No Beer Gut for Jessica Simpson
Light beer is one thing. But a beer with functional additives, too? This you’ve got to hear. Jessica Simpson has signed on to help Dallas-based Stampede Brewing sell its Stampede Light Plus beer, which the brewer says is Simpson’s new favorite. Could it be because it’s infused with B vitamins, folic acid and folate? So every holler n’ swaller’ is like a multi-vitamin? “Yes, I work out and take care of myself, but I also like a cold beer once in a while,” Simpson said. The only question is, will it make the rest of us look good in Daisy Dukes?
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CJ says:
I would rather see her selling beer than singing.
Butthead says:
Is there anything this two-bit-twit won’t peddle? Polyester hair, zit cream, edible lotion, pizza, and now beer? Oh and did you hear about her so-called abuse claims? It was just girls in high school giving her a rough time. But yet “there is NOTHING on this album that I haven’t directly experienced myself.” God, she is so damn desperate and pathetic.
David Nisbet, Scotland says:
I guess Hank Williams was “desperate” when he peddled laxatives eh? Get a grip and leave Jessica alone.
Butthead says:
I will never leave anyone alone who trivializes and lies about abuse for their own personal gain.
M says:
And just how do you know that she didn’t experience abuse? Huh? You DON’T!! You don’t know her, so get off your high horse and go pick on someone else.
Butthead says:
The only abuse she’s experienced is her Dad making her and her sister into a dog and pony show. Now she’s abusing country music fans by weasling her way in our genre.
M says:
Once again, you know nothing about her except the crap that you’re buying from the media. Take your ignorance somewhere else, please.
ann says:
not only did she trivialize real abuse, she sullied the name of every man she’s been linked to by casting each of them as the possible “abuser”…all for attention for her cd and her personal gain. That’s really low.
M says:
So is casting apersions on someone else’s name. Someone you DO NOT KNOW.
ann says:
When asked by an Elle writer if she’s been physically abused, Simpson replied, “I don’t want to talk about it, but I have definitely experienced abuse in a way that I would tell people to take their heart and run.”
Simpson is the one casting aspersions on every man she’s dated and even her parents by making such a serious accusation and then refusing to talk about it.
Have all these people abused her? Isn’t someone in the bunch innocent? I didn’t say it…Simpson did in Elle magazine! Or did the Elle writer lie?
HS says:
She’s a smart business woman and a great singer from what I have heard so far.
So what if she is singing a song from personal experience and not prepared to name names. There is no requirement for other singers to do the same so why should Jessica Simpson. If she named names not only would that be unfair and unnecessary but the same people who are saying she should not would be the same tear her down for doing so.
Leanna says:
ok, butthead, which is the PERFECT name for you, you are sitting here talking mess about Jessica, correct? What the hell do you do for a living? It must not be a very good job because all you have to do today is bash someone who make MILLIONS more than you do. Who cares what she does with her life, she isn’t hurting anybody. AND YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE A CELEBRITY YOU WOULD DO THE SAME STUFF, so please for the sake of all of us, SHUT UP.
lynn_az says:
The other 2 writers who wrote Remember That have never given the name of who they wrote the song about. Jess was only saying that she experienced some form of abuse (she feels for that abused person). No one has ever said Jess’s abuse was from a school. The person who heaped the abuse on Jess (no matter how it was done) knows exactly who did it. The song is being recorded to help anyone who has experienced any form of abuse.
In general abusers are not named normally (usually the one being abused is too embarassed to say). Check the statistics.
Jess has as much right to make a country western CD as any other entertainer out there. How can haters rate something that the CD has not even been released yet?
KennyBloggins says:
Lighten up, Francis … (Leanna)
Show business runs on the opinions of the public. Butthead is well within his rights to voice a negative opinion about Jessica Simpson’s public image, which was built entirely on her reality TV show, and subsequent hawking of numerous low-quality consumer products. She is what she is.
Now, she hints that somebody “abused” her and that this song is based on her experience, even though the professional songwriter with whom Simpson “co-wrote” the song says it’s based on her own experience. That’s an ugly thing to do on so many levels that it is utterly indefensible.
