OlderPresident Obama Weighs In On Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson rocks a Burberry newsboy cap as she lands in Cincinnati, Ohio on her way back to Dallas to see her boyfriend Tony Romo on Monday.
The 28-year-old country singer continues to receive attention for her fuller figure, which was first noted last week as she sang at the Chili Cookoff in Florida.
The Today Show’s Matt Lauer spoke to President Obama in a pre-Super Bowl interview and mentioned that him and his family were removed from the US Weekly’s cover shoot to make room for the hot topic of Jessica Simpson’s weight. Obama coyly responded, “Yeah, it’s a little hurtful!” Then he continued looking at the cover, saying [that Jessica is] “in a weight battle, apparently. Yeah. Oh well.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK about President Obama’s comments about Jessica Simpson — not nice or not news?
10+ pictures inside of President Obama weighing in on Jessica Simpson …
Share This Post:
113 Comments
I think it was an offhand comment–he should realize that people are listening to EVERY SINGLE WORD he says and he should not comment on such things. He wouldn’t want anyone saying the things they said about Jessica Simpson to someone he knows or cares about.
1st
He was neither being rude or kidding. If you look at the cover it says Jessica Simpson’s Weight Battle. He was just quoting it.
He needs to weigh in more on the economy,our troops,security and his corrupt people. This President is a politician by saying he also reads Twilight. The world is falling apart but he has time to read many books including Twilight.
how do you expect him to respond?
Matt Lauer, shouldn’t have even brought it up..
it was off-hand, & why should we pay attention to
stuff so futile. When our country should be number one.
Which it obviously is. Maybe reporters should try&remember
what they learned in college. ¬ bring this celeb crap to the white house when they meet with our President.
Y are u causing drams. OBAMA SAID THAT CUZ THE HEADLINE UNDER HER PICTURE WAS “WEIGHT BATTLE” he didnt just think of that by himself to say. Im sure hes been just lounging around all week watching ACCESS HOLLYWOOD! wowww
&so what if he reads books. It’s called multi-tasking honey.
um….The interviewer asked him about how he felt about being cut out of the photo. When he said ‘oh well’ he was referring to the fact that the magazine had cut him out of the photo of him and his family on the cover. The same Photo appears inside the mag with him. If you saw the interview and the context in which the comment was made you would understand!!!!
You need to post the video of Obama’s interview. Your blog is incredibly misleading. He merely repeated the headline.
#8 For gods sake - people are just looking for ways to cut our president down. They are watching him so closely it’s sickening.
People need to let him do the job for which he was elected.
He said he read twilight with his kids. I think that with everything this man has to face I am glad that he is still trying to take the time out to spend quality time with his kids. I know everyone wants him to solve america’s and the world’s problems, but at the end of the day he is still a father to two great kids. if more parents took the time to spend with their kids we might not have so many social problems we have in the country.
His quote was taking out of context.
That’s not what he actually said in the interview.
he was just reading the cover and his responses was sort of like, “yeah. oh well” like what’s the big deal?
Not News!
They should not ask him stupid questions like this.
He was not saying Jessica is fat. He was joking about the frivolity of the story, that just so happened, cut him out of the family picture. I am sure he does not care at all.
whoever buys jessica’s new dvd should be shot.
c’mon if you have 10 bucks to waste, why don’t u just give it to a homeless guy.
Why would he even comment on this BS? (Even if he was just quoting it) He shouldn’t be concered with the tabloid nonsense. And… if he thinks Jessica is having a “weight battle” what does he think about his own wife who is obviously bigger than Jessica?
obama you could have said no comment!!!!!! that was very rude of him!!
Jessica if you’re reading this. You are beautiful, You are talented, you are more than just your skin, your soul is the core of you.stay strong, and healthy beautiful. live a happy, meaningful like. don’t listen to negative feedback. Be yourself !!!
What I think people are missing is the fact that he was being a bit sarcastic there… he was making the point of how silly the whole subject is.
umm not news duhhh. maybe you should be asking the preident political questions because wth does j. simpson have to do with the ****** economy.
