Jessica Simpson is tired of the public conversation surrounding her weight.
“We need to focus on our mentality about even talking about weight,” Simpson told Access Hollywood during an interview Friday.
“I think it just doesn’t need to be a conversation.”
The “Take My Breath Away” singer, 43, empathized with other women who face scrutiny for their weight because she has “been every size.”
However, the criticism over Simpson’s physique hasn’t wavered during her life in the spotlight.
“I wish I could explain it. I wish I could say for me that it’s gotten better, but it still remains the same,” she added.
Simpson — who shares daughters Maxwell, 11, and Birdie, 4, and son Ace, 10, with husband Eric Johnson — said that the ongoing scrutiny of her body has been “very confusing” for her children, who “don’t understand” why the public eye has been so harsh about their mom’s appearance.
“I tell my kids, ‘How you feel about yourself is how you should feel,'” she explained. “It’s not about … You don’t dress for anybody else. You don’t try to look like anybody else.”
Simpson is one of many stars to face accusations that she has used the Type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic to shed pounds.
However, the “Dukes of Hazzard” star shut down those claims earlier this month.
“Do people want me to be drinking again?” she asked in an interview with Bustle Magazine. “Because that’s when I was heavier. Or they want me to be having another baby? My body can’t do it.”
Simpson did, however, attribute her weight loss to “willpower,” noting that while the unfortunate comments on her body “hurt,” she doesn’t let the “negativity derail” her.
“No, I’m too old for that,” she added. “I am too connected to myself right now.”
