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TODAY's talk: Jessica Simpson, Super Bowl predictions ...

Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:14 PM by Danielle Brennan
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I just heard what people are saying about Jessica Simpson and was wondering, since when is going from a size 2 to a size 8 considered full figured.  No wonder there are so many young people with negative body images.  Get real!

Michele Braid, Everett, Washington (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:27 PM)

So Jessica is now a size 8....leave her alone and get a life...

Deborah QUartz, Montreal, Quebec (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:45 PM)

Thank you Michele! I agree 100% with you and the fact that a size 8 is considered fat! Geez! Get real. The only SKINNY people are those stick-thin models and air-brushed people on magazine covers. I would love to see REAL people on magazine covers for a change. I love Joy's Fit Club! Now those are people who look great and are physically fit not just SKINNY!! Don't get me started... LOL

Nancy Merrill, York, ME (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:48 PM)

Ellen is giving away a flat screen T.V. to be a freind an Youtube. Hoda could offer a date to grab the boy vote.

Martin McKee, Johnstown, Pa. (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:15 PM)

I thought that was terrible! She still looks great!

Norene Jenkins Boonesmill VA (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:20 PM)

I think Hoda is a very pretty woman and should not take a back seat to anyone.I know you have fun on the show,I think she is Hot and very Attractive,So you go Girl.Regardless what she wears she is very pretty.

Michael Dolan, Yukon,Okla (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:20 PM)

Jessica needs to fire her stylist.  She really hasn't gained that much weight, it was those aweful "mom" jeans! Seriously, she should not be wearing those until she is at least 60!! I am not a Jessica Simpson fan, but come on!! It was mostly her outfit people!!

Jessica, Sunnyvale, CA (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:27 PM)

Jessica Simpson looks fabulous!!!! Size 8 is not fat... Leave her alone... Go Jessica!!!

Michele (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:24 PM)

I think that Jessica Simpson has a wonderful figure.  Who cares what size she is??? I think that stick size people look sick and unhealthy!  I say " go Jessica!"

Nikki,OH (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:31 PM)

No, No Jessica has gained a LOT of weight. Yes like any of us who are not taking care of ourselves she looks a hot mess. I think she is a very sensitive girl and maybe she is using food for comfort. Has anyone considered this? Im a fitness trainer and nutritonist and I can tell she is very unhealthy looking. I think people should show consideration and look deeper to whats eating Jessica, Not what is Jessica eating.

Anglea Saint Louis Missouri (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:36 PM)

Koda, you and Kathielee work well together
its like u 2 have so much fun,koda i have
2 sistere to have breast cancer, one of them had a transplant 5 years age,Iwould like to know about the pink ring, where would i find them, I would love to give them one. hang in ther , I wathc u every day and y are great.thank you      

Irene Richmond,Weber city,va (Sent Wednesday,January28,2009 6:15 (Sent Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:16 PM)

You know My husband don't be surprize if she a spokes person next for Jenny craig or one of those other weight loss places to help her career.Maybe thats why she did this just a thought.

Pat (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:43 AM)

I'm a young woman and I know the impact that "Hollywood" has on the younger generation I think Jessica Simpson looks great and the reactions she is getting just makes us (the younger generation) feel more self concious. If she is getting all of this attention for being a size 8 I wonder what the world is thinking of me.

Heather Ross, Muncie, Indiana (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:20 AM)

Jessican Simpson is a BEAUTIFUL girl. It is absolutely disgusting that people would give her a hard time for a little weight gain. It's repulsive that we live in the county that we do and people hold full-figure at a misfit-like demanor. I hope that if we are progressive enough to have elected the first African American President we can be progressive enough to support Jessica and not point and laugh.

Lauren, Cleveland OH (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:22 AM)

As a male personal trainer, I personally don't see anything wrong with the way she looked either before or now.  I myself am carrying a few extra pounds at the moment.  What I didn't agree with is a comment on the show that (paraphrasing)'Jessica has other priorities now'.  With obesity being a huge (no pun intended) problem, as much as we dislike watching our diets, it always has to be on our minds.  So often we see people settle in careers, etc and their weight begins a lifetime spiral upward because they 'don't care about their diet' any more.

