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Ashlee Simpson Defends Sister’s Weight Gain

Ashlee Simpson Defends Sister’s Weight Gain

Jessica Simpson’s recent weight gain has become all the buzz lately. Her little sister Ashlee has taken to her MySpace to vent her frustration:

“Since when did a woman’s weight become newsworthy… I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister’s weight. A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman’s weight or figure as a headline on Fox News (”Jessica Simpson Shocks Fans With Noticeably Fuller Figure”.)

“All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you’re a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard. Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, or even a friend? I seriously doubt it.

“How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure? Now can we focus on the things that really matter. -Ash

Earlier today, one of Jessica’s trainers also defended her fuller figure.

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87 Comments

# 1

Jessica did not look like a size 2 in those pictures. Nontheless, I blame it on the pants…The high waisted thing just didn’t do any good for her.

# 2

Lol, she sounds too logical.

# 3

did she go blond again?
people read about people’s weight gain…especially when you’re in show business…lolz

both their careers are already going downhill, so no one really cares what either of them have to say

# 4

wtf lol…. I AGREE WITH HER AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME…. SHE SEEMS YOU KNOW A LITTLE SMART…

# 5
[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 01/27/2009 at 11:12 pm

bish please.
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asslee’s a lame & jess is a has-been loser. jess should be happy people are talking about her weight, because before it they weren’t talking about her at all.

# 6

No your sis chose to be in the public eye-so she’s being compared to the size she once was- I think the bigger news story should have been Jessica Simpson goes from playing In This Skin Tour to the Chilli Festival what happened to her career?’

# 7

I think Jessica is beautiful just like she is…I guess 5 pounds on someone extremely tiny to begin with is more newsworthy than how to fix our economic mess! Good grief!!!

# 8

no wonder there are so many little girls who are anorexic. they read stories like this and think if they’re not a size zero, they’re fat. really sad.

# 9

finally! for the first time in history ashlee seems to actually have a brain on those shoulders

wow. for once i actually comprehend and understand what this girl is saying. respect. a little bit…

finally! something smart from ashlee.. i thought i wouldnt live long enough to see this day

TaylorSwiftfan @ 01/27/2009 at 11:25 pm

I agree, it’s terrible to think that you can’t be in the public eye without being a size 0. Those pants were unflattering but I can’t believe there are still people on this thread commenting about what an idiot Ashlee is just because her sister is famous.

THEY’RE BOTH BIMBOS!!!

well it is newsworthy. it comes with the territory of being in the spotlight(not that she is really an “a list” celebrity though.)

but she is right that you wouldn’t go up to a family member and say “wow, you have gotten fat”
you would say it once they left the room…

TERRELL OWENS @ 01/27/2009 at 11:28 pm

usually when a big person sits on tony he will throw everything up for grabs or give everything away.

just saying.

Size 2?! I guess a size 2 is not what it used to be, unless we have ten sizes between 0 and 2. She looked like a comfortable 6-8 (or a chunky European 12 :D )

i agree with ashlee with the whole
‘judging people’ thing
BUT jessica is definitely not
a size 2. she does look a little fat.
but who caress

Yea right, size 2. Try a 12.

Seriously, Asslee needs to shut the F up. This family is completely irrelevant, so I suppose this is some desperate attempt to stay in the spotlight. Jessica is NOT a size 2. Not a chance in hell! and it wasn’t just news on Foxnews moron, it was on EVERY website including Justjared, so it’s kind of funny the little emo chick decideds to just call out one news source. Nice try, unfortunately you sound stupid. Your sister is large–deal with it. She had to go and flaunt her “Daisy Duke” body to anyone and everyone and now that she’s gained a bunch of weight it’s off limits?? Doesn’t work like that.

I agree. leave her alone

She didn’t say that Jessica was a size 2. She was making the point that even someone that is as small as a size 2 gets called fat.

Shakespearean, indeed.

this is a ploy ppl everyone is on jess’s case right now in a cople of monts she’s gonna be on the core of a mag talking about how she lost the weight trust! also i dont think she is that fat the outfit didn’t do her any wonders

Hey Jessica (Ashley)…if you want little girls to feel good about themselves then don’t lie about your size. You would be helping out the self-image of little girls if you would admit your a 6-8 (even a 4), but don’t try to pass yourself off as a 2.

IT’S FOX NEWS…. EVERYTHING THEY POST IS BULLSH!T

even if i never liked this girl, she has a damn point, and got her point across rather nicely. and people she isnt talking about jessica being a size 2, shes generalizing that these days celebrities that are as small as a size 2 and gain alittle weight here and there are scrutinized and critisized without mercy thse days.

Yeah - J.L.Hewitt said she was a 2. And then she went and lost 20 more pounds. They all claim to be a size 2. Then what the hell was Jess before? In children’s clothing? I don’t think so………..

