Jessica told the crowd that she has a guy in her life that reminds her that she is beautiful. And that she was a minister’s daughter and she was taught that all the judgement you went through doesn’t matter, what only matters is you and God.

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Nick Lachey says he is shocked by all the hype being made over his ex-wife Jessica Simpson’s new curves.

“I wish her nothing but the best, and I hope she’s happy – whatever size that comes in,” he tells Extra. “I can’t believe it’s this big of a story and people are making such a huge deal about it. I’m never ceased to be amazed by people’s reactions to things.”

“I think this is absolutely ridiculous. People are being so mean,” Paula Abdul told Us. “People don’t realize that it’s damaging to one’s psyche. For women, it’s hard enough to be accepted for how you are.”Rose McGowan told Us she wants Simpson to say “eff off” to critics.

“It’s sad because you see a lot of male actors who gain a lot of weight in between roles,” she told Us. “The reality is, if I went and gained 30 pounds in between roles, I wouldn’t get roles. I think that’s sexism, and it drives me crazy!”

Added Jordana Brewster, “I think she is beautiful. I think it’s really, really hard in Hollywood because there is an absurd standard that is really hard. It absolutely sucks. She shouldn’t be judged so harshly.”

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In her first performance since the flap over her figure, Jessica Simpson strutted across a Virginia stage in skin-tight leather pants Thursday night and lamented the world’s “completely pointless” focus.

“Thank you for your support,” she told the crowd in Charlottesville at the end of her set. “Stay positive, and pray out loud! I love you guys, good night.”

Simpson, 28, never specifically mentioned the news of her new curves or the vocal support from her sister Ashlee and Kim Kardashian.

But in her performance opening for Rascal Flatts at the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena, Simpson was no-nonsense and outspoken in her black pants, V-neck T-shirt and hip-length black jacket.

“Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder,” she told the crowd. “So just appreciate.”

She added: “I feel like in our world today we focus on so many things that are completely pointless.”

Fans overwhelmingly supported her.

“She’s obviously comfortable with herself to wear those leather pants,” says UVA freshman Laura Tiezzi.

“Good lord, give the woman a break, she looks great,” adds Debbie Stollings, a 43-year-old kindergarten teacher in Charlottesville. “It’s mean. She looks more curvy, more womanly. She looks healthy. If Tony Romo’s happy, everybody else need to be too.”

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Jessica Simpson stepped out in Virginia Wednesday night as buzz continues to build over her curvier new figure.

Bundled up in a gray jacket, dark sunglasses and a hat, the usually bubbly 28-year-old singer — who is set to perform with Rascal Flatts today at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville — looked solemn.

She smiled a bit when photographers told her she was stunning and beautiful.

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Kim Kardashian is coming to Jessica Simpson’s defense – one curvy girl to another – following a slew of reports ridiculing Simpson’s fuller figure.

Kardashian, 28, said, “Call me crazy, but when I saw the picture [of Simpson performing Jan. 25 in Pembroke Pines, Fla.], I was like, ‘Oh my God, Jessica looks hot!’ I actually love the outfit. I think she looks amazing. I love high-waisted jeans, I loved that belt, and her hair looked fabulous. I get that she does look curvier, but to me, there’s nothing wrong it. When I saw that picture, I knew everyone was going to say something. And I thought, ‘You know what? Leave Jessica alone!’ She’s fabulous, she’s a really sweet girl, and I admire her for putting up with it.”

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Original Daisy Duke Catherine Bach is coming to Jessica Simpson’s defense as well.

“I think it’s a shame that Jessica has been viciously attacked for superficial reasons,” Bach tells Entertainment Tonight of Simpson, who played Daisy Duke in the 2005 movie version of The Dukes of Hazard. “It sends a bad message to our young girls that in order to fit in, you have to be skinny and your outfits better make you look skinny, too. What I hope my daughters are learning from me is to respect themselves, honor their bodies, and show compassion and kindness towards others.”

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Ashlee Simpson says she is outraged by the scrutiny over her sister Jessica’s new fuller figure.

“I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister’s weight,” she writes in a blog post on her Celebrity MySpace page. “A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman’s weight or figure as a headline on Fox News.”

At Sunday’s Kiss Country Chili Cookout in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Jessica — dressed in high-waisted jeans and a double belt — shocked fans with her new curves.

But Ashlee says, “All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you’re a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard.”

Of the negative remarks some bloggers are making about her sister, Ashlee then asks, “Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, or even a friend? I seriously doubt it.”

Adds Ashlee, “How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?”

Jessica’s former trainer also doesn’t mind the singer’s shape.

“She’s still sexy,” Harley Pasternak said on Tuesday. “She’s still a beautiful woman. And I have no problem with the way she looks.

“I think if more people looked the way she looks now, the country would be a lot healthier.”

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Jessica Simpson’s former trainer, The 5-Factor Diet author Harley Pasternak, is defending the singer’s new fuller figure.

“She has curves where a woman needs to have curves. We all go a little bit up and a little bit down. But she’s healthy,” Pasternak tells Extra.

At Sunday’s Kiss Country Chili Cookout in Pembroke Pines, Fla., the 28-year-old singer — dressed in high-waisted jeans and a double belt — shocked fans with her new curves.

But Pasternak says “she’s still sexy. She’s still a beautiful woman. And I have no problem with the way she looks.”

Adds the trainer, “I think if more people looked the way she looks now, the country would be a lot healthier.”

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