattractive, etcetera, but the women they're with had better be HAWT, or there will be hell to pay.

Luckily for us, guys like the above are in the minority.

[cmf]

98. Well, that outfit isn't doing her any favors

She's not fat, but she'd look much better if she were wearing a bra and and lower-waisted jeans.

[no name no slogan]

100. She's no longer a woman. She's a MOM

This is the DU member formerly known as IHeartMILFs.

[Heidi]

101. She's fine, but the get-up is hideous and would be unflattering on even the thinnest woman. (nt)

[HEyHEY]

106. That'll teach her to eat!

[datasuspect]

108. OMG!!! WHAT A FUCKING LARDASS!!!111

just joking, i'd totally hit that shit.

[madrchsod]

109. she`s just right and those jeans are really ugly

did she really think those jeans and that belt made her look good? that will be the last time she`ll ever wear those mom jeans

[philosophie_en_rose]

110. The belt and jeans combo isn't flattering.

She's beautiful, but the outfit make her look like her waist starts under her armpits. Her shape (not fat - not that fat would be evil either) isn't the problem.

[skygazer]

111. Wow, what a pig

:sarcasm:

My husband glanced at the cover of People the other day which had a similar picture and a blurb about her "new body." He seemed confused until I explained that the media is once again trying to manufacture controversy.

I would never want to live in the spotlight having people analyze by looks 24/7. It's amazing more women don't diet themselves to death.

[PylesMalfunction]

112. Call me a cynic

Do I think she's fat? Absolutely not. But I also think it's laughable that she's having her sister defend her by saying she's a size 2. :rolls: There's no way. And that's fine because I've seen her looking like Skeletor way too many times and she looks a lot better here. But don't lie and say you're a 2, like anything bigger than a 2 is fat. I have just as much scorn for her as I do for the way our society treats these young women.

I hate the objectification of women in Hollywood. When people like Liv Tyler and Kate Winslet are told they are fat - that's just messed up. But at the same time, Jessica's dad is notorious for doing whatever it takes to keep his daughters in the spotlight. Since she's playing chili cookoffs right now, I think this is just a ploy for attention. Stuff her full of doughnut for a couple of weeks and put her in an unflattering outfit. Then wait for the "fat" pictures to create a storm. Have other C-list celebrities defend her and milk the attention for everything that it's worth. Then when that dies down, Jessica can get back in the limelight by detailing her regimen for taking all the weight off a la Jennifer Love Hewitt. More press coverage.

I don't feel a bit sorry for her. She's made a career out of her T&A and being a bimbo. Live by the sword, die by the sword. I do feel incredibly sorry for all the young girls out there that are subjected to this BS. I think there's very few women alive that don't have some body issues.

[Shell Beau]

113. I don't think she made her career being a bimbo, maybe an airhead, but

not a bimbo. Maybe her sister took up for her because she is her sister. I know I would do that for my brother. And while I do understand that her dad creates any kind of publicity for his girls, I don't think this kind would be appreciated by either of the Simpson gals. Or any gal for that matter.

[PylesMalfunction]

116. Yes - Jessica is known for her stellar talent.

She's made a career out of being a dumb blond bimbo. She shook her ass and boobs for profit while pretending not to have a brain. Do I think she's really stupid? No - which actually makes it even worse for me.

I'm so glad her sister is standing up for her. You do realize her sister is the same girl that gave an interview in Marie Claire about girls just needing to be happy with who they are. And then turned around and had very noticeable plastic surgery. :eyes:

Of course the publicity is appreciated. Her career is going nowhere and she was headlining shows at chili cook offs. Now she's got all kinds of press - all the gossip columns are buzzing about this and we're even talking about it here at DU (god help us). She did this for the same reason that people make porn tapes and they're "stolen" and released on the internet. There is no such thing as negative publicity, not when you're a D-lister trying to claw your way back into relevance.

You're perfectly justified in thinking she's not a bimbo. :) I'm not going to change my mind though. Dita Von Tease shakes her ass and tits for money and I think she's one smart cookie. Sexy as hell too.

I'm off - I can't believe I just wasted two whole posts on the state of Jessica Simpson's weight. :D

[LisaL]

117. Oh geez. Why would someone have plastic surgery?

Well, maybe because women are expected to look perfect? If there wasn't so much pressure on these young women to look perfect, maybe they wouldn't be having surgery.

:eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

115. That is roughly how I am shaped

And although I could stand to lose about 10-15 pounds. I do not consider myself fat.

[Blue_In_AK]

118. I think I read she went from size 2 to size 8.

If size 8 is fat, then a lot of us must be porkers.

[carlyhippy]

119. she's not fat, her tank top needed to be the next size up

good grief, no wonder stars and public figures are so screwed up, the media is vicious.....

[Wetzelbill]

120. It's not the best picture, that's about it

Angle, maybe the outfit. But fat? Hardly. That's just sad. Most people look fine, but we're all bombarded with unreal expectations of perfection that if we don't look or dress a certain way, or even have a certain amount of money or status we feel inferior. The physical stuff, like weight, is usually harder on women, but us guys even feel that pressure nowadays too. It's just sad to see a perfectly attractive person get ripped up over something like this, it bothers me.

[DFW]

121. OK, who is Jessica Simpson, and why am I supposed to care?

Is she related to Homer and Bart, or something?

(ExPat, here, don't get on my case if she's a household word, or something)

[Shell Beau]

122. It is probably a good thing you don't know who she is.

She was on MTV's Newlyweds. She is a pop singer that tried to act and is now trying out country music!:shrug:

[DFW]

124. Never heard of MTV's Newlyweds, either

Either I spend too much time here in Europe, or maybe not enough!

[TK421]

123. She's not fat...she's just big-boned n/t

[blue neen]

127. She is NOT fat! It's nice to see a woman who's neck bones aren't sticking out.

The rest of these Hollywood actresses don't look like they are living REAL lives. Jessica Simpson was never a favorite of mine, but for the media to suddenly declare that she is fat is just wrong and mean-spirited.

We women are hard enough on ourselves. A size 8 is a healthy size--one tabloid actually called her "jumbo"!
Come on, who wrote that headline? Rush Limbaugh?

[terisan]

128. She looks fabulous!!!