On the flip side, her personal life was put under a microscope.
That pressure can lead to drastic measures.
Unfortunately, Simpson knows this all too well.
She recounted the damaging tale in her memoir, “Open Book” (viaPeople).
Simpson embraced her feminine curves with this look, bidding farewell to her girl-next-door aesthetic.
Tabloids wasted no time body shaming the pop singer, and the conversation about her weight reached fever pitch.
EvenSimpson’s ex-husband Nick Lacheywas asked about it at the Super Skins Celebrity Gold Classic event.
“It’s ridiculous that it would be making headlines.
But you could’t believe everything that’s written or reported in the media.
I wish her nothing but happiness,” he told an Associated Press reporter (viaEntertainment Weekly).
She’s an absolute porker …
I cannot believe how heavy she is."
After the news broke, an unnamed source claimed toUs Weeklythat this threatened her deal with Weight Watchers.
“They’re furious at Jessica,” they said.
“I’ve only gained half of what I did in my first pregnancy!”
“I would say, ‘Really, I could gain that much weight in one week?'”
“People are going to talk about [my weight] no matter what.
I might as well choose to live a healthy lifestyle.”
Two years later, she launched her athleisure collection, The Warm Up, at Macy’s.
As she shared in oneInstagrampost, she spent her Monday knocking out 12,000 steps.
And evidently, this wasn’t too different from how she’d spend the rest of the week.
“I walk three miles a day,” she toldPeople.
As Pasternek told the outlet, “She’s not drinking and losing all that weight.
That’s for sure.
She’s living a healthy, balanced life.”
Rather, we saw a couple that was gearing up to welcome their third baby into the world.
In September of that year, Simpson shared onInstagramthat she was expecting another child.
“This little baby girl will make us a family of five.
We couldn’t be happier to announce this precious blessing of life,” she wrote.
However, the fluctuations this time around caught the singer off guard.
“I didn’t expect to gain as much with my third.
“I enjoyed a good proud cry today.”
“Being in a bikini was never my main goal.”
Talking toBustlein 2023, Simpson firmly denied that she had used the weight loss drug.
“Oh, Lord.
I mean, it is not [Ozempic].
I’m like, do people want me to be drinking again?
Because that’s when I was heavier.
Or [do] they want me to be having another baby?
My body can’t do it,” she said.
According to aPage Sixsource, her weight loss played a role in the breakdown of her relationship.
Whatever the case, Simpson sure seems to feel good in her skin.
“They’re like, ‘I don’t even understand this.
Why don’t they just say you look pretty, Mom?
You look pretty.’
I’m like, ‘Honey …
I wish I could explain it,'” she said.
