Eight months after her Instagram ad for Pottery Barn Kids went viral, Jessica Simpson, 42, has addressed claims from social media users that she looked “frail” and “unhealthy.”
In a new interview, the singer denied using Ozempic, a type 2 diabetes and anti-obesity drug, to lose weight. The drug has allegedly become popular in celebrity circles this year as a method to shed weight quickly.
“Oh Lord… it is not [Ozempic],” Simpson told Bustle. “It’s willpower. I’m like, do people want me to be drinking again? Because that’s when I was heavier. Or they want me to be having another baby? My body can’t do it.”
Simpson stated that “it hurts” that people are openly criticizing the way her body looks. She said, “Am I going to let the negativity derail me? No, I’m too old for that. I am too connected to myself right now to let that derail me. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hurt.”
She went on to recall her past changes in weight, mentioning past alcohol abuse and side effects from mental health medication.
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In 2021, Simpson made an appearance on the Today Show where she told host Hoda Kotb that she reached the point in life where she no longer cares about her weight and just wants “to be able to feel good.”
She later stated that she felt encouraged by the ongoing body positivity movement and recently received support from fans after sharing her story. “I don’t think people always realized that there was a human being, a beating heart and working eyes with actual feelings behind those headlines and that words can hurt and stay with you for a lifetime,” she said.
