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Mom shamers are drawn to Jessica Simpson’s posts like flies to honey, and her latest Instagram photos with daughter Maxwell, 11, are no exception. The Open Bookauthor posted cute new pictures with her preteen, and people were quick to judge her.
Simpson shared three photos on Instagram featuring her and her lookalike daughter Maxwell, who is almost as tall as her mom! Simpson wears a short hot pink dress with high heels and a pink handbag, while Maxwell sports a long denim skirt with a slit up the front, black boots, and a denim crop top with a white purse. Her long blonde hair is parted down the middle and reaches to her hips.
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“Bring your Barbie to work day 💗,” Simpson cheekily captions the cute photos. It’s just some harmless mother-daughter fun — until people flocked to the comments to shame her.
The Comments
“11 is still a child!!!!!” another person said. Yes, it is! Not sure why the need to point this out here though?
“Why in the hell would you let your child dress like that is beyond me!!!” someone else judgily wrote.
“Isn’t she like 11 or something?? Stop sexualizing your little girl,” another person said because apparently a child showing her belly button is “sexualizing” her.
“Cringe,” someone else wrote before laying on the criticism thick. “You’d think her mom having all her issues would try and protect her daughter from having the same issues but in fact seems she’s doing the very opposite. Find healing so you don’t damage your children. Clearly this lifestyle didn’t work for her mother why curse your child as well. It’s sad when ppl w mental illness pass it to their child purposely.” There is just so much wrong with this rude comment, I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe don’t use someone’s past struggles with addiction and sexual abuse against them in order to futher shame them into acting a certain way? People are acting as if she’s inappropriately talking about Maxwell’s body or something — no wait, sorry, that’s just what they are doing.
Others used passive aggression to shame, like this commentor: “And my 11 year old is over here still looking like an American Girl doll! 😂 I prefer to keep her little but to each their own!” You were so close! Yes, to each their own — so why the need to comment this at all?
Some people defended Simpson’s post. “Sooo cute ! (PS, if you sexualize an 11 year old for what she is wearing, you are part of the problem.)” Ex-act-ly.
“This is why women are put into a box and society thinks that we should act and dressed a certain way, Who cares!” someone else said. “This is not your body this is not your daughter. I think they both look beautiful smart and amazing! So much hate in this world’s and that shows how many people are truly unhappy with themselves and their own lives.” Why can’t we leave moms alone? Maxwell and her mom look cute, and people need to just get over themselves.
Even Kim Kardashian showed Simpson some love, writing, “🩷🩷.”
A Hard Conversation
Depsite the critics’ claims that Simpson isn’t considering her past when parenting her daughter (so uncalled for!), she actually has been very open with Maxwell about her life.
In a March 2021 interview with Good Morning America, she explained how a woman thanked her for sharing her story about sexual abuse in front of her daughter, prompting a conversation.
“Maxwell was like, ‘Mom, what is she talking about?’ I guess this is the time that I’m going to talk to my daughter about it; here in Times Square,” Simpson said. “But it was a perfect moment, because she saw how being open and being honest with your feelings, how you can inspire people that way … how it can make a change in people’s lives.”
Mom Shamers Won’t Stop
Simpson shares Maxwell, Ace, 10, and Birdie Mae, 4, with husband Eric Johnson. Last year, she was mom shamed for a different reason: letting Birdie have a pacifier.
During a ski trip in Dec. 2022, the “Irresistable” singer shared several photos of her youngest daughter in the snow. The little girl looked adorable, but so many people were focused on her pacifier.
“She needs to lose that binki,” one person commented. Another wrote, “To old for the binkie please stop her.”
Why do people think its their role in life to hate-comment on things moms do? We are all trying our best without the added pressure and expectations that internet trolls try to put on us. Since when did a pacifier or a crop top ever hurt anyone?! Just give it a rest, please!
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