We live in an obese culture - so all this talk about her being ‘normal’, just means she’s fat.

Despite the fact that Ashlee is making a point, her statement only focuses MORE attention on Jessica’s figure - is this the ulterior motive of her eloquently worded plea to the masses to avert their attention to more worthy issues? If this is truly an issue that “doesn’t matter,” why even take the time to write about it?

The fact of the matter is, the public moves on rather quickly as soon as a better story comes along, and a better story ALWAYS comes along. Celebrities should realize this instead of stirring the pot - it’s a disadvantage to themselves to do so!

i agree with 24. but i also COMPLETELY agree with ashely. it isn’t good for young girls (or any women, for that matter) to be told that if you gain some weight you’re a failure and disgusting. all women are beautiful. so back the fuc* off of jessica.

comparing people’s opinion on weight to the inauguration?!? really?

just another dumb broad it seems (and i’m a girl that lives in L.A.)

Jessica Simpson flaunted her real size 2 body around in little bikinis Dukes of Hazzard era .. a spectacle for all to see.. because she has aquired a social label as a hot skinny blonde society obviously sees her as that.. so if she BLOWS up obviously people are going to talk ****.. deal with it…dumb fuc*king Ashlee…

Edumacated @ 01/28/2009 at 12:38 am

So is this ASHLEY SIMPSON imploring us to take women as they are, flaws and all? The same Ashley Simpson who COMPLETELY changed her looks via plastic surgery so she would no longer be known as the “ugly” Simpson sister? Yeah, I totally buy your sincerity, Ash. (*sarcasm*) And no, I’m not stupid enough to believe she actually wrote that post. Not once, on her pathetic reality show, did she ever utter a full, coherent, grammatically-correct, intelligent sentence. But now I’m expected to believe she can write in semi-persuasive language? I don’t think so.

inominedei @ 01/28/2009 at 12:40 am

she claims that the different sizes don’t matter… and then try to make it seem like her sister is only a size 2 (which is a celebrity standard)?!!

hmm…
I think she failed her own attempt to sound smart.

what a hypocrite! ashlee complains that others are setting a bad example for little girls, when she herself got a nose job and both she and jessica obviously got ristaline or whatever it’s called for their lips a while ago

…says the woman who totally redid her face.

That’s my kneejerk reaction. In fairness I really applaud those feelings. It’s just hard when the person sharing them uses plastic surgery and botox to create a whole new physical appearance.

Get ahold of yourself…No one really gives two shitts about your fat sister or you!! “after the inauguration”…give me a break..Toot your horn louder…we can’t hear it from here..

Canadian_chick @ 01/28/2009 at 1:55 am

I totally agree with Ashlee on this one. Not every woman is a size 1 or even a 0. I, myself, am a size 10 and I have been told that I am fat. Health wise, I am actually in the norms. I say as long as someone is healthy and happy with the way they look, they shouldnt feel pressured to loose weight. Because of the “sticks” roaming around, I feel the pressure of loosing weight and it’s not right. We shouldnt be in a world that does this. Instead of puting girls under pressure about weight. Lets teach them about being healthy and happy.

How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?

Says the b**ch who got a nose job. This family needs to fall off the face of the earth . Soon.

it’s better for the both of these trailer trash to gain weight

real girls eat meat and get fat

When one trades on their body and looks and when their fame is very much based on their appearance then of course thins will be said when they begin looking different. If her focus was purely on music then sure, it would be wrong to criticize but it’s not. She runs around in bikinis, does ’sexy’ pop videos and is known for being a blonde ‘bombshell’ so it’s only natural that people comment when she begins looking like an elephant.

ASHLEE…WTF are you teaching teenage girls when you go out and get a nose job at age 20? “Focus on things that matter?” Like what? Lip synching and plastic surgery?

Claiming that people make fun of others that are a size 2 is a little dramatic. The way she wrote this passage, it seems like she is referring to Jessica as being a size 2 . Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that Jessica looks bad in any way, but she is no where close to being a size 2.

hfgfgfgfg @ 01/28/2009 at 4:45 am

Ashlee are you ******* serious talking about how real beauty comes in different shapes and size or forms and **** like that when everybody knows your ass has had extensive work done, your nose, chin, and so on. Give us a break, PLEASE.

And another thing what is it exactly you and your sister do? besides being full time losers.

I must say, I think she’s 100% correct here. Still don’t like those girls much at all, but she called a spade a spade.

well said Ash!!

Good for Ashlee! If it were my sister I’d be tellin someone off big time. I’m not a fan of either one, but Jessica looks great. Good that she’s got some curves.

Just SH*T more often.
THAT’S ALL, folks!!

CLAPPING!!!! I think she looks hot. I am not a fan of hers but she looks hawt!

