# Jessica Simpson "balloons" (sic) to size 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318 "2009-01-28T00:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/21 "2009-01-28T03:35:40Z")
Those pants are an Epic Fail, but in terms of her weight, she looks good. Healthy. You know…normal. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/22 "2009-01-28T03:47:55Z")
_Now_ that ass is going to make a really satisfying sound when I slap it as we… Oh, sorry, I’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/23 "2009-01-28T04:17:21Z")
She needs a better bra and could use a little toning around the midsection. (either that or wear pants and a belt that don’t squeeze her like that) The main thing I noticed was her face. I don’t know if it’s just the makeup, but her cheeks and the whole area around the lips and nose just look odd. ---
**Author:** ![Chase\_Ransom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@Chase\_Ransom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chase_Ransom)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/24 "2009-01-28T05:51:50Z")
Taking into consideration how quickly the Hollywood types gain and lose weight, this is pretty much a non-story (thus I get in line over there ----\> ). In the meantime… Did I ever tell you guys about my mother? Haven’t spoken to the woman in over 10 years, she isn’t in my good graces, and I consider her one of the worst dressed, most uncool persons I have ever encountered. On that note…MY MOTHER WOULDN’T WEAR THOSE PANTS AND THAT BELT! For the love of everything that is good and decent woman, buy a mirror & fire your stylist. Holly sweet Moses! I don’t mind the weight, the face does look a little funny, but the pants. Oh my, oh my, the pants. My eyes, my sweet lord, my eyes! /rush to switch on the LHC a cross fingers for black hole big enough to swallow those pants ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/25 "2009-01-28T06:38:18Z")
I just posted this in my livejournal the other day. First, that is _not_ a size 8. That’s bigger than an 8. Vanity sizing has really jacked up what people see when it comes to sizing. The pictures linked in the OP seem to be a bit stretched compared to others I’ve seen. [Here is just one site that has other pics](http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jessica-simpson-debuts-full-figured-look-210873/#blog). I’ve never liked her, so I had to laugh when I saw that. The outfit is just horrific and those jeans should be confiscated and burned. When you make your career out of selling sex by having your body be your only talent (ever see her videos? especially the one around the time of the Dukes of Hazard?), then you’re going to have people snickering when you (at only 28) start letting yourself go. How this girl is even a celebrity is an oddity. She can’t act, she can’t really sing, and she’s been known (like others) to call the paparazzi to let them know where she’s going to be so she can be photographed. Is she obese? No. The best part of it? That Fox NEWS is reporting on one of the few conservative celebrities in a negative way. Be careful Fox, there aren’t many of them out there, you can’t afford to piss them off! ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/26 "2009-01-28T07:14:33Z")
I am generally of the opinion Jessica Simpson has no purpose in the public eye except as a ‘holy shit, some people will listen to anything’ example; but even I have to admit that’s a mighty fine tract o’ land she has for herself. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/27 "2009-01-28T18:08:39Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > First, that is _not_ a size 8. That’s bigger than an 8. Vanity sizing has really jacked up what people see when it comes to sizing. Nah - that looks like an 8 to me. You have to remember she’s quite short and has a massive rack. As a comparison, Debra Messing who was also featured in the press for being a size 8 after she had her baby is going to look very different in size 8 pants at 5’8" than Jessica Simpson at 5’3". Also, I’m not sure if she’s ‘let herself go’ so much as she’s appealing to a different demographic. Perhaps country music fans are more forgiving of a bit more curve than pop fans are - dunno. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/28 "2009-01-28T18:38:30Z")
She said she had to keep an insane workout regimen to get down to the unreal shape she was in for Dukes of Hazzard (ya know, where you could watch all her scenes with the volume off and get the same effect. This is probably closer to her realistic weight. Still looks fine, though. And I think the mom-jeans don’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/29 "2009-01-28T18:54:51Z")
