Tina Simpson, who happens to be the mother of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, has spoken out over how her daughters had suffered from criticism over their image.
Tina Simpson Speaks On How Her Kids Suffered From Body-Shaming
During an appearance on the Today show, Tina spoke on how she became very overprotective. She said: “ I was not letting those kids out of my clutches. I was going to be the mother that stayed with my kids in that industry and watch over them and make sure that they were never alone.” Jessica, for her part, has suffered a lot during her singing career.
During the ’90s, Jessica was very vocal about how she had undergone mistreatment under the control of Tommy Mottola- who was the executive of her record label. Jessica Simpson had openly stated how she was repeatedly told to lose weight, which had a significant impact on her mental health.
And Tina confirmed how she taught her daughters to resist. She added: “It was really hard because they were judged by the world, obviously, and that was probably the most stressful thing is, like, just the negativity of, like, things people would say. I really taught them to just be fighters.” Despite fighting back, these things naturally take a toll.
Jessica had become dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs and suffered severe depression as her mother was left to pick up the pieces. These memories of Jessica’s body image still haunt Tina to this day. She continued: “I have to be honest, to me, the hardest thing with Jessica has been the weight because the way people judge her.
“It’s unbelievable. Body-shaming is a terrible thing, and no girl should have to go through that — or guy. Period. No one.” This criticism led to Jessica’s career taking a hit, as she failed to appear in any noteworthy tv shows, nor have any hit singles.
This was down to, in part, because of the fact that Jessica chose to remove herself from the spotlight. She noted: “[Jessica decided to] hide out and not want to get out of her house or, you know, things like that. It just wasn’t who she was.”
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