Every time I’ve seen or read of her (which is, sadly, quite unavoidable here on CMT lately) she comes across as immature, self-absorbed, and quite uninteresting. I don’t have to know her to make that judgement. In her performances, she displays little apparent talent - her vocals are breathy, over-wrought and hard to listen to.
Lots of people with no talent have made a lot of money - it will always be so. She’s made her “millions” based on a public image. The people who paid that money didn’t know her, either. So get off your high horse. They get to pay, we get to say they wasted their money.
KennyBloggins says:
lynn_az-
It’s just silly to say it’s normal not to name the abuser in this case. When you sell your personal life to reality television in order to become a celebrity, then everybody knows the names of the men in your lives - they have already been named - and throwing out the idea that one of them may have abused you is slanderous.
I don’t know what’s in her heart. Maybe she didn’t mean to slander anybody. I’m inclined to think her comments were foolish, rather than malicious, but that doesn’t change the fact that she has left a big stinking cloud over all those men.
And frankly, that cheapens the message of the song, too.
M says:
HS-I completely agree. She is under no obligation to name names. And once again, none of us know what has happened to her. All we “know” is what the media feed us on a daily basis. Bottom line-she has EVERY RIGHT to sing about it and talk as little or as much as she is comfortable with. And just because she refuses to name names and give details doesn’t mean that she’s lying. Why are we all so inclined to believe the worst in everyone?
Moving on…
MiaT says:
Damn…I thought we were hear to talk about beer….
I would take up drinkin if it would make me even resemble her. LOL
Jess is OK, I think we should all give her a brake. These days everytime an artist from a “different” genre jumps to country everyone seems to give them a hard time. Did ya’ll ever think maybe they just got smarter or they needed a change in job locations? BTW, I am currently looking to “relocate” my job….
Sandra says:
She doesn’t have a heart. Jessica Simpson is just a whoring robot who sticks her plastic chest wherever Papa Joe thinks it will dig up some dollars. A disgusting person on every level.
Trimn says:
She’s using the fake “abuse” claims as a chance to slander her ex-husband, just as she uses her “real girls eat meat” publicity stunts to attack Tony’s ex. She was teased at school for being a plastic nascissist (which she is). It was deserved (trust me). To claim abuse and slander Nick in the process is vile.
Liar says:
She looks like a skeleton with skin nearing death in that photo. It must be a picture of her soul.
Sho me da $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ says:
Here Jessica goes again folks. In the short time since she’s gone country, first she brought us Fancy perfume, which just happens to have the same name as Reba’s famous COUNTRY song. Now she’s promoting beer, which happens to have a COUNTRY name “Stampede Light Plus.” LOL! The Stampede web site says the beer is for people who “choose to look after themselves” and that Jessica “is America’s sweetheart and an internationally known entertainer who takes care of herself.” Who are they kidding? I’ve never thought of her as America’s sweetheart — more like America’s tabloid pop tart. She does take care of HERSELF by eating meat, dissing a top country artist and such. Stampede beer supposedly contains vitamins so maybe Jessica got wind of Carrie’s vitamin water deal and poorly tried to copy her again. Wait until you see her classless beer ad photo. LOL Google Jessica Simpson beer ad. The ad says “BE SMART, DRINK SMART.” Kind of conflicts with, well, look for “Jessica Simpson trying to be stupid” on Youtube. LOL The Stampede web site doesn’t even have her song playing, no it’s some mindless rock song. Does this Texas beer company that gave Jessica 15% ownership not even think enough of Texassica’s “country” music to put it on their web site? She probably wants us to cry in our beers over her abuse song, so the timing is good for it to be the next single. I hope it isn’t fake like some people are saying, and since she doesn’t name the abuser that makes me wonder.
