Celebrities Caught in the Weight Debate

Jessica Simpson isn't the only star whose ups and downs have captivated the public.

Other Celebrities have been targeted as well

Here's the story:



Carbs Vs. Pop Stars: The Battle Continues
Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:18pm PST by Blender Magazine in The Blender Burner

This week, photos of Jessica Simpson at a Florida concert surfaced, and guess what? Well, you already know what: She's not as tiny and uber-fit as she was in her Dukes Of Hazzard days. Tracking a celebrity's weight ups and downs used to be the provenance of the supermarket tabloids, as Delta Burke and Kristie Alley know, but through the twin miracles of the Internet and the celebrity weekly magazines, now everyone is in on the act, and the whole nation is debating burning questions like: Is Jessica too big? Is Lindsay too thin? And do those kind of high-waisted jeans look good on anyone? (That one's simple: No!)

Like Denise Richards says, it's complicated. Janet Jackson and Jennifer Love Hewitt have both been the targets of ridiculously inappropriate attention surrounding their weight. They've also then both gone on diet and fitness programs that would seem demanding to your average professional athlete and then shared the secrets of their workout plans with the same celebrity weeklies that focused all that inappropriate attention on them in the first place.

Needless to say, this is not the kind of attention that has followed Alec Baldwin through his career as he progressed from hunky leading man to burly funniest guy on television. And while physical fitness has become more of an acting requirement for men as time goes on (Zac Efron, call your trainer!), let's all admit that this just isn't fair. The demands of celebrity culture preclude any female celebrity from ever eating a cookie. And cookies are our right as human beings. Cookies are what separate us from the animals!

So, let's all have a cookie. This one's for you, Lindsay!



credit: new.music.yahoo.com

I think those stories are ridiculous and are run by a bunch of insecure people who'll point at other people's mistakes before they get pointed themself. All they say about celebrities, they probably wouldn't like hearing about them.

But seriously, they should just stfu, if celebrities want to gain weight, it's their choice and as long as it doesn't hurt anybody, who cares?

Ahh, here here, we should all be allowed to eat cookies!

And I agree with Sophie, it's up to the celebs how much they wanna weigh, it's their choice, so the paparazzi and other stupid news people just need to get over it.