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Jessica Simpson Opens For Rascal Flatts

Jessica Simpson Opens For Rascal Flatts

Jessica Simpson hides behind her Dior shades and LV handbag as she leaves her hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia on Thursday (January 29).

The 28-year-old country singer headed to University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena, where she’ll be opening up for country trio Rascal Flatts.

Earlier this week, Jessica has been under fire for having a fuller figure.

Jessica Simpson is becoming part of this trend we call body-bullying,” People editor Galina Espinoza said on The Today Show earlier this morning. “People are cruelly mocking her, making her feel like there is something wrong with her just because she has a slightly fuller figure. It’s something that’s going on increasingly in Hollywood.”

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56 Comments

# 1
imelda bootstross @ 01/29/2009 at 6:32 pm

Average size for a US woman: 18

Jessica Simpson: 8

Pot, meet kettle.

# 2

yeah, well she clearly belives her shirt that says real girlz eat meat. so she can bully others but they cant bully her? stop being such a stuck up fat *****.

# 3

Papa Joe and Jessica are loving all this attention!!PEOPLE COVER STORY probably already in the works.

# 4

I think Jessica Simpson looks healthy. If she’s skinny people say she needs to eat, if she’s voluptious people say she’s fat. ridiculous.

# 5

layla, what is your problem? this body bullying is something that ALL women deal with, so stop trying to focus on other things. right now we need to focus on the idea that women have unrealistic expectations.

thank you, jessica, for enduring the bullying and maintaining a healthier weight. THANKYOU.

# 6

OMG if she is full figured then I’m obese ..& i’m a size 6 !!!! who is this Galina person anyways and how much does she weigh?

# 7

Oh, you are absolutely correct, imelda. If she’s fat, then as a size six I am not far behind. The outfit which she was wearing when she began getting lambasted was not a flattering outfit. But she’s far from fat. Goodness forbid the woman actually eat food and not starve herself in Hollywood. Ugh.

# 8

how can she say ‘fuller figure’? jessica is still a skinny person! the media is just running with this story to make her feel like crap when it’s not true. they know she’s not fat they just want her to feel bad.if you call the girl in these pics fat thats just BS.and people should seriously think about the younger people watching this.its no wonder eating disorders are on the increase.

# 9

If she had even a little talent, it wouldn’t be such a big deal that she is fat. Her looks are all she has (used to have).

This is horrible. I bet people on these comments are fat asses themselves and want to feel superior to her

Anonymous @ 01/29/2009 at 6:50 pm

The reason people are giving her a bad time is that she and her father have always protrayed her as a sex symbol. Look at my body and my double D’s, I’m so sexy don’t you wish you were me. And now that she is just plain average looking, there are better looking and more talented ladies out there, she can’t take it. If you can’t stand the heat then get out of the frying pan!!! She is a publicity hound so she should be enjoying all the feedback with the weight gain, 10 million dollar law suit, and her oh so wonderful cowboy cheating on her. She is getting better billing than the Rascal Flats, and it’s their concert.

crazy crazy world!!!…calling this girl fat..do you guys know how many people are and will be losing their jobs?.. really there are way bigger problems in the world, no pun intended..

why don’t all you jealous potsuckers shut up?! i can bet you’re a wideload as well

What a difference an outfit makes. No question she looks twice her former self in that other getup. Yet, in this outfit no one would ever have made a comment about her weight. She needs to watch her weight for her health (and that goes for all of us) and she seriously needs to look in the mirror before she goes onstage. She chose the business and this bullying is part of it. If she can’t take the heat, then she’s going to have to get another job - ’cause right or wrong, this is the way it is.

elanenergy @ 01/29/2009 at 7:17 pm

I’m sorry to be such a cynic, but I think she and papa Joe planned this whole thing out…..weight gain=BIG PUBLICITY, and Jess getting to be the poor victim of our societal sickness per our weight obsession. They’ll do ANYTHING to stay in the public eye, and keep Papa Joe’s commission’s coming in….Jenny Craig called yet??

Simpson is not overweight. The concert getup was just particularly unflattering. I agree with Kate in that no one would ever say anything about her figure in this outfit. Yet, even if she had/has gained way, hollywood is in no way entitled to bodybashing. If we give them the right to set the bar for what’s considered “beautiful”, then we’ll all be anorexic.

Jessics is beautiful just as she is. And, BTW, she is not fat by normal standards, just by the fucked-up, self-centered, anorexic Ho;;ywood standards!

Jessica’s gorgeous no matter what her size is.

Calling you fat Jessica is crazy, you look wonderful, don’t listen to these morons they have nothing better to do then to put everyone down..

If its bad to judge people by their weight, why is her only claim to fame getting skinny so she could writhe around on a soapy car half naked? I hate this worthless *****.

Forget the weight. What’s up with her lips?