She looks like a size 8 to me. That’s about what I look like, body-wise (I’m a tiny bit taller than she is) and I wear a size 8. Maybe it’s vanity sizing, but it’s still a modern size 8. I don’t care if twenty years ago they would have called it a 12. I think _she_ looks fine, but the outfit is HORRIBLE and totally unflattering. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/30 "2009-01-28T18:54:59Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Shes definitely put on some weight, she used to have an incredible figure. Before anyone jumps down my throat please keep in mind looking incredibly hot is 90% of a celebrities job and the main reason they got famous in the first place. Right. And that’s the problem. Because if 90 percent of little girls want to be celebrities, and they know being thin and gorgeous is more important than any discernible skill set, they’ll concentrate on that rather than, say, singing or acting lessons. I’m more offended that _Entertainment Weekly_, a publication I usually enjoy, felt this was suitable material for the inaugural edition of their vagina-centric blog [ShePop](http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/01/internet-debate.html?xid=rss-feed-todayslatest-Jessica+Simpson%3A+Weighty+issues). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/31 "2009-01-28T19:05:18Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’d hit it. For some reason she doesn’t elicit that reaction from me; I can see, intellectually, that she’s hot, but I just don’t find her arousing. That said, this notion that she’s gotten fat is ridiculous, and the sorts of remarks I read on the superficial link are downright hateful and stupid. That’s just the kind of attitude that makes my favorite niece–about the same size and who weighs approximately half of nothing–think she’s fat. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/32 "2009-01-28T19:08:21Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > I think she looks great. Less filling! Okay, you win. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/33 "2009-02-07T15:12:53Z")
[Jenny Craig announces she’s \*not \*going to be the next celebrity dieter.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090207/en_celeb_eo/98928) ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/34 "2009-02-07T15:25:26Z")
So _that’s_ what a size 8 looks like now! A size-8 girl used to be relatively skinny. I’m 5’3", and in 1984 I weighed 115 lbs and wore a size 6. This year, I weigh 115 lbs and wear about a size 2, sometimes a 1 or 0 depending on the brand. So, I estimate Jessica is wearing a “vintage” size 12 or 14 - which I guess nowadays is a size 8. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/35 "2009-02-07T17:20:35Z")
I’m just happy that the biggest news this week is that a woman in Hollywood actually eats on occasion and an Olympic swimmer occasionally huffs on a bong. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/36 "2009-02-07T20:27:49Z")
Life is too short to waste on scrawny women; a little extra something to hang on to is always welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/37 "2009-02-07T21:45:17Z")
If Obama says she’s overweight, then who are we to disagree? > [@](#): > > Lauer: You got replaced by Jessica Simpson. > > Obama: Yeah, who’s in a weight battle apparently. (laughs) Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/38 "2009-02-07T22:52:48Z")
She’s fat. Period. Look at the arm fat on some of the photos on the [thesuperficial.com](http://thesuperficial.com). You could slap that and it would jiggle from here to next Tuesday. She seems to have aged 10-15 years in the matter of the past year. The clothes don’t do her any good, but my goodness, she must have swallowed Tony Romo. When you’re entire career depends on looking good, and obviously not on any discernible talent, and you let yourself go to that extent, you might as well pack it up. It’s not like she’s working 12 hour days down at the lumberyard, she’s got the time, money for a trainer, and what should be the motivation to get herself into the gym instead of eating Ho Ho’s by the package. She’s going to be on some 3rd rate cable reality show in less than 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/39 "2009-02-07T23:20:38Z")
> [@That\_Guy](#): > > she must have swallowed Tony Romo. Well obviously :o ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318/40 "2009-02-07T23:29:29Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > I’d be willing to bet she’s in better shape than 90% of the people working at _ET_. I’d be willing to bet money that she’s better looking than 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the people criticizing her on the internet (including here). Fat? Hell no. Only to basement-bound gaming nerds who have standards that will pretty much guarantee them a life of celibacy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-simpson-balloons-sic-to-size-8/483318.md?page=3)