Jessica Simpson has reflected on the public scrutiny that she faced over her weight in a newly unveiled journal entry from 2009.
In the journal entry, which was published as part of a newly released version of her memoir, Open Book, Simpson wrote that her “heart breaks because people say I’m fat,” with the singer also asking herself in the pages, published by People, why “the cruel opinion of this world gets to me”. “Why does the cruel opinion of this world get to me?” the 40-year-old wrote at the time, shortly after a “mom jeans” outfit Simpson wore to a chili cook off became the subject of tabloid headlines. “Has it become about how many people read something and are encouraged to believe it.
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