14 DAY TRIAL // For many months, Jessica Simpson seemed to be at the crossfire in what was a vicious media attack based on appearances alone. She was severely criticized for gaining some weight and then for trying to make her fans and women in general see that the number of pounds on the scales did not reflect one’s personality or real beauty. All that is in the past now, but she’s learned a good lesson from it, Jessica explains in a recent interview cited by People.
According to the star, turning 30 did not come with a huge crisis as she might have expected. In fact, quite the opposite has happened, as all these experiences have toughened her up, while a new love interest in her life has come to confirm what she’d learned, namely that beauty has nothing to do with body size. At 30, Jessica Simpson is the happiest she’s been in her life – while also being the most confident, she says in the aforementioned interview.
“I’m very happy. Right now in my life, I’m the most confident I’ve ever been. I can make that statement,” Jessica gushes. “I really believe that somebody should just sit in front of their best friend in the world and have their friend ask any and every question – offensive or not. And whatever it is, answer it. That’s your therapy. Really tackling those issues inside and out,” the star adds when asked about her therapy.
“Yes, it’s been a road of ups and downs, but the star – who has also designed a clothing line called the Jessica Simpson Collection – has worked through issues that previously plagued her. And that’s exactly what Simpson has done to get herself to a good place (and past those mom jeans!). […] Still, she admits she’s not immune to criticism. ‘Of course, I’m a woman!’ she says. ‘But at this point, nothing else can be said about me that could be worse than I have already read’,” People further writes.
Part of the reason why Jessica has new-found confidence in herself is probably to be found in her new man, Eric Johnsson, with whom she’s started to be seen in public just recently. Of course, the singer and television personality doesn’t say directly she owes her positive outlook to the love of a new man, but somehow he must be connected to it, word in the blogosphere has it.
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