She’s fckin right though, all you people saying Jessica is fat are morons and theres no two ways about it tbqh. People like you should be euthenized, cus youre the ones making little girls make themselves ill. Fcktards.

whatever, yo @ 01/28/2009 at 9:19 am

what if she has her period and was just a little bloated!!

from crying out loud, leave jessica alone!!!

sheesh.

hmmmmm…..didn’t jennifer love hewitt ALSO state that she “was a size two”????? yeeeeaaaah, no one believed that cr@p either!

hope she isn’t refering to jessica about size 2, cause shes about a 6 or 7

oh and this little lecture coming from ash who got a nose job(andd doesn’t admit it), and jess who gets her lips filled every 6 months or so when she doesn’t even have thin lips. ASH UR SO LAME!

I agree with her 100% and am with what # 26 said as well…

“Since when did a woman’s weight become newsworthy” — a better question is, since when did the Simpsons become newsworthy? Nobody cares.

I think people are criticizing Jessica more for her poor fashion choices than her “curves.” Those high waisted jeans with the double leopard belts would look bad no matter what size she was!

totally agree.
It’s great that she came to her sister’s defense, I would do the same thing!

“A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country”

Honey, Jess has been comfort eating longer than a week. If this is the only way she can get her name in the news, well, have a side of biscuits and gravy on me.

well I think we have to face it: Jessica is fatter than before and she was never really thin so I guess we can say she’s fat now BUT people have nothing to do with it so I agree with Ashlee, just leave her alone! I wouldn’t feel good if I had her figure but good for her if she does

If she is a size 2, I am a size 4… and Im really a 14 right now. My butt looks like Jessicas… so whataver size she is I am.

Ashlee should just be happy there is a reason for her sister to get ANY publicity, If it werent for her fluxuating weight she would be a the chilli dog cook off with Taylor Hicks or something…

As for Ashlee she is only exploiting her sister and this story for her own 10 seconds of noteriety. Neither of these sisters have any tlent or skills. I hope Pete keeps writing songs and doing whatever he does to keep Ashlee in the news.

Didn’t Jessica lose weight for the Dukes of Hazard. She wasn’t complaining back then!

jessica looks a size 8 or 10 but don’t look horrible, she looks good.
she gain weight but looks healthy, not scary skinny

Hollywood women are blasted when they are too thin, and they are blasted when they put on weight. I am sure Jessica is incredibly hurt. Watch her lose a lot of weight, pronto.

smileyamy @ 01/28/2009 at 1:56 pm

I blame the pants! Jessica looks awful skinny, and why would ANYONE want to look unhealthy. too many girls in Hollywood look like they are starved. I think Jessica sets a good example with her body image, but I think the pants were a very bad choice of wardrobe for performing.

Ashlee looks like a fat chunky pig as well as Jessica. So ashlee should shut up. Jessica’s weight balloon up and down all the time why is everyone shocked. I’m sure Jessica is already on a strict diet and jumping around doing some exercising. Soon she will be back in a skimpy out fit showing her body after she has lost all of this weight.

PULEEZ……….WE ALL HAVE EYES!!! SHE’S GOTTEN CHUBBY…AND IT REALLY SHOWS IN HER FAT FACE AT THE MOMENT….MAYBE SHE DIDN’T REALIZE SHE’S GAINED…BUT SHE SURE DOES NOW!!!! SHE’S MADE A LIVING OFF OF HER BOOBS, AND FAKE HAIRPIECES………..SOOOO, NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GET PORKY JESS!! SINCE U CAN’T SING OR ACT……AND U U LISTENED TO DADDY AND DUMPED YOUR DARLING, HUNK OF A HUSBAND NICK…WHO, BY THE WAY LOOKS A GOOD AS EVER!! RE-MAKE YOURSELF WITH A WEIGHT LOSS STORY!!! U HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!! EVERY PIC I SEE OF U…U R GOING OR COMING FROM SOME TRNDY CALI RESTAURANT…….OR U R DRUNK…HEY….DRINKING PUTS ON THE LBS ALSO JESS!!! I DON’T THINK TONY LIKES THIS LOOK???? WHEN U WERE WITH NICK….I THINK U USED TO WORK OUT????

Chestica and Assley are plastic blow up bimbos. They have plastic
noses, they have plastic boobs, they have plastic noses, wonder what else is plastic. They are polluting our environment with all their plastic, the EPA should sanction them for “NO MORE PLASTIC”. Chestica’s boyfriend looks feminine and of course, Assley’s husband looks like a black rat. Their poor baby probably looks like a mouse.
I wish they would melt in the sun and go down the drain into the ocean, never to be seen again. They are the most hated family in the USA. Move to China and take pervert Joe Simpson with you. Keep him away from the baby.