Vitamin beer will probably sell so kudos to the beer company. Jessica can laugh all the way to the bank again and if Pappa Joe and Tony get free beer it’s not a bad deal. Wait, since she’s gone country make that Pappy Joe. :)
FW says:
Not sure how the abuse got to be the topic of this blog, but please write the facts if you are going to touch upon a sensitive topic like abuse. Jessica has never claimed to “write” this song, she has given all credit to Victoria Banks and Rachel Proctor, 2 accomplished writers/singers who wrote about their own experiences of abuse. She has claimed she personally “relates” to the song due to abuse she suffered in a relationship. These are 3 people who all suffered abuse and are taking a risk of exposing themselves and all their pain in the hopes of helping other abuse victims and this is how it is received? YOu may want to read Victoria and Rachel’s reactions on their own sites. They write about how they are aware of these comments like this and it’s like salt in a wound that you would doubt them or their integrity of why they chose to let Jessica sing this rather than any other artist. They are fully aware of who abused her and respect her decision to keep this person’s name out of the limelight. It is one thing to not like an artist, but don’t add to someone’s personal pain. This is why people don’t speak up about abuse in the 1st place - because they are afraid of people’s reactions or that people will doubt them. You have just set back some women from coming forward becayse they are afraid of reactions like this. I hope you can live with that knowledge.
Butthead says:
Jessica says HERSELF that she did not put anyting on the album she did not experience PERSONALLY! I don’t give a flying flip about who actually wrote it! She put it on the album and then made that statement!
beer for my horses says:
Remember the Kenosha News article about her getting booed at Country Thunder? Maybe that’s where she got the idea to plug beer…
“Just because she’s dating Tony Romo it doesn’t make her country,” said Mike Rodriguez, 31, from Lake Geneva. “She doesn’t fit in with country, and I’ll have to drink a lot of beer to sit through her concert.”
See, she already has beer buyers ready and waiting! Smart move Jessica!
Go to “Jessica Simpson’s New Beer Ad – Hot or Not?” at Us Weekly and vote!
Victor T says:
Cheers, Mia. I just wanted to talk about beer and how it does a body good. Ha!
ann says:
FW:
Nobody here said the songwriters are lying about their experiences.
But Jessica Simpson exposed her marriage to the public in her reality show. She dates celebrities and talks endlessly about them in interviews. Since she exposes her personal life with other celebrities to the public, saying she was abused in the past automaticaly slanders them all.
She hurts her innocent non-abusers with her vague accusations…sounds like verbal abuse to me. I hope Jessica Simpson can live with the knowledge that because of her irresponsible words, every man she’s been with is now looked at as a possible abuser.
mikayln says:
Everyone should improve themselves- but w/ Jessica, the more she transitions, it seems as if there’s a self-confidence issue making her spiral down becoming more and more desperate. Who is the real Jessica?
foxboogie says:
Jessica is one smart woman … I see why she stays on the Forbes list.
to Danielle says:
classy and very educated response.
the use of 5 f’s in 2 sentences makes one wonder if you are from the papa jessica’s camp. educated much?
take the hint, she has no class and would sell ANYTHING and does. she does not represent country music.
she is a joke. SMART beer? Sounds like an oxymoron. Jessica Simpson
derrik says:
Haters get a life!
Jessica Simpson is the best!
response to derrik says:
the best at what?
trying to sell ANYthing - FAKE hair, ZIT cream, edible make-up, pizza, POP music, country music (yikes), vitamin energy BEER, reality show, movies that bombed, shoes, lingerie, her boyfriend Romo, spewing HATRED toward Carrie -making up LIES and SELLING that to the paps
she is the best at being UNreal and PLASTIC - not a hater, I actually PITY JESSICA SIMPSON
response to derrik says:
selling FANCY perfume
Keona says:
I can’t wait until I can get some of this beer! Everything that Jessica endorses works so it’s not like she’s slapping her name on anything. Proactive works. Bites from Pizza Hut was very good. Fancy smells awesome! Her dessert line tasted like dessert. Her shoes and bags are hot. Her hair makes you look hot. And her Music is wonderful! Her career isn’t going anywhere but UP.
101 Dumbest Moments In Business says:
Her name cheapens everything she endorses. Even she doesn’t want to be caught using the things she endorses.
According to CNN Money article entitled “101Dumbest Moments In Business”, JS comes in at #66 for being sued by a clothing company for failing to wear and promote her clothing line:
“Singer Jessica Simpson is sued for $100 million by Tarrant Apparel Group, which claims that she failed to promote her JS by Jessica Simpson and Princy collections.