Sonny, Runnemede, NJ (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:27 AM)

Jessica is and always has been absolutly gorgeous!  I think she's just awesome.  I am so happy she is happy!  She deserves it!  Who cares if she gains weight, she's having a blast, in love, and doing great in her career!  You go girl!!

Jessica Freeman,- Papillion, Nebraska (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:22 AM)

I am 44 today and I proudly wear a size 11 and am at my heathiest size ever.! I have been up to a size 18 and down to a size 7, all of my adult life. I HATE all this focus on looks, rather than health. I taught my daughters to eat healthy and get excercise, but most of all to love themselves so they can love others.

Sherri Byrne, St. Clairsville, OH (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:36 AM)

Jessica Simpson looks HOT! She is not "plus size"!  I can show you what plus size is and it doesn't look like Jessica Simpson!  How rude can people be? What is she, a size 8-10??  I would kill to be a size 8-10, I haven't been that size since I was 21 yrs!!! And I sure wasn't eating much!  She looks great in those jeans and tank top.  I couldn't ear that unless it was Hollween and I was going as a fat red neck!  I wouldn't even be able to call the shirt a tank, it would have to be a "wife beater!" LOL! I hope she knows how rediculous those people are! And you know, I'm not even THAT fat!  GRRRRRR!!

Terri Oliphant, St. Louis, Mo. (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:38 AM)

She's got a great figure.  The outfit made her look heavier.  Put her in a more flattering outfit and she'll look thinner.  Size 8 is a small size.

Alex (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:45 AM)

She's a real woman,she looks great,but needs to hire a new stylist,What not to wear would have a heyday with that outfit!!!

Lisa Jacksonville,Fl (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:53 AM)

Jessica Simpson is not overweight, by any means. there is nothing wrong with curves. When Vincent D'Onofrio of Law and Order Criminal Intent, gained weight almost 3 times his size, there was absolutely nothing said about that -- and nothing seemingly wrong with that either. If Kathryn Erbe would have taken that toll, her career would have been jeopardized! Society and the media needs to quit perpetuating the stereotype that all women need to be a size 2. Healthy is happy and that's what needs to be incorporated in messages within the media today.

MeShawn Tucson, AZ (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:24 AM)

I say Jessica can't have it both ways...can't put on the daisy dukes and parade yourself around in front of every camera imaginable and fawn all over the glorious comments people make about you and then cry about the comments when they aren't so favorable.  The good with the bad.  And people wonder about what affect these negative comments about her weight will have on young girls but what about all of those picture "perfect" shots of her parading around all skinny, toned and barely dressed?  Don't think young impressionable girls are getting a negative message from these?  Like, this is what real women are supposed to look like?  This is what is desirable and what I need to strive for?

Veronica Milo, Detroit, MI (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:42 AM)

She is not at all heavy, I just think those aren't the best jeans for her.  

Sara, Ohio (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:50 AM)

Re: Jessica's size -- I would love to be so "full-figured" LOL!!! I probably weigh twice what she does (sadly) and have more "rolls" than "curves" so I would just say, Leave her alone - she looks beautiful!!

Jennie, Corvallis, Oregon (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:24 PM)

I'm not a Jessica Simpson fan, but felt compelled to comment here.  She looks fine - what's wrong with how she looks now? Granted, celebrities put themselves out there under the red hot spotlight, but holy smokes - give them a break.  She doesn't need to be anorexic to be pretty.

Sue, Raleigh, NC (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:37 PM)

Let me drop one name.....Marylin Monroe!!!  Back in the 1950's she was the bomb.  Now she would be looked at as a "full-figured woman" and not have the attention that the size 0 or 2 super models have.  The normal, average woman is 5'4" and 142 lbs.  It comes down to this....living a healthy life, eating healthy and most of important emotionally healthy  

Va from AK (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:43 PM)

I am in the "mature woman" age group.  It's high time we women stop critizing each other; comparing each other based on how "bone" skinny we are as the measure of acceptance and success.  Talent, mental, educational and physical accomplishment deserves the unit of measure........