Since everyone is so perceptive you would realise the President was reading the title on the US weekly cover out loud. He made an expression which led me to believe he didnt have any issue with either sharing the cover or the fact that anyone had gained weight. It was an offhanded comment meaning-such is life. We tend to read too much into things at times. As for Jessica, she has claimed the spotlight. Every star has their way of having their moment, some steal, some dui, some have what we term strange personal relationships, some even pretend to be going insane and then the world watches as everything works itself out. WE HAVE BEEN SUCKERED ONCE AGAIN……….Watch as Jessica sheds those pounds……………you’ll see. Maybe one of the popular weight loss experts can weigh in on this action……….make another one of those ADS…………like they did with Jessica and that POPULAR FACIAL PRODUCT.
Yep, I guess it just means he has no idea who JS is so he just read the cover.
What was he supposed to say. I mean think about it. A president of the USA speaking about a ‘’stars” weight. Come on…
But why in the world he even had to answer a question like this???
This all just sound like a mistake …
Anyways, and about him reading Twilight…hes just down to earth.
And its too early to judge him.
Typical stupid male statement. He better learn to think faster on his feet than that. Thank god it wasn’t a dig about a recalcitrant ally.
He’s the President. His words are important. They have repercussions. Remember Richard Nixon and his stupid off hand remark about Charles Manson? Obama couldn’t say, “A weight battle? oh how silly she looks lovely.” Or make a joke about a pretty woman bumping his mug off the cover leaving 4 beautiful women instead? Yes, I thought it was carelessly mean. I also thought it was cheap and nasty journalism to even bring it up.
What a misleading post. I just watched the interview and President Obama wasn’t even calling Jessica Simpson fat. Get over yourselves, you haters!
Obama is a rude and nasty jerk wiith no class at all. I thought better of him. Bush would have never said such a cruel thing.
President Obama was only reading the HEADLINE!
He was commenting on the fact that it said “Inside Jess’s Weight Battle” .
This is all too stupid.
Anyone who thinks there is something to read into this - give me a break. HE WAS READING a magazine being held up in front of his face.
Your titles have always been somewhat cheesy but this one IS very misleading. Well, I guess it’s no surprise anymore since you are becoming more like the people you dislike- gossipy and wannabe celebrity putting your own pics up with famous people. I was hoping you’d keep to being a straight forward and fact based blogger who prefers to be behind the scenes.
Just goes to show,how unprofessional Obama really is.What kind of president attacks someones personal appearance?4 long years to go,can’t wait until he’s gone.
I hate how people are making drama and trying to slanderize our new President. He actually quoted the magazine because under the picture of Jessica Simpson it says “in a weight battle”. He even POINTED to the magazine.
you gossip sites need to stop trying to make headlines over stupid ****.
god dang she is a friggin sow.
no mo cream girl!!
I am not an Obama fan, but I saw the interview and it was in no way offensive. Matt Lauer held up the magazine cover, where O was cut out of the picture with his family, and replaced by the JS weight story. It was tongue and cheek. He would have commented about anyone who was in that space.
The president couldn’t care less about Jessica Simpson. The interviewer shouldn’t even have mentioned it. How professional.
It´s great to have sb as a president who speaks so open and does not pretend to be sb else or sb who always just says what people wanna hear. For sure he did not intend to hurt sb.
Jessica is a futile celebrity. Stop giving her the time of the day. When was the last time you ever listened to her album or even better heard her songs being played anywhere? NEVER!
There is only one celeb who can get away with a fuller body.
I think it’s because of her “BLACK-MISTYC”-look.
That person is: KIM KARDASHIAN.
(she will continue to be the only one, folks)
DON’T YOU THINK OBAMA HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT THAN A STRAIGHT TO DVD ACTRESS?
I agree that the other guy shouldn’t even have brought this up! Obama is a good guy, he was just quoting, and of course every one comments on it now. It is all very stupid and is gonna be forgotten very fast.
YOU CANNOT JUDGE YOUR PRESIDENT ACCORDING TO A STUPID DETAIL, HE IS NO ROBOT
http://www.mayflower777.book.fr
He read the headline off the cover. Good grief!