Among Tarrant’s complaints: In Marie Claire, Simpson cited True Religion, not Princy, as her favorite brand of jeans.”
The article was written by David Horowitz,David Jacobson,Tom McNichol, and Owen Thomas.
More Moments says:
Yikes! Maybe Stampede Beer should have checked out the actual court papers on that Jessica Simpson breach of contract at the Smoking Gun. They report:
“Jessica Simpson cut a multimillion dollar licensing deal for low-priced jeans and apparel and then failed to promote them as promised, according to a $100 million breach of contract lawsuit filed yesterday against the singer/actress. The Tarrant Apparel Group alleges that Simpson, 25, failed to support the clothing lines and even refused to be photographed wearing items from the JS by Jessica Simpson and Princy collections. In its New York State Supreme Court complaint, an excerpt of which you’ll find below, Tarrant contends that a three-year deal inked in December 2004 requires Simpson to be “actively involved” in promoting the clothing and that she should wear the garments at “public events, shows, and appearances” whenever “reasonably practicable.” Simpson, the firm charges, “simply failed to provide the promised support.” The complaint also notes that when Simpson was asked by the press last year to name her favorite brand of jeans, “instead of responding ‘Princy,’ she said ‘True Religion.’”"
Leanna says:
ok and people can’t screw up? I bet every person on here has screwed up b 4. But I ain’t gonna argue no more cuz ya’ll can believe whatever you want.
Don says:
In a word Jessica is pathetic.
She will say ,do ,or promote anything to keep her name in the tabloids.She has no character at all.
Her single was a flop so now she trying this ploy.What Jessica horrors await us when the cd tanks?
Make Mine A Bud says:
If the jeans she “designed” were so horrible she had to be sued to wear them, I can only imagine how foul a beer she “brews” will taste.
Philip A. Wilcoxson says:
I don’t think she is desperate and pathetic. I think she is looking for a man who will take care of her emotionally as well as physically and psychologically and spiritually above all else of course. I would love to meet her and/or date her and/or get to know her and/or at least see if she might be interested in me. I think she is extremely beautiful and I would help her sell her beer product because I think it’s a really good or smart idea. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it. I think we would make a really good couple. I would have to whip myself back into shape but I think she is incredibly hot.
Sincerely,
Phil :)
Fiona says:
Ok, so the abuse she sustained may not be severe or anything. It is probably the kind of stuff we all go through as we grow up, being picked on etc. But I see absolutely no harm in her choosing to express her feelings and get issues off her chest through her music. Who said that you can only discuss abuse if it is serious abuse? My school days were ok, but I had a couple of hard times and I still think about it even though it really isn’t that big a deal- so let her do her thing. She’s a beautiful young woman and I can’t stand when people rip it out of people they don’t know. But it is fine, karma will come and get folk like that in the end. Rock on Jess… you’re doing brilliant!!! xxxxx
CJ says:
Jessica needs to go back to pop and stay there. She has looks that is all. Her voice sucks and her personality sucks…….Just my opinion
Not Again says:
Phillip, unless you are rich and famous you hang up dating the tabloid barbie. And I hate to tell her, but light beer with vitamins is not healthy! All those carbs convert to sugar.
She needs to clear up her abuse claims. By her own admissions she has dated Tony Romo, John Mayer and of course there’s her ex, Nick Lachey. She speaks well of Nick and John every chance she gets. Is she hinting that Romo is the abuser and she can’t come out and say it because she is still with him? Or is she just too full of meat, vitamin beer and herself?
CMK says:
Be sure to buy Patty Lovelaces’ cd Sleepless nights that comes out the same day as Jessica’s if you are a real COUNTRY MUSIC FAN and let’s send this fake back to hollywood!
bfj says:
It is hard for me to believe any one would want her help in trying to sell anything. Yes she is thin, wears tight and short clothing but in my opinion that is all she has going for her. She can’t really sing and you certainly don’t want her to open her mouth and talk because when she does it is clear she is not very intelligent. I think she came to country music because she is not wanted in pop music anymore. She is not country at all and has no talent she won’t ever be able to compete with Miranda, Carrie, Kelly or Taylor. Yes she is free to do what she wants just as I am free to say get lost.
