Somewhere a wannabe Youtube star is preparing his own tear stained, impassioned plea – ‘Leave Jessica Simpson alone‘. On a slow weekend, her figure seems to be all anyone (blogger, former husband, in-law, acquaintance, well connected valet, woman feeding pigeons, etc) can talk about. How refreshing to see such an out-and-out completely un-PC attack on one woman’s weight in public. If you missed a piece of high school and you felt like a flashback, the tabloids are going retro. Only a week ago the word ‘curvy’ – often ascribed to ScarJo, J-Lo, et al with lusty 1940′s abandon – was hot. Now suddenly, when used for Jessica Simpson online regarding recent photos, one cannot help but hear something of a snicker along with the word.
You can’t express outrage at women starving themselves to death, then trash a normal looking woman for gaining a few pounds. These people want to have their cake and eat it to (insert joke about Jessica Simpson opting to do the same). Let’s all move on. I eagerly await the next weight shock, and just how many B grade celebrities can find a reason to comment on it.
In other highlights…
- We now all know Michael Phelps inhaled. The boy is in fact human, what a relief.
- Elle Macpherson has revealed she is uncomfortable being looked at. It seems a bit late in the game to come clean on that one – perhaps a different career choice should have been considered by ‘The Body’.
- Goldie Hawn is eyeing a comeback, through an on-screen teaming with off-screen daughter Kate Hudson. Brilliant idea – two women with fantastic comic timing and charisma to give away… just pick a decent script for God’s sake! Kate herself seems to have been slipping gradually away from taste ever since Almost Famous. I have complete faith that they’ll have fun making the movie, but if they could arrange it so we could have fun watching it, that would be even better.
- Every time I hear something new about the Madonna-Guy divorce I can only marvel at it’s endurance – at this rate it will surely last longer than the marriage itself. The custody issue is complete, with Guy relinquishing and Madge moving the brood to NYC.