Damn, why does this woman dress as she does? I think she makes Britney Spears look like a fashionista. At least here, no 6″ heels, surprised she didn’t find boots with heels! She needs to loose the always with her 20 pd purses, they make her look short and stumpy, the stupid hats, the clumsy jewerly, and get that disgusting extension (that she said her bff Paves recommended washing 2 or 3 x a month!ewwwwwwwww and in many many pic;’s, oh you can tell it’s dirty, UGH!) and have her OWN natural bob, or whatever the length is now, because she lives in this crap on her head,which also adds pounds. Look at the video where this started, her hair, sure does make her look bigger. She’s tiny and hasn’t a clue how to make herself attractive, which she sure can be, she instead, (and a middle part, not with her face!) chooses to look 20 pounds more, then she probably is. She can’t sing or act, but she’s famous, go figure.
Ashlynn needs to get a grip!! - and stop promoting Bush already! His presidency is over and the majority of the world thought he was an a**hole/ ingrate. You never know how he might have responded but judging by his response to issues that mattered, I think it is safe to suppose that his response would have been none too intelligent. (Anyone remembered that time he was in Britain and accidentally left his microphone on at a conference - I believe he said something that made people think even less of him)
She does not look fat to me.. She looks pregnant to me..
Hey check this out. If you go to TMZ and write Janet Dickinson they won’t send you the conformation email to post it. Why is she off limits on that site? I only wanted to say Glenn Beck made her to eat a sandwich on his show. I tried 10-12 times and couldn’t post it.
The media is saying how bad it is for young girls to hear that Jessica Simpson is fat. They are a bunch of hypocrites. They all gave Jessica plenty of air time so she could brag that she starved herself and worked out 2 1/2 hours a day everyday to fit into a pair of shorts. Is that ok for young girls to hear?
The media is a joke and spins every story to their advantage. Forget about the truth, morals or honest journalism. It’s all about the money to them.
I hate you
Don’t send message to my boyfriend,thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear q’s boyfriend,
It’s time for q’s meds.
Sincerely,
Concerned
COM ON!! …
He´s the f*president and this is just some gossip magazine. He has better things to do then dealing with Jessica Simpson weight.
You people are overreacting.
This is a dmub assed thread. The President didn’t comment on Jessica Simpson’s weight. The media needs to STOP twisting things. Matt Lauer was teasing him that while Michelle and his daughters made the cover of the MAgazine, he’d been bumped off of it because of a picture about Jessica Simpson. Matt then held up the Magazine cover and Obama read the caption that went with Jessica’s picture. Oh. Well. Nothing happening here people. Move right along…
Completely twisted and out of context!
Get a life…
I never thought I would ever say this . . .poor jessica, leave her alone. It is weight people, ir is not like she has done something wrong. No wonder people have self esteem and eating disorders.
She wore a pink bikini and daisy dukes begging for us to look at her body. Now she has turned into two tundra and we are suppose to look the other way? Yeah I don’t think so. She brought this on herself.
This is is so not news, yet the racist are having a field day. Typical.
Ashlynn, get your facts straight honey. Obama was simply reading the headline on the magazine. Doubt he has time to care about JS’s weight gain. At least he can read unlike Bush who can barely string together a coherent sentence.
Jess, you look BEAUTIFUL as always…..Mr Obama, I love you too!!!
HE DID NOT MAKE A COMMENT. Matt Lauer held up the magazine and he read what it said. Don’t believe me watch the clip.
I think the rest of the world should follow by his example. When asked to comment about the subject, he gave it as much acknowledgement as SHOULD BE GIVEN!! Yeah sucks she’s fighting with her weight, oh well…she’ll deal with it. AND MOVE ON!!! Since when did our society become one where skinny people become fat is Front page headline news?!?!?! Maybe the problem isn’t the hollywood stars its the journalists who can’t seem to draw enough intelligence to come up with a real story!!!
Come on guys dont close ur mind into this box first see the video then comment he just quoted what the magazine said iam with u #3 besides the way he said it was like making fun of the headline not the fact that jessica is overweight
Why would H u s s i e n comment on ANY celebrity’s body ????
I figure since everyone called Bush “Dubya” for HIS middle name, then to be fair we should call Obama by his.
Oh, and his own WIFE has a serious weight problem with those thunder thighs and rear end the width of a cows.
Matt Lauer said on the Today Show (after airing part of the interview) that Obama was indeed just commenting on the title on the magazine, not actually saying she has a weight problem. People need to stop making it sound like the President was making fun of JS.