It is pretty bad when a 4 year old is smart enough to see through her. We saw her talking with Lance on the country video count down on CMT today and my daughter says that has evil eyes like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”.
Investor says:
Is it smart for a person to invest in a small brewery when hops and barley prices are increasing at an alarming rate. People who are writing positive comments about Simpson must be college students getting paid by the beer company. If not, I fear the future for this country.
Drinking Vitamin Water says:
Its a small local company. They offered her 15% in place of a fee. If this makes her a genius then I missed seeing how digging a deeper hole for her image is very smart.
A day in the life of Jessica? says:
I put on some daisy dukes and zit cream, got in my car and turned on the radio. Come On Over was on. I drove to the pizza place to pick up a large meat lovers, went to the beer store and then to the - ahem - bookstore to buy some edible lotion. Then I remembered I already got all that stuff free! Oh yeah, and I was supposed to wear my own brand of jeans. Darn! I dabbed on some Fancy, called Tony and said come on over. We ate pizza and Tony reviewed his plays while I reviewed new offers from companies to sell their products.
The Rest of Jessica’s Day? says:
I decided to take a shower and sing some Dolly Parton songs because I am such a big fan of her. But I couldn’t remember the words and I started to cry.
Then I heard Tony (the football player that I love) talking on the phone. I asked him who he was talking to, and he said, “NOT CARRIE UNDERWOOD!” He even showed me his call log and it said “Mary Bunderwood,” who he said is a friend of his mom’s. Then Tony turned beet red and stormed out of the room…I think he had to go to practice even though he already throws a football really good. That’s not the reason I love him, but I have always been a Cowboys fan and I love it when they make home runs and stuff.
Connie says:
LOL
D says:
The Rest of Jessica’s Day, that was the most entertaining thing I’ve ever read about Jessica. Are you a relative or friend of hers?
Too much time says:
WOW!! I must say that some people have way to much time on their hands to come on here and make fun of someone that is making something for herself while you sit her and judge her. I hope you know that stupidity and hate is not flattering and it only makes one an ugly person inside and out.
There is a difference between an opinion and being hateful. I can respect ones opinion, but I think hateful people are a disgrace. If you think YOU are so much better, why do not you do what she is doing?!?!
Now this is my opinion, I personally think she is doing great and is making everyone know she is out there. And obviously she has let everyone know rather they are fans or not. I like her. I am a FAN. And I think she has a GREAT voice. I personally can not wait til her CD comes out. I think all the HATERS will be surprised at how well it does.
karma dear Jessicka says:
you are correct - Jessica Simpson has too much time on her hands and she is definitely letting EVERYONE know she is out there.
Not always in a favorable manner - plenty of pics out there - whether we wish to see her or not. Sounds as tho most do not — other than her pap and his employees.
She always relies on a crutch by name-dropping (Romo, Dolly Parton etc)
Not a hater - just soo SICK of hearing and seeing Jesicka’s pictures
She will be surprised that even tho we all love Dolly - we know JESSICA is USING Dolly and we will choose not to buy her CD
Marla says:
How come Jessica, the daughter of a former Baptist preacher, thinks it’s ok to endorse beer???
Frank says:
To too much time:
She pushes herself out there to be judged. Good or bad she doesn’t care. She is addicted to fame and doesn’t care what she has to do get it or who she has to use. Sell beer, walk around half naked, be unfaithful, or use people and then cast them aside. Her behavior is shameful and not suited to country music. I would never let my daughters see her concerts or buy her cds and neither would any other decent family. She has no values!
Bledsoe says:
Does Jessica ever get tired of talking about her boyfriends, is this girl really 28? she is about as mature as a 16 year old.
After failing in her pop career and failing in a film career that had her movies going straight to DVD she has no place else to go (unless her dad can get her another stupid reality show)so she is going to try and pull the wool over the eyes of the country music fans and hope that they pay good money for her crap Cd’s.
Just marry Tony go live your life and go away
Layne says:
I agree that she obviously thinks country music fans are too stupid to realize that she’s only singing country because her pop career failed! Country music fans, like myself, want REAL country singers. Not a woman who uses our genre as a “fallback” because she couldn’t be the next Christina Aguilera. What a joke.