Someone from one of the radio stations made a good point. Jessica was the one who said that her body was her passport, or words to that effect. She’s the one who first made weight an issue. People are now just holding her up to HER own standards.

That being said, though, she’s still far from obese. She just needs to dress better.

2 much chili @ 01/29/2009 at 7:44 pm

AT LEAST SHE LEARNED TO COVER UP HER FAT SELF. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOUR ARM BLUBBER AND ROLLS OF FAT DOWN YOUR SIDES.

I honestly think she’s loving this. As they say, any publicity is good publicity. It’s bringing her more attention than her “music”.

Jessica looks skinny in these pixs

Love her outfit. She looks great to me.

She looks great! Those heels are insane but crazy sexy.

lakers fan in boston @ 01/29/2009 at 8:13 pm

it was just the pants making her fat tbh
she looks pretty skinny here
u guys made a big deal for no reason, she’s a nobody
and i hate 2 say it, but she kinda looks cute

The part about body bullying being a trend is ridiculous. Unfortunately it’s a historical, universal human vice that people like to see and mock how the mighty have fallen. When people are supposedly “perfect”, people like to point out their imperfections so that they feel better about themselves. And really, isn’t part of the fun of reading celebrity gossip sites like this being able to mock people in a not so serious and slightly absurd way. Now if Jessica feels bad about the comments, and I hope she doesn’t, she should just accept that it’s part of the biz. There are good things too like high salaries and getting free stuff so it evens out.

its sickening that people are calling this girl fat. our society is so f-ed up! its not that she’s fat, its that most of hollywood is unhealthily skinny!!

i fully expect a people/us weekly/ok mag cover in a couple of months with jess on the cover looking like a size 0 talking about how she lost all that weight and how she’s hot again……. (roll eyes) she’ll milk this publicity this for all its worth since her career isn’t exactly newsworthy, and she’s talked at length about her romantic relationships already

I never understood her fame! She is NOT a beautiful woman, her hair always looks like crap (and her stylist is her bff, go figure!) she wears the most horrible clothes (after Britney), her shoes (Like these boots) are always sky high, (even in a bathing suit, she must be real insecure about her height) her purses always look like she can feed a family of 5 in them, not ONCE has she ever, EVER carried a neat, smaller bag, all in all, she adds MANY pounds to her small frame with all the crap and horrible clothes she wears. Funny, she sells shoes and bags, yet you won’t ever see her carry or wear her plastic sh*t, because they are crap and always at 75% off…really horrendeous stuff, she sells. I can’t understand why she dresses as she does, she needs a make over and a NEW hair cut, pronto, and then she won’t look ‘fat’, which she isn’t, but she’s sure not toned like in those Daisy Dukes…that’s for sure. Just once, Jess, dress in stuff that isn’t like a clown, and carry accessories that aren’t bigger then you, just once!

She can’t dress to save her life, she needs a stylist! And that outfit in question, what was going thru her mind?? It was up there with the top 5 worst outifts worn by a celeb! Her arms got flabby, but I don’t think she gained more then 7-8 pds, but she sure doesn’t seem to be working out anymore, flabby arms/back rolls. Guess life is good.
I also agree, her handbags are TOO big! Shoes always like hooker type shoes, i don’t think ive ever seen her in normal shoes! Whats with this gal?

Jessica is a curvy girl who doesn’t know how to dress for her figure. That outfit at the chili cook-off was just about the worst thing she could wear. I am a little smaller than she is, but very curvy. There is no way in hell that I would wear what she wore, it’s unflattering to almost any figure. She has to acknowledge that she is no longer in the best shape of her life and decide to work harder to be a smaller size or dress appropriately for her current size. Jessica isn’t fat, she looks like a normal woman. What we see in Hollywood is not normal and starving oneself is not a way to live a healthy lifestyle.

But, one thing we need to remember about Jessica is how she has always used her sex appeal as a way to sell herself, it’s always been apart of her image. So it’s going to be the first thing people attack when she gains weight. She is no longer in the shape she was when she filmed Dukes of Hazard, and that’s okay. She must be expecting this, she may have planned this as a publicity stunt, who knows?

Anyone thinks all this is a publicity stunt to get Jess in the spotlight again?

I swear, she looks a lot skinnier in this outfit than the one she wore on stage. It’s like they put a fat suit on her to draw attention onto her again.

I think she looks great.

And secondly, there are many celebrities who are healthy and big, big deal! Love your body and people will start accepting you.

She is not fat, but she an annoying fame ***** with very little talent. she sold out - payback is hell

[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 01/29/2009 at 11:10 pm

poor pathetic thing. this is the most attention she’s got in a long time. and once again it’s not because of her singing.

You want the mental “CASE”of a four or five year old kid?
please, STUDY HER, folks!!

Mmm, I love this chubby chick! She looks much better now.

