Jessica Simpson says that she once felt heartbroken when her critics used to call her “fat.” The former chart topper said in an interview this week that her inner battle with the public’s comments about her weight has left a lasting mark on her. Here’s what she has to say.
Speaking to People Magazine about the matter, Jessica described her feelings over scrutiny for wearing “mom jeans” at a chili cookout in 2009. She said, “I don’t think people always realized that there was a human being, a beating heart and working eyes with actual feelings behind those headlines and that words can hurt and stay with you for a lifetime.”
Jessica Simpson Felt Heartbroken When Critics Called Her Fat
Earlier, Jessica and her Open Book author released new diary entries in the paperback version of her memoir. That’s where she described her feelings over the unjust scrutiny she faced for wearing her infamous “mom jeans” incident.
“Today my heart breaks because people says I’m fat,” she journaled at the time. “Why does the cruel opinion of this world get to me?”
If that weren’t enough, Jessica also said that she often felt like she was cruel to herself because of her weight.
“Last week I read back to my journals from 1999 and I beat myself up about how fat I [was] before I even gave the world a chance to . . . ” she wrote in an entry.
“I spent so many years beating myself up for an unrealistic body standard that made me feel like a failure all of the time,” Simpson told People, reflecting on her own words. “I am still a work in progress when it comes to self-criticism but now I have the tools to quiet those voices in my head when they speak up.”
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