Jessica Simpson Says ‘It Hurts’ Getting Criticized About Her Weight: I’m ‘Proud’ of My Journey

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Loving herself no matter what. Jessica Simpson has gotten candid about dealing with haters frequently commenting on her body.“I’ve been criticized, and it hurts, but I’ve been every weight and I’ve been proud of it,” the Employee of the Month actress, 42, told Extra on Wednesday, September 28. “I decided, ‘OK, everybody is going to talk about my weight all the time, I might as well make money off of it and turn it into a business of selling clothes and acceptance.’”While Simpson is proud of her body, she still isn’t used to hearing criticism from the peanut gallery.“Would any woman?

But Lynda Carter warned me on the set of Dukes of Hazzard,” the “Take My Breath Away” singer noted to the outlet. “She was like, ‘I will always be Wonder Woman and compared to Wonder Woman, and that’s what you’re doing here as Daisy Duke.

Just know the words ‘Daisy Duke’ will follow you for the rest of your career.’”After Simpson notably performed at Radio 99.9 Kiss Country’s Chili Cookoff in 2009, photos quickly went viral with critics bashing how she looked.“This picture that circulated and went worldwide broke my heart.

Not the picture necessarily, but the caption. Like, all the captions. It was just viral,” the businesswoman told Hoda Kotb on the Today show in February 2020, noting that she was criticized over her body despite wearing size 4 jeans. “I was taken down by the world.”Simpson— who shares daughters Maxwell, 10, and Birdie, 3, and son Ace, 9, with husband Eric Johnson — has been candid about her weight loss journey through the years.