Rosalie, Gig Harbor, WA (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:45 PM)

Jessica Simpson is beautiful and is a great role model for today's girls and women alike. I think we should put more of our energy into work, causes, friends and family than whether we should diet or not. Be healthy be happy enjoy food enjoy life and stop caring whether someone is a size 0 or 16.

sarah, east windsor, connecticut (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:06 PM)

I hate hearing that size 8 is Full-figured. I call a size eight small-figured. Somwhere between 10-14 is medium-figured. Plus size/full-figured is 16 and over. When did size eight become full-figured. If that was the case, then I must be cow at size 16 and no telling how other full-figured/plus size girls/women feel. The outfit she was wearing brought the eye to the middle and cut her torso in half and that is why she looks non-flattering. Stacey London, from What Not to Wear, would have told you that at a glance. I don't know why stars still wear something their stylists' choose if they don't like it. I bet Jessica just didn't put up a fight for what looked better for her size eight frame. Be comfortable with whatever size you are. Wear the clothes that flatter your figure, not the ones that point out your flaws!

Lauren, Baton Rouge, LA (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:12 PM)

I am a white woman and unfortunately most of our culture has no clue as to what real beauty is. Jessica is showing off curves which is very sexy in other cultures around the world including here in the U.S.. She is still attractive. She is by no means fat at all. I think the media is taking this out of hand and needs to get with the program. Their ideology of what beauty is, is so behind the times. However they did get their story out and everybody is talking about it. So they got what they wanted out of it.  Jessica....YOU GO GIRL!

Sarah Sommerset (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:12 PM)

95% of the women in the united states would be considered overweight if a size 8 is too big.  This is crazy! This is why young girls starve themselves to attain an unattainable, unhealthy figure.  I have heard teenagers discussing eating every-other-day, drinking only slimfast all the time, and using laxitives as a way to stay size 2 slim.  This is causing a backlash of unhealthy eating habits that will continue with these young girls all their lives.  Those making fun of Jessica should be ashamed of themselves.

Michelle Holden, Mountain View, MO (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:18 PM)

Jessica Simpson finally looks like a woman!

Only teenagers have that "Daisy Dukes" body -- come on people, it's only because when you're 19 all the parts are NEW!  

The fact is, gravity and metabolism finally catch up to you as an adult.  Women get curvier in their 20's and it's normal, yes even sexy!

n/a (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:21 PM)

OMG - she has the audacity to look....... HUMAN?  Like an actual woman?  How dare she!

She looks fine, she looks healthy.  I hope that she still works out just for the health benefits.  The Daisy deal wasn't reality and no woman should be forced into working her tail off to please the world and look how *they* think she should.

I'm not a JS fan but as a mom and grandmother, leave her and other women alone to be themselves.

meme, portland, me (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:28 PM)

I am not a fan of Jessica's, but I am surprised by all of this attention she is receiving for gaining some weight and now is a normal size! I am a size 6-8, and people call me thin. I guess I am not in Hollywood, so I am normal. Yay!

Texas Chick (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:33 PM)

She is gorgeous and looks healthy!  By today's standards, she's still very thin and far below the "average" American woman's size of 14.  

Give her and those in the constant eye of the camera for being real!

Elizabeth, Indiana (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:50 PM)

this is crazy that we are even talking about this. Its not going to change anything in two weeks she be out skinny or on the cover of shape in a bathing suit. After Jennifer Love Hewitt was put down she lost weight and said that she is now healthy.Never do any of these stars stay the weight they are when they are photographed.They always try to lose abunch a weight quickly and turn it around. It's sad really because as much as we want her to be proud of the way she looks, she won't be. All we need is just one sexy super star to finally give up this crazy notion on what is sexy and say no "being a size 8 is sexy now" those girls on the hills and the city are digustingly skinny. Heck half the women in entertainment i can't identify with anymore. Who the heck started this skinny is beautiful crap. I'm sorry that i don't want to look like a lanky 12yr old boy. I'm a woman get over it.

amy memphis,tn (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:07 PM)

Jessica Simpson is a fine weight... The problem is the outfit she was wearing is horrible... But her weight isn't a problem... She is a healthy woman...