GOSH! He was reading THE HEADLINE! o.O
What’s wrong with these people?
Geez.
i hate that this is even trying to be made into news. i saw that interview, he was reading the cover, and said it slightly sarcastically.
he wasn’t looking at her figure and saying whoa, what a fatty.
he was reading the title of the magazine, that Matt put in front of him, and replaced him, this site is going down, how could you lie on the president when there is video? duh, look for yourself before jumping on the band wagon.
It’s ridiculous that people are acting as though President Obama was actually talking about Jessica Simpson. If you watch the interview he clearly was reading the headline on the magazine cover. I’m sure he had no idea this was even a topic, what with being a little bit busy dealilng with our crumbling economic structure, war, and everythign else that is going on. I didn’t even vote for the guy but c;mon people use a little common sense - he isn’t an idiot.
Fat Jessica getting moved into a spot for our PRESIDENT? OMG! PLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
I guess I’d be more disappointed if the President of the United States were up-to-date on the fact that Jessica has gained a couple of pounds and the media is making it a big deal.
Cincinnati! Where I live!
The comment Barack made was not bad. I saw the interview and I didn’t think anything of it.
Obama is obsessed with imself so he was of course mad he’s already off the front page NEXT…
1. he’s reading Twilight because he has two girls that probably want to read them and as a good parent he should be aware of what they are reading and if it’s not appropriate he should say not right now, when you are a little older. so I applaud him. that ‘tude is way better than the folks that want to shove their opinions on the world saying this or that book is obscene and bad for all kids and to top it off they never read the thing they are shouting about
2. he’s got a point. a magazine put a star’s supposed weight issue as more important and the country getting to know the man who is now running things.
3. personally I think that Jessica looks like crap. she’s pudgy, it looks like she’s not eating well or probably working out and to make it worse she’s dressing like crap. but hey if that’s she wants to be so be it. I”m not the boss of her. I can’t tell her what to do. but the country and the girls in it might be better off if there was some more ‘oh well’ attitudes out there. because it’s putting that kind of thing on magazine covers that promotes this ‘you have to be pencil thin or you suck’ attitude that makes girls lose weight until they kill themselves.
President Obama has better things to do than sully his mind with Jessica Simpson.
this is a non-story; he was simply reading what was written on the cover.
She’s a good looking woman and not fat.
He never should have mentioned it. If someone else would have said that about his wife or daughters then everyone would be crying How unfair it is. He needs to be held to a Higher standard.
Seriously. I think everyone is just blowing this WAY out of proportion.
It was stupid to even ask him about this. I imagine he was in an awkward place. What does one say about a woman’s weight?
This isn’t news. Obama was just reading exactly what was on the magazine’s cover. If the magazine had written “Jessica Simpson in a Legal Battle” then Obama would’ve said, “Apparently she is in a legal battle.” The weight comment wasn’t his own. I can’t believe Jessica Simpson wearing ugly jeans is a news story–that’s truly frightening.
spontaneous & hilarious. obama, not js.
Halli @ 02/03/2009 at 2:54 am HE WAS READING THE CAPTION!
Its said “Inside Jess’s Weight-Battle”
So he was just reading the caption on the magazine cover
##################
That is NOT what he said. He did not just read the title. He said it looks like or apparently there’s a weight battle. That made it sound like he was commenting on her appearance and commenting on her photo. That’s how it sounded and looked to viewers who don’t read these stupid tabloids. Quite frankly I was kind of shocked he went there. I didn’t know he was even referring to a headline.
.
it was stupid for Matt to bring it up and it was even more stupid for the President of the United States to even comment on it. What happened to something like,” Matt, really. You want me to comment on the cover of a gossip magazine?” Or he could have just said nothing like an experienced pro would have done. The easiest thing to have done was just to praise the pic of his wife and daughters. there was NO need to comment on Jessica Simpson.
.
Some of you people seem to be willing to distort the facts just to defend someone you like. If the president speaks and it takes all kinds of explanations to make it clear that he wasn’t insulting someone then the president clearly needs to be more diplomatic and careful in the future. Careless talk is what can start a war or sink a legislative battle. He needs to up his game.
