Back in 2009, Jessica Simpson was ashamed of the world on her body.
It was in Texas during her performance when Jessica Simpson Mom Jeans went viral. It wasn’t long on the stage until the news and the people started body-shaming her for her appearances.
There were several headlines that were quite disrespectful regarding her appearances as several articles wrote: “Jessica Simpson in Mom Jeans because she has let herself go”. There were quite many names given to her such as “Jumbo Jessica” and “Beefy”.
The story behind Jessica Simpson Mom jeans
Although Jessica Simpson didn’t comment and replied to the mean articles and news regarding her appearance, she has finally opened up, 11 years later.point 279 |
Now, she took to the internet and talked about how she felt when she was body-shamed and her getup was called as Jessica Simpson Mom Jeans (because of the jeans she was wearing at the stage during the time.point 168 | )point 169 | 1
How did the incident make Jessica Simpson feel?
Today, Jessica has 5.4 million followers and she admitted there that she was heartbroken when she heard such names for herself. She spoke her feelings out on Today magazine. Talking about it, she said ” There was a picture that was famous. It was of my face and body that really made my heartbreak.
She further added, “Well, not the picture itself but the caption was too hard to take in. All the captions under my pic are still crazy.” She explains that one of the major reasons she felt embarrassed was because of her then-boyfriend, Tony Romo. She thought she wasn’t good enough for him anymore.
Jessica Simpson family
We all know that Jessica Simpson has had a very good relationship with Tony. To which she adds “Tony never made me feel like I wasn’t good enough or that it was bad for me to have a mom-body. I was happy with him and he was happy with me but the world took me down.”
Jessica on Glamour said that even though she felt confident on that specific day over her performance. The comments and news are what made her feel sad and made her passion for performing go downhill.
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She further added while talking to Glamour ” I actually felt really good up there. Felt like the stage was my home and it always made me feel like home too. All the love I got from people was quite good, too. But it ruined me later.”
Talking about her appearance on stage in her Jessica Simpson Mom Jeans, she said: ” I was desperate within my own home and marriage but my stage was like home ever since I was a little girl. That’s where I was really myself every time I went up the stage.”
Jessica Simpson 2020
Although Jessica is held aback, she genuinely believes that this scrutiny wouldn’t have taken place in today’s times. Jessica admits that she’s happy times are changing now.
” I’m actually really happy that times are changing now and the world takes women for who they are. You see women today flaunting themselves whether it’s a size 10 or a zero. Honestly, this is exactly how it should be forever.”
Ms.point 3 | Simpson talks about her autobiography
Jessica admits that her Jessica Simpson Mom jeans title didn’t affect her as much as her obsession with weight in her 2005 movie, Dukes of Hazzards, did.point 284 |
She clearly confesses in her autobiography, Open Book.point 47 | The Daisy Duke moment actually made a standard of size and weight.point 102 | Is she fat or is she thin, is every story for my whole career?point 151 | 1
She writes in her book that it is not easy but it hurts her. Jessica says in Open Book: ” I feel like we all look in the mirror and see our flaws. My flaws affect me so much and they weren’t even flaws. But people make a huge deal of my flaws. That’s when I realize that oh I do have some flaws, according to the world standard.”
Her book is out now.