Jessica Simpson responds to Vogue editor's body shaming comments

Like all female celebrities, Jessica Simpson has been forced to endure public comments and discussions about her body throughout her career. The singer’s latest criticism comes from former Vogue creative digital director Sally Singer, who contributed a story about Simpson for the magazine’s recent oral history of the Met Gala. Unfortunately, the anecdote centred around Simpson’s body in a not so nice way. Simpson has responded to Singer’s comments and is making one thing clear - body shaming is nauseating.Singer’s comments about Simpson reference the 2007 Met Gala, when the pop star attended the first Monday in May event with then-boyfriend John Mayer. Simpson was wearing a silver Roberto Cavalli gown with a deep V plunge, which was apparently too much for Singer. Speaking to Vogue, the former editor says she remembers sharing a table with Simpson and Mayer. “One year Jessica Simpson was there with John Mayer. She was wearing Michael Kors and her breasts maybe fell out of her dress on the red carpet...and then at dinner it was suddenly like, whoa, Jessica Simpson’s breasts are across from me at the dinner table and they are on a platter and I’m looking at them. And John Mayer was putting his hands on them at the dinner table. He kind of reached down and I just remember thinking, Oh, celebrities, feel free to play here. That’s what’s going on.”[video_embed id='1951902']RELATED: Jessica Simpson's daughter is reading her tell-all memoir[/video_embed]Simpson was quick to respond to Singer’s comments and posted the famous picture of Jayne Mansfield receiving a sideways glance from Sophia Loren at a party in 1957. Comparing herself to Mansfield, Simpson linked to the Vogue article and called Singer out by name. “But in all seriousness I have persevered through shaming my own body and internalizing the world’s opinions about it for my entire adult life. To read this much anticipated article about the classiest fashion event there is and have to be shamed by another woman for having boobs in 2020 is nauseating.”

 

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Feeling a little like Jayne Mansfield after reading this (inaccurate!) oral history of the #MetBall where I am body shamed by #SallySinger (https://www.vogue.com/article/the-complete-met-gala-oral-history) ?...But in all seriousness I have persevered through shaming my own body and internalizing the world’s opinions about it for my entire adult life. To read this much anticipated article about the classiest fashion event there is and have to be shamed by another woman for having boobs in 2020 is nauseating.

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In Simpson’s 2020 memoir Open Book, the singer revealed that she began using diet pills at age 17 after being told by record executives that she needed to lose weight. At the time, Simpson was 5’3” and weighed only a little over 100 pounds. Criticism of Simpson’s body, which was often sexualized even at a young age by the media, has plagued the singer throughout her career. Singer has yet to comment on Simpson’s response, but Vogue has issued an apology. A statement issued to the Today Show reads "We are sorry that Jessica felt body-shamed by the anecdote in our Met piece. That was never our intent, but we understand her reaction and we apologize for including it."A second, more appropriate story about Simpson also appears in the new retrospective piece. Designer Michael Kors said that he remembers a year when Simpson had a wardrobe malfunction that was hidden from guests and quickly solved in the women’s washroom. “I went with Jessica Simpson one year and she went to the ladies’ room and she seemed to be gone from the table for quite a while. So, I got a little nervous and I was hoping she was okay,” remembers Kors.“And I went to the ladies room, which always was the best party at the Met gala, especially during the early 2000s. And I opened the door, and it was basically a full party going on and I didn’t see her. She was in a stall because her zipper broke and she actually couldn’t close her dress. So we got a needle and thread and we sewed her back into the dress!”[video_embed id='1948753']RELATED: Jessica Simpson's 'Open Book' is worth the read[/video_embed]