Nick Lachey Defends Ex-Wife Jessica Simpson's Weight

TAMPA, Fla. — Nick Lachey is defending ex-wife Jessica Simpson, who has been criticized for an apparent weight gain.

Photos of a curvier Simpson performing last week in Florida have been plastered all over the Internet, leading to a slew of nasty comments about her weight.

Lachey, who was divorced from Simpson in 2006 after four years of marriage, defended her when asked about the criticism Friday night at a Super Bowl party he co-hosted with NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.

"I think it's ridiculous that the media is making such a big deal about it," he said at his Super Skins Celebrity Golf Classic party. "It's ridiculous that it would be making headlines. But you can't believe everything that's written or reported in the media. I wish her nothing but happiness."

The New York Post ran an editorial cartoon mocking Simpson, and Saturday ran a photo of her performing Thursday night in Charlottesville, Va., wearing a black leather ensemble. The Post described the outfit as a "waist-length jacket over her skin-tight pants and wide belt."

Lachey joined a growing list of celebrities in defense of Simpson that includes super model Heidi Klum, curvy reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Simpson's sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.

"I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight," Ashlee wrote on her blog this week. "A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman's weight or figure.

"All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you're a celebrity, there shouldn't be a different standard."

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Comments

[middleoftheroad]

She looked pretty good to me. We are not talking about her being 250 pounds. You wonder why so many women have issues like this. Jesus.

[local21]

Jessica was pretty before with daisy dukes on and now with a few extra pounds.

Nothing wrong with a full figure woman...huba huba

[Catjya]

Nobody wants a bone but a dog,and even he like a little meat on it.

[TJane]

Let's put the photo next one of Amy Winehouse and see who looks better, shall we?

[zippywpinhead]

actually, last photo I saw of Amy, she had put a little bit of weight on, too. She looked healthier than she has in awhile- hopefully she's on her way back from looking and acting like an extra from Dawn of the Dead...

[Topper23]

I'm sure he does. He doesn't hve to crack that anymore.

[johnnygoodwud]

it wasn't the weigh gain, but the choice of clothes she wore. as i've said before, when people, men and women wear clothes that are to small, because they think they will look thinner, you get the 'italian sausage look'. she should have gone with looser fitting pants, and lost the wrestling belt, and perhaps a loose top. oprah is much heavier, but 'hides' it with the clothes she usually wears.

[LMPE]

I pay no attention to any of these people. I sure as hell wouldn't have known anything about this incident had it not appeared on HuffPo.

[DenialTwist]

I hate to say it, but Ashlee Simpson is right.

[rini]

Personally,

I never though Jessica Simpson had two neurons to rub together and I abhor her taste in music. Why would anyone care about her weight?

[joeplum88]

I'd rather see a woman with curves on stage who has a lil something to shake than a thin sickly woman who resembles a pubescent teenage boy! Wake up America....we really don't like needle thin anything now do we...certainly not our wallets and not our women.

[MetalCanuck]

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Put this on youtube:)

[MetalCanuck]

She needs to get her butt back on the treadmill, she is just getting laze and eating too much. It happens to me too if I do that.

[Slapmewhenitsover]

I never look beyond her chest anyway. So WTF?

[MontereyDean]

I don't get it. I'm not a Jessica fan, but I just saw a video of her performing recently. She definitely weighs more. But so what? She looks fine. She's certainly not fat.

[avenue]

Who cares. Jessica Simpson isn't relevant anymore.

[Jessegirl]

That was classy of Nick.
I've seen photos of his current girlfriend clearly going up and down and up and down
on the weight scale herself.
This happens to women everywhere all the time. Everyday.
Jessica just has to pick out better clothes for it, that's all.

[DenialTwist]

Yea, that outfit she wore really wasn't flattering at all. It's only flattering on women who have zero body fat.

[bellabeach]

I agree, Nick is a class act, I think that's why he left!