The pregnant singer-actress is featured on the April cover of Elle.
A portion of the Elle magazine cover featuring pregnant Jessica Simpson in the nude.The decision by Jessica Simpson to pose in the buff on the cover of the April issue of Elle magazine has been met with a collective yawn.
Some questioned why the 31-year-old singer-actress would agree to pose nude during her pregnancy, which she had initially kept quiet. But most agreed the shock - or artistic - value of such photos wore off shortly after Demi Moore stuck an identical pregnant pose for Vanity Fair back in 1991.
TheStir said, "Hopefully -- some creative photographer and beautiful pregnant woman will come up with a new pose that will be all the rage. Doesn't have to be naked. Doesn't have to be to the side. In fact, I encourage that it's not, 'cause "The Demi" has been done to death.
The Dallas Observer asked: "Why do we feel the need to sexualize expectant (and non-expectant) pop stars this way, and in the same exact pose as Demi Moore and Britney Spears, no less. Have we not evolved past that? Why are women with some level of success forever relegated to the same cliché poses?"
Fox News chimed in, "Consider us ... not shocked at all."
Simpson told Elle said she and fiancé Eric Johnson are expecting a daughter. She said they have chosen a name, but declined to reveal it.