Jessica Simpson reflects on being compared with Britney Spears in early years
American singer opens up about being forced to lose weight by record label
Jessica Simpson recently revealed she was compared with Britney Spears in candid admission.
The American singer told the audience that she was forced to lose weight by her record label to look like Britney or Christina Aguilera at the time during her concert in Pennsylvania on June 12.
“When I first started singing, I was – to everyone at the record label – supposed to be this pop star,” she said.
Jessica pointed out that there’s Britney and Christina, “we love them, we support them”.
“I had to, like, follow in their footsteps,” mentioned the 45-year-old.
The Blonde Ambition star noted that she was “signed just because of my voice and all of a sudden, it was like, ‘Ok, you need to lose 15 pounds and I was 115 pounds’”.
Interestingly, Jessica recalled she was 17 when she was instructed to lose weight which was “a lot” for her to handle.
“I’m just not built that way… I have a belly a little bit,” she remarked.
Jessica further said, “There were just all these things that I had to be to be Jessica, or the version of Jessica that they believed I should be, that would be successful.”
“I always felt like a failure because I was never good enough,” she added.
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