Jessica Simpson invokes THAT Jayne Mansfield photo after being shamed for 'having boobs', a look back
Jessica Simpson looked back at her racy Met Gala appearance from 2007 but wasn't one bit pleased. The reason? A Vogue writer decided to shell out her thoughts on her look and wasn't exactly kind of politically correct.
In the story 'Only at the Met: An Oral History of the World’s Most Glamorous Gala', that pieced together the history and celebration of the Met Gala, Sally Singer, former Vogue creative digital director, wrote, "One year Jessica Simpson was there with John Mayer. She was wearing Michael Kors and her breasts maybe fell out of her dress on the red carpet..."
She added, "And then at dinner, it was suddenly like, whoa, Jessica Simpson’s breasts are across from me at the dinner table and they are on a platter and I’m looking at them. And John Mayer was putting his hands on them at the dinner table. He kind of reached down and I just remember thinking, Oh, celebrities, feel free to play here. That’s what’s going on."
The elaborate 2007 gown for the 'Poiret: King of Fashion'-theme was designed by Roberto Cavalli, and she was joined by Mayer as the couple were in an on-again-off-again relationship at that time.
After reading it, Simpson was enraged and she compared it to the infamous Jayne Mansfield incident at a 20th Century-Fox party held on April 12, 1957. Talking about the entire ordeal, she posted, "Feeling a little like Jayne Mansfield after reading this (inaccurate!) oral history of the #MetBall where I am body-shamed by #SallySinger."
Saying that it is "nauseating" to "have boobs in 2020", she added, "But in all seriousness, I have persevered through shaming my own body and internalizing the world’s opinions about it for my entire adult life. To read this much-anticipated article about the classiest fashion event there is and have to be shamed by another woman for having boobs in 2020 is nauseating."
Alongside the caption, she posted that iconic image in which Sophia Loren was caught casting a sideways glare at Mansfield's cleavage as they sat together at dinner. While the recent "body-shaming" incident is deplorable, it also takes us back to the old era and makes us wonder what really happened then? Loren was just a newcomer whose stardom shot up when she became the most photographed performer at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
Two years later, a party was held to officially welcome her to Hollywood. However, as soon as the blonde beauty entered the party, she stole all her thunder in the revealing outfit. The photograph was splashed by paparazzi all across the globe and in a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, Loren opened up about her thoughts from the event. "Paramount had organized a party for me. All of cinema was there, it was incredible. And then comes in Jayne Mansfield, the last one to come. For me, that was when it got amazing."
When asked what she did at the party, Loren said, "She came right for my table. She knew everyone was watching. She sat down. And now, she was barely… Listen. Look at the picture. Where are my eyes? I’m staring at her nipples because I am afraid they are about to come onto my plate. In my face you can see the fear. I’m so frightened that everything in her dress is going to blow—BOOM!—and spill all over the table."
As Simpson looked back at the incident, several co-stars and fans spilled their thoughts. "Love this pic so much! And no? women should not be talking about other women’s bodies period unless it’s to give a compliment or point out a suspicious looking mole," January Jones wrote and another said, "'There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.' - Madeleine K. Albright."
One went on to post, "You are beautiful! With and without weight. I don’t get women body shaming other women...we are in this together, the world is hard enough, without tearing each other down."
While one woman decided to pull her down for a simple outfit, several others stood up in her support. And that gives hope to the fact that women will be pillars of strength to each other, only if they decide to.