He just read the headline that was covering his picture on the cover. He wasn’t making a comment on Jessica’s weight.
President O was just stating the obvious. I don’t think he cares about celebrities and mindless sh*t. He has bigger things on his mind (e.g. the economy) and that’s the last thing he’d ever care to think about.
the fact that this is on the website is so stupid. matt lauer said, did you see they cut you off the cover and put jessica simpson there, and he responded, jokingly, heah it’s a little hurtful, and i see she is apparently losing a weight battle, repeating what was on the cover. Do you honestly think he gives a crap about this non singing blonde. Please give us a break
groundcontrol @ 02/03/2009 at 2:16 pm
=======================================
I have read enough of your comments to know, no matter what he says you will have a problem with it.
Also there is nothing to defend because he didn’t say anything about JS good or bad. He read the headline…. period!
Really should the POTUS be commenting on a womans weight gain. He must have a lot of time on his hands. It’s REALLY none of barry’s business what Jessica weighs. He probably didn’t even notice that the stunning (NOT) Michelle isn’t exactly a light weight. She looked just like Princess Di and Jackie O in that Beautiful gown (NOT).
This is the second time barry has taken shots at private citizens, someone should tell him only Castro’s allowed to do that.
Hilarious and appropriate response to an absurd media obsessed culture.
Oh, Jared. I’m REALLY disappointed in you. :-(
If you bothered to watch the interview on The Today Show yourself yesterday, you’d see that you were totally wrong about how you reported this tidbit. Also, you wouldn’t even pose this question to the element here who unfortunately looks for anything negative to peg on our new president.
First of all, Matt Lauer showed him the cover of the Us Weekly magazine that featured a photo of Obama’s beautiful family, with him cut out. Lauer then asked him if he felt bad being left out of the cover for none other than Jessica Simpson. Obama jokingly reponded that he was sad about it and indicated that they felt it was more important to put her in his place on the cover because she’s “apparently fighting a weight problem.”
Obama probably doesn’t even know who that ditz is. And, he was merely reading the headline — as to its importance to the mag’s readers.
This whole thing is distracting from important news. It’s totally ridiculous.
Matt Lauer shouldn’t have even asked the question. But to his credit, he explained right afterward that Obama was merely reading the caption under Simpson’s picture. It wasn’t a commentary about how she looked in the picture. Period !! Case Closed !!
Haters, get a life !!!
So he missed out on one cover, who cares??
I see how many could see that as an attack towards Jessica because I had to read it a second time to realize he did NOT attack her. He merely meant it as an oh well if Jessica Simpson is having a weight problem, that’s her problem if she is. That was probably the first time he read the magazine headline, so that’s why he said Jessica has a wieght problem. Seriously PEOPLE, you have to give people the benefit of the doubt before you run with your conclusions.
I saw that hard-hitting interview with Matt Lauer. Mr. President how is your bowling coming along?
They talked about peanut butter and his daughter playing basketball.
And the media love affair goes on
HEY…….SHE STILL LOOKS FAT…NO MATTER WHAT SHE WEARS…WHY R U WEARING THE BIG……SHIRT JESS?? IF U DON’T LIKE THE COVERAGE OF YOUR WEIGHT….LOOOOSE IT!!! U MADE YOUR $$$$$ ON YOUR BODY/BOOBS……NOW LIVE WITH IT!!! AND U DO NOT LOOK GOOD SHAKING THAT BOOTY OF YOURS…WHEN U “SING”……LEARN TO DO SOME REAL DANCING GIRL!!!
wow… great president yall picked… geez
“Ashlynn @ 02/03/2009 at 2:51 am Obama is a rude and nasty jerk wiith no class at all. I thought better of him. Bush would have never said such a cruel thing.”
Ahahahahaha
Bush probably would have told Jessica that she needed to go on Weight Watchers.
Seriously, that man is the most idiotic person walking the planet.
I wish I had every single second of my life that was spent listening to that jackass back.
jared don’t even try to be ironical . you know that obama gives a s*** about if he is on a cover or not and who cares if jess becomes fat .
if I were you I would change this text you won’t win anything and there are ppl who will keep an eye on you . very stupid jared to try to make the president look bad . it will hurt you more than him believe me . sont do it again
whos there ? jared . jared who ? jared who lost his brain in the trash .
even if you tried to make it sound funny it wouldn’t be funny . what in the world got into your mind to try to make the president of the united states look bad ? do you try to kill yourself lol its like running into a bullet .
