I hate it when people think it is okay to call celebrities fat, when they clearly are not. I hate it even more when there are commercials publicizing these thoughts to the world. The NFL FOX Sunday cartoon featured characters of the Dallas Cowboys laughing about Simpson's often-critiqued figure. During the skit, the Dallas head coach is seen asking Simpson's former boyfriend, Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo, "Is Jessica around, we sure could use a defensive tackle." While Cowboy star and Romo pal Jason Witten adds in the skit: "Unlike Tony, at least Jessica comes up BIG when it counts." First of all, why would anyone actually let this air on TV? Second of all, why are people calling Jessica Simpson fat? No wonder so many people have eating disorders and have self image issues. Weight is regularly talked about in magazines and on TV, and celebrities are constantly targeted that are not even fat. This sends a horrible message to teens and young adults who are very impressionable.
What makes this whole situation a little better is that Kim Kardashian is sticking up for Jessica Simpson. It shows a lot about Kardashian and her character. She is completely right when she said that people have no right to be making fun of her because she has such an amazing body. These types of acts are what can help the eating disorder problem. When people put out the message that everyone is beautiful and should be comfortable with their own body, then maybe some people will start to listen.
The network and Burger King, which sponsored the Oct. 11 cartoon, apologized for the commercial Wednesday. The apology was obviously the right thing to do, but that still doesn't change the fact that the commercial aired and people saw it, and heard its message.
- Vanessa Marateo
