Pregnant Jena Sims Gets Real About Dealing With Body-Shaming, Being Labeled a ‘Gold Digger’

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As Jena Sims prepares to welcome her first child with pro golfer Brooks Koepka, she’s had to navigate online criticism about her body — and their marriage. “I didn’t start showing until I was about six months because I am just a naturally thin person,” Sims, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, July 13, while promoting her partnership with the nonprofit Baby Quest. “There are so many times that I would just tell people I’m expecting and they’re like, ‘Where’s that baby?

No, you’re not,’ [and it felt] like I had to prove something, and that’s, almost like a form of body-shaming.”She added: “Your expectation of how my pregnancy should look or how I’m supposed to carry is not my responsibility. … Because my husband is already in, like, such a public spotlight, we are under a microscope.”Sims and Koepka, 33, have been together since 2017 after crossing paths at the Masters Tournament two years earlier.

They wed in June 2022 and announced in May that they are expecting their first baby. Sims, who is currently 7 months along, further told Us that she has been “very protective” about her pregnancy and what she shares online.“I know everyone is like, ‘Just get ready for the unsolicited advice, everybody has an opinion on what I should be doing [and] what I shouldn’t be doing,’” she explained on Thursday. “And then the other people, because I can’t travel with Brooks, they’re telling me that I’m a terrible wife ‘cause I can’t be there to support him.

I’m literally taking care of myself … but at the end of the day, I just have to do what’s right for me, and if the doctors aren’t concerned, I’m not concerned.”Sims — who flaunted her baby bump at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show earlier this month — also is not