Jessica Simpson “reveals” her new body

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:35:00 +0000

For her much-touted daytime talk show debut Monday, Katie Couric has promised to give the celebrity-obsessed world exactly what it's been waiting for – an eyeful of Jessica Simpson's post-baby body. SPOILER: I'm guessing it's thin.

Simpson, who gave birth to daughter Maxwell in May – and scored a deal with Weight Watchers -- has been keeping herself under wraps the past few months. She told USA Today last week that after a pregnancy in which she would "indulge in everything I wanted because it was the first time I was ever pregnant, and I wanted to enjoy it," she had to accept that "I'm not a supermodel. My body is not bouncing back like a supermodel. I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé and herself."

Get out of Jessica Simpson’s womb!

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000

So far this week, a very not-pregnant Jennifer Aniston has had to explain that she's merely "gained a couple of pounds" since quitting smoking, while an increasingly big-bellied Jessica Simpson remains conspicuously silent about her obvious midsection girth. We are living in strange times indeed, celebrity womb-wise.

We've come a long way from the days when Lucille Ball's pregnancy was so discreetly managed, that she couldn't even use the word "pregnant" on her own television show, and since Shirley Jones quietly plowed through her work in "The Music Man" while costume designers diligently let out her dresses. Then in August 1991, celebrity fecundity jumped the shark when Demi Moore appeared nude and ready to drop on the cover of Vanity Fair. In the 20 years since then, tabloid culture has eagerly made a mountain out of every muffin top, turning every C-lister's bout of bloat into a possible baby bump. And when a woman does go public with her status, she's still subject to intense -- nay, crackpot -- scrutiny. Witness the obsessive attention Beyonce's abdomen area has been getting of late, and rumors that she's faking the whole thing. Note to everybody: Real life rarely resembles a plot point on "Glee."

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Jessica Simpson “reveals” her new body

Get out of Jessica Simpson’s womb!