Ashlee Simpson’s new album is not selling well, she’s even been outsold by New Zealand’s fourth most popular comedy folk duo, despite big media coverage of her engagement and pregnancy. The pregnancy that I don’t believe exists, despite Ashlee’s desperate attempts to keep the phantom baby alive.
So, what’s a girl to do when the sales are down and your other tactics have failed? Talk about your eating disorder.
She recalls, “When I went to ballet school, I was around a lot of girls with eating disorders, and I actually had a minor one myself.
“It was about six months of not eating too much at all. I was 11 and five foot, two inches and about 70 pounds. My parents stepped in and made me eat.”
I wouldn’t really call weighing 70 pounds a ‘minor’ eating disorder, even if you are only 5’2” and eleven. I know that the Body Mass Index isn’t the most accurate way of estimating your healthy weight, but this gives her a rating of 12.8, and anything below 18 is considered underweight, just to give you an idea of how thin that is.
I actually think that when celebrities talk about their eating disorders, they should never give figures as it can encourage girls to copy, when misused by pro-anorexia websites.
Ashlee’s new album has had mixed reviews, Rolling Stone gives it three stars, describing it as Eighties-influenced electro-rock.
The danceable beats haven’t obliterated Simpson’s affinity for chugging riffs, though they may have inspired some ill-advised lyrics: “I ain’t got no beef,” she boasts on “Rule Breaker.” But Simpson’s still her own favorite subject, and she’s got an excellent coming-of-age anthem in “What I’ve Become,” a paparazzi kiss-off with an appealingly honest chorus: “I’ve just begun to find my way.”
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are shown at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on 4/26/08, thanks to WENN.
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As if the parents didn’t step in earlier.
That’s really gross and negligent of them.
I think Ashlee should just give it a bone and shut up for the next five years. And tell her boyfriend stop picking his nose in public is a next good idea.
when she first came on the scene, i thought that there may be something more to her. but the girl obviously practices every move in the mirror, with every line rehearsed. she must give good head cuz i have no idea what any guy would see in her.
yeah. I hate to be mean- Im sure she’s a nice girl but… whats the POINT. She has nothing artistic to show us, nothing to say, no impact on our lives to make. Why is she putting out records?
And why bring up this “eating disorder” i dunno its so stupid. and yeah if the parents didn’t jump in before she hit 70 pounds thats a problem. She’s probably exaggerating and i think its sick if thats the case.
She’s desperate for attention. Shut her up! Nobody cares.
Her last album sales sucked pretty bad – nobody wants to buy her music. So she stays in the spotlight by talking about her eating disorders, pregnancy, etc. WHO CARES????????
And yeah she is probably exaggerating her eating disorder and how thin she was.
The only interesting thing about this is what will she try next in an attempt to sell her album? She’s already confessed to an obvious nose job, played coy about an imaginary pregnancy, now it’s an eating disorder. Next week, she’s going to say she’s a cutter.
Uhm maybe it was because I was a skinny gangly kid but 70lbs at 11 years old doesn’t sound like a crisis.
So her boytoy has attention seeking depression and suicidal thoughts and she has attention seeing eating disorder and mental pregnancy? Match made in heaven.
Me too, I just don’t buy it. How about we all play a game? It’s called Guess-Next-Week’s-Stunt. Neelyo says Ashley will announce she’s a cutter. My money is on her flashing an engagement ring.
So my friends, what’ll she pull on us next? The winner will be crowned CB’s oracle of the week.
That’s hardly an eating disorder. I’m trying not to compare, but I can’t help it. I was in ballet as well around the age of 11. I was 5’3 and 60lbs. Very skeletal. I was at the point where my dad actually pleaded with my teachers to spy on me during lunch hour at school. That had to be the worst year of my life. 🙁
Took me about 2 years to get better, I still struggle, but I’ll never go back.
Surely the Simpson family’s 15 minutes are up already.
asslee needs to STFU. now. and her boyfriend’s hair is really dumb.
Agreed. Why is this person famous? Her music is lackluster at best. I’m not a Jessica fan but at least she can sing, Ashlee can’t even do that. Her voice is mediocre as well. Oh, and she can’t dance. I don’t mean to pick on her, I mean I don’t know her as a person. But as an ‘artist’, I’m not seeing the point.
But I will say that Fall Out Boy does showcase some good music (if you like Emo Pop – which I do) but this love connection can do nothing but hurt Pete Wentz’s career. Maybe their in love, I don’t know.
But as Velvet said, the Simpson needs to move along – I’m so sick of them and their willfully ignorant and creepy ways.
Because now that she has adderall she doesn’t need an “ED”
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz looks anorexic in those photos and her latest album, “Bittersweet World” only sold 150,000 copies over here in the United States of America and 220,000 copies worldwide.