Kathleen Brandon MS (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:09 PM)

I have not read yet any of the cruel articles etc: on J. Simpson's recent weight gain and I am glad I haven't. I can not believe people have resorted to such low level entertainment. So what that the woman is maturing, it will happen to everyone someday: some sooner than others. I personally, think she still looks damn good and would change places in a heartbeat. She has grown up beautifully and no longer needs her Daisy Dukes to be sexy. To the fool that called those pants "mom pants", look in the fashion rags, any of them, they will show you that they are back in style. That is the funny thing about fashion, everything eventually comes back to haunt you again. I personally like the look better than the roll over the top of most peoples low rise jeans. We have to wake up and realize it is alright to be human and put on weight, not all are going to stay stick thin either from your gene pool or life style habits. The public does not need to ridicule the stars that do such normal, everyday things such as put on some pounds, go to rehab, jail or court. It could happen to anybody.

Deb Cameron, San Jose, CA (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:51 PM)

Jessica has always been BEAUTIFUL and I don't see anything wrong with her weight.  People are just making such a big fuss over this...no wonder America is getting so obsessed with weight.  Don't get me wrong, I also freak out once I gained a few pounds BUT the criticisms are very hurtful and useless.  As long as a person is healthy and not STICK THIN, ANOREXIC LOOKING then that should be fine.  She does look like she may have gained about 5 lbs. but that's nothing!!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!  

Jen, New York (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:58 PM)

Jessica looks good, just ditch those awful 70's looking jeans. The media sucks the way they make our young girls feel like they aren't good enough. HEALTHY is good, skinny be darned.

Kat in Oregon (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:31 PM)

There is nothing wrong with Jessica Simpson. I am from The Bahamas where full figure women are the ones who get all the attention.So what? Is there something wrong with The Bahamas and the rest of the Carribean? That's just the wayit is.

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:37 PM)

This thread is intriguing.  It reminds me of the story of the Emperor's New Clothes.  Everyone is saying how great she looks.  If I may be the voice of child-like innocence and reason, Jessica looks quite fat.  Doesn't look sexy at all.

daniel, Laguna Beach, CA (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:46 PM)

She looks like the rest of us NORMAL american woman.

Carmen Borowiak. Buffalo, NY (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:56 PM)

My husband thinks she looks great now!  According to him and guys at work (yes I really did ask), women are supposed to have curves and softness and fullness NOT skin and bones and nothing else. They want to hold a woman not a board.

p daytona, Florida (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:24 PM)

I think she looks healthy and happy. Don't hear her boyfriend complaining. And seriously it was the outfit...

John Doe, Seattle, Wash. (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:36 PM)

it's the jeans, size 8 is small.  She always looks good!!

Lisa B, Cincinnati, OH (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:15 PM)

I haven't read all of the comments, but here are my two cents.  I just feel compelled to say something!  It is pretty obvious that Jessica has gained some weight.  But whether she is unhappy about it or doesn't really care - is her business.  It wouldn't be nearly so obvious if she (or her stylist) knew how to pick out clothes appropriate for her figure!!  Petite, voluptuous ladies like Jessica should NEVER EVER wear high waisted pants like that.  Ever.  She should fire whoever bought her those pants.

Barb, Milwaukee WI (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:28 PM)

I had to voice my opinion about this subject to someone.  I am not a fan of Jessica's but this is ridiculous. No a size 8 is not fat, the whole reason she looks fat is her POOR choice in an outfit. If her stylist picked this out, she should be fired. If Jessica picked this out, she should NEVER do it again (and burn these clothes).  The way you look all depends on your outfit.  If you are wearing something that is two sizes too small you are going to look horrible. If you were something that fits and compliments your body, then no one is focusing on what size you are or how much weight you gained.  My advice to Jessica is either get a new stylist or never pick your own clothes out for a public apperance!!

Laura Washington, Raleigh, NC (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:48 PM)

If you are over the recommended BMI you are UNHEALTHY....for her height, she is overweight. Spend half the time you're blogging and take a walk...it will save your health and money on future healthcare.

J, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:52 PM)

Leave Jessica alone!  Worry about something that really needs to be worried about-- like our economy!!!!  She looks happy and in love, that's all that matters.

Tracy, holland, Ohio (Sent Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:58 PM)



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