Ashlee: “Since when did a woman’s weight become newsworthy?” Pete: “Real beauty is on the inside!”
Ashlee Simpson is seeing red and is on the warpath, so Jess-bashers, beware!
Responding to the overblown media coverage on her “big” sister, Jessica Simpson, new mom Ash, has gone to her blog to air out her frustration and disgust over something she sees as trivial.
The following is the Outta My Head singer’s entry on her MySpace celebrity blog, last Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Read on:
Since when did a woman’s weight become newsworthy…
I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister’s weight. A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman’s weight or figure as a headline on Fox News.
All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you’re a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard.
Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, or even a friend?
I seriously doubt it.
How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?
Now can we focus on the things that really matter.
-Ash
This just proves to show that family will always be family, whatever happens, and that they’re the first to write anger- filled blogs in your defense. Kudos to baby sis, Ashlee!
And talking about family, Ash’s husband, rocker Pete Wentz proves that he is indeed part of the Simpson family when he also defended her sister-in-law in an interview with Extra, from the NFL Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash in Tampa, Florida the following day:
“I think that the media puts too harsh of a spotlight on women in general, and I think it’s a bummer,” he adds, “It’s bad for young women. I see it affecting young girls who come to our shows, and that’s a bummer.”
“Real beauty is on the inside, man.” Amen, Pete.
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