I just hope she loses her dumb jock boyfriend and gives the skinny guys a chance :)

Oh there is fatty.

Jessica’s family have been posting like crazy.

She looks like Elle, the oversized model. It’s karma . She’s such a **** and has no ethics. I was a fan but no more. She sure doesn’t have any will power. I bet Tony drops her fast.

no people are mocking her because she’s left her more curvy muscled and healthier self go and yet she’s dressing like she’s still thin. girl is too big in the chest to go bra less for one thing.

look at Queen Latifah, when she was 100% a big tub of lard, she wasn’t dressing like she was a size 2. she dressed for who she was at that moment. and as she lost weight and got healthier she continued to dress appropriately for her size.

I GUARANTEE SHE HAS STARTED THE STARVATION DIET AND ITS ALREADY WORKING

lovesimpsonsis @ 01/30/2009 at 3:41 am

Oh my god, she is soo pretty! Just look at that gorgeous face, the clean skin, and her beautiful long hair. She is a great singer, and seem to have a wonderful personality. I mean, how can you not like this girl?!

If I remember correctly, Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 and no one ever called her fat. Somehow, over the years, society (or the media or both) has decided that women must look like prepubescent boys to be sexy. So what if she’s gained weight. She can’t have gained much and she looks fine (and I am NOT a fan). At least she has other interests in her life besides tanning, the beach, and yoga.

This woman is not fat by any means.

People…
Relax….
She is not fat she is PREGNANT…
Just look back at all the photos since she gained the weight…
She was wearing loose clothing, and big purses in front of her to hide…
But, was afraid the press would hunt down with those rumors…
Now she is trying to fit into tight clothe…
REMEMBER…HER FAN BASE, THEY ARE IN THE BIBLE BELT OF THE USA…..
She needs to finish her tour…
Then the announcement will be made…

She is not fat, whatis wrong with curves?

She’s a sensitive Sun Cancer who, yes, has to watch eating comfort food! She’s a beautiful and sweet girl, and it’s nice to see her in a relationship with someone who is successful in his career and adores her.

Maybe she’ll dump her controlling and incestuous-acting father so she can find a real manager.

She looks so skinny in these photos. She is NOT fat, she is actually very normal looking, everyone who is saying that she is fat needs to shut up. Just over a year ago the tabloids were claiming she was anorexic, so obviously they will make up any story, sadly, for attention. Dissing her makes other people feel better, get a life!

adamantia claus @ 01/30/2009 at 9:20 pm

Crazy world, beautiful woman with a beautiful round figure getting attacked for a nearing normal size body. First of all, I’m a 16, shaped the same way and men can be very appreciative in public, I dress appropriately and tastefully, when you’ve double DDs and a hourglass shape you dont want or NEED to be obvious about your gifts, a 26″ waist and nice legs I’m just ridiculously voluptuous, cant help it, tried to starve myself down to HER SIZE , my friends and family refer to that as time I looked like a crackhead. But conversely, a tank on a less shapely woman is just a tank top, on me I get stinkeye from other women who think I TRYING to show off my breasts…THERE aint no TRY they’re just a fact…I’m just like you trying to keep cool so there are downsides. I just keep it in shape enough to not jiggle too much and keep the ripples down and my heart healthy. I think she’s alot like me tending toward ripeness, lushness…and its more appreciated than you’d think from the amount of attention I get from akinny chicks boyfriends and husbands when I’m doing that 60’s Sophia Loren thing with the pencil skirt, heels and a nice top - walk with pride Jessica and tell ‘em to kiss your round creamy ass. The complainers are just serving up a nice tall glass of Hatorade - tonite’s flavor: Bitter Skinny *******.
Go ‘head gurl.
Your friend,
Awesomely Cuddly Woman

if size 18 is average in US for women then something is very wrong. jessica simpson was never skinny. she always had curves,never looked anorexic and now she is fat. she is not thin,not normal-she used to be normal and now she is fat. a big problem in USA is that people all attack someone when they are skinny because that is something everyone wants to be,and when someone gets fat everyone starts defending her like it is normal to be fat. she is not obese but she is fat and there is nothing wrong or right about it, its just the way she is now. i dont
see whats all the fuss about her figure? most of the people in US are obese so i would like to see how the ladies who wrote the text about her being fat look. we cant all be models and i know that,but you should know what is fat when you see it. we can all just say that curvy is sexy and men like women who look like that,men like big women,but the reality is that that is not the truth. they dont like fat ladies,they like what she used to look like because back then she had meat on her bones,had curves and no fat!
of course not all men can be with women who look like she used to look, so they settle for less,but what they think is sexy that is a whole different story! this maybe sounds cruel to you,but that is just the truth,nothing more or less!

jessica will never have the vocals for country music!She is a beautiful girl, but see her more as a actress.Jessica is to concerned about everything else instead of putting her heart and soul in the music, and that is what it takes to be a great singer.

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