This girl’s career is skyrocketing with all this free publicity. There are even polls about her weight - girlFamous.com
Jared, this story is seriously stupid. Obama was in no way criticizing or making fun of Jessica Simpson. Give our president some respect!!!
he was making fun of the magazine not her. pleaze!
my opinion: <–hence ‘OPINION’ please. i think obama was just stating the quote. more likely, he just thinks there should be other concerns than just about her weight. i’m not gonna judge her. she may be a great person but idk her. and i KNOW and others KNOW too that she looks incredible! nothing to worry about weight. so it is a little hurtful to be removed when your the president. who has maybe something more to say..both are for a good cause tho. dont get me wrong, i’m on NO ONES side.
omg some of you guys are hype.he didnt say anything mean he was just repeating what he saw on the cover..it said “Jessica simpsons weight battle”
YOU GUYS ARE SO HYPEEEE.hahaha.
OBAMA ROCKSS!
my God, enough of this man!!!! God, I can’t STAND him!!! geez, this Bush had said this, it would have been all over the front page of the newspapers! but, oh no…since it’s Obama, we don’t care cuz we think he’s God!!!
why the heck did this country elect him as president?!?
some of you people need to get a life . president obama was only quoting what was on the magazine cover. he would not give jessica the time of day let along put her down for her weight issues. he has more important things to worry about like running this country! grow up people.
She doesn’t deserve ANY publicity - good or bad. Her father must be jumping for joy with yet another media blitz about his offspring. What a farce.
No you have it wrong, watcht the video of him saying this.
He points to the magazine that has a picture of Jessica Simpson on it and right under her picture it says WEIGHT BATTLE, he pointed to the picture adn said “apparently shes in a weight battle.oh. oh well”
he was NOT saying she was FAT he was just reading the headline under her picture.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8HT79DjkZ6Q&feature=related
^ look he wasnt calling her FAT at all.
and i totally agree with #19
after having jessica images as daisy duke in hot pants washing a red car … i think we should recognize she put on some weight..
she still looks great (from a female point of view) however, we should all recognize she looked stunning,amzing (or even “better”) few months ago (from anyone else point of view)
and yeah, by the way, your president acted as a human. recognizing the evidence…(and of course being surprised of being cut off by the “weight problems” of a country singer…)
all of you dumb ass feminists that thing he’s being a man and calling jessica fat need to watch the video, then get a clue. get off your estrogen high and just chill out! sorry that he’s only human and not a robot that says all the right things! and as for the economy, he’s only been in the office for a month… A MONTH. if you know how our economy works, then you’d know everyone needs to have patience because it’s not something that can be fixed in a month. hell, we might not even be the world that we were in four years!
i think it’s wrong that people just jump on what he said. i mean, that sentence “in a weight battle, apparently.” can be read differently by different people. to me it just means he was just repeating the headline and saying that “oh jessica simpson’s in a weight battle, they say” cause apperently can mean, “yup, forsure” or “oh, so they say.” i think it’s the latter. i still believe in obama — until he leads us to the wrong path.
this is not news. he hasn’t been president for long and look wts happening. how can u say u cnt wait until hes gone wen he has hardly done anything yet. this is ridiculous.
lol u guys should really listen to how ridiculous u sound.. if the worst dirt anyone could get on the guy is how he comments on jessica simpsons weight gain then hes obviously not doing a bad job. he obviously didnt mean it like that and its ridiculous that this is even the subject when the country is in a crisis right now… if jessica simpson is more important to us than a man whos trying to fix this country then we’re in trouble…
Maybe Obama should be paying more attention on our current recession rather than what Jessica Simpson is saying.
I think that Obama should have been more of a gentleman and made no comment at all to Lauer’s comment of the cover photo. It’s called being more considerate of other’s feelings than of your own pride. I can only imagine what the buzz would have been had someone said the same thing about his wife Michelle.
Comment and Share!
E-mail to a Friend or share on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and more!