Chestica and Assley are plastic blow up bimbos. They have plastic
noses, they have plastic boobs, they have plastic lips, wonder what else is plastic. They are polluting our environment with all their plastic, the EPA should sanction them for “NO MORE PLASTIC”. Chestica’s boyfriend looks feminine and of course, Assley’s husband looks like a black rat. Their poor baby probably looks like a mouse.
I wish they would melt in the sun and go down the drain into the ocean, never to be seen again. They are the most hated family in the USA. Move to China and take pervert Joe Simpson with you. Keep him away from the baby.

i agree completely with everything ashlee wrote

For once I really feel Ashlee on something. I’m so sick of people tearing down women’s bodies, whether they are a celebrity or not, and whether they are a size 4 or a 14. Nobody should be made to feel bad about how they look.. just imagine how crappy Jessica must feel. I’m sure she already KNOWS she is quite a bit heavier right now, but people talking smack about her isn’t gonna help the situation. And this is coming from someone who is not even a fan of Jessica or Ashlee. haha

Jessica is still beautiful and obviously a woman who’s weight fluctuates. Like most of us!

lakers fan in boston @ 01/28/2009 at 5:13 pm

pssh who care honestly
i didnt think she was that fat, every1 is making a big deal out of a nobody
jessica must be looking this

lakers fan in boston @ 01/28/2009 at 5:15 pm

loving*

Ashlee needs to shut-up and go back to looking after her stupidly named offspring!

There is no way in h-e-l-l that Jess is a size 2- Give the public a break!

All of these comments about Jess’s weight-gain are soooo overblown- if you look at it closer it’s probably a publicity stunt on her part to hawk her ***** country album= no one was talking about her before this now were they?

The whole family is shady and creepy to the core!

ASHLEE GO BACK TO YOUR UGLY-NAMED CHILD.. PLEASE GO AWAY AND LET JESSICA BECOME MORE FAT EVERY DAY.. PLEASE

coming from a a women who has had plastic surgery done to her face…hmm she says what does this say to the little girls who look up to them “wow” ashlee your not one to talk..

Canadian girl @ 01/28/2009 at 7:31 pm

I agree that Jessica is beautiful and is a healthy weight but I find it ironic that Ashley is saying people are beautiful at in shapes and sizes. Isn’t she the one that her face totally re-constructed to look like everyone else in Hollywood?

I CAN’T STAND THIS BUZZARD! SHE ACTS LIKE SHE’S TOO GOOD TO WALK WITH HER SISTER, SHE USED TO DISS JESSICA IN INTERVIEWS, AND NOW HERE SHE IS COMING TO HER DEFENSE! TAKE A BOW *******, YOU KNOW YOU’RE WASHED UP!! THEN SHE PLOTS TO TRAP PETE, GETS KNOCKED UP, YET HER BABY IS MORE FAMOUS THAN THIS HAS BEEN ***** IS. SO *******’S PLAN B IS LAUNCHED, SHE USES HER SISTER’S FAME TO GET PRESS, CLASSY REAL CLASSY ASS!!!!

Hurl…She is in the public eye…She has made herself a target…those pants were just gross…She needs a stylist….and well…Ashley coming from you - a plastic - means zip - you had your nose done…give us all a break…

Hey you idiot ashlee
1st - when you are in the spot light, your weight is always an issue
and
2nd - your sister is def NOT a size two!!

#34 You are right! I was listening to my radio station this morning and Perez Hilton pointed this out in the radio and I actually have to agree with him on this one.

for one jessica simpson didn’t gain any weight and if she did let her work those cuves anyone that is calling her fat is just dumb!

WOW, I think that you all are interested in Jessica, regardless of what you say, you are here aren’t you!! Well, I for one am happy to see that she can gain some wait and be happy and that is the message that we should be sending to all girls. And leave her be!!

first of all, just because Ashlee said “size 2″ she’s not saying Jess was size 2, come on now, it was a figure of speech. she was exaggerating the fact that people in the entertainment business or in the public eye all together will become scrutinized even if they are a SIZE 2. . . . GET IT PEOPLE???

It’s called a “FIGURE OF SPEECH.”

Trudi Victorino @ 02/02/2009 at 1:02 pm

Who cares if she is a size 2 or a size 12….Jessica is human with feelings & just like the rest of us…. she can gain a few pounds!!!
I can’t imagine how I would feel if I gained weight & had to see my picture all over the TV & papers talking about how FAT I have gotten!!!

Lets not Forget Jessica is a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice! I would care more if her voice changed…not her dress size!! As long as she is happy we should all be happy for her!

This is the type of behavior that creates eating disorders in ourselves and our children!!! We complain Celebrities are too skinny….and when they gain some weight & look healthy …..we call them FAT!!! It make’s no since! 6 months from now Jessica might be back to her old weight & people will be calling her anorexic! Make -up your mind people!!!!

Jessica you are a beautiful person inside and out……don’t ever let anyone tell you different!!!

Trudi Victorino

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