In recent tabloids there has been a swarm of stories about Simpson's secretive pregnancy. How her father views it because of their religion and Ashlee's relationship with her fiancé, Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy. Simpson went on Ellen DeGeneres show to talk about her upcoming album. Oh no, that another one! Through out the whole interview, Ellen was trying to get Ashlee to tell the world she is pregnant. Ms. Simpson didn't like that and in her defense, she was like look at my body I'm not eating everything in site. Which indicates look I'm skinny so I'm not pregnant. More and more in the celebrity world, they are trying to covering up their pregnancies to keep it private. Unfortunately, the tabloids eat it up along with the public, when they hear their favorite star is expecting.
When in this world did we come to a point where we need to know everything about everyone? People need privacy and sometimes certain information people don't want to leak out about them. No one likes the gossip that goes through the grapevine.
I think the best thing Ashlee Simpson can do is just say yes if she is pregnant or not. Eventually is she is expecting, she will soon be showing and the rumor will be true.
I think that we has humans don't only want to know about celebrities, we want to know everything about everyone. In one of my Commuication classes this week we talked about how Facebook allows people to learn everything about everyone else's lives - the news feed tells us who is dating whom, who broke up, what people are doing at that very moment, etc. As to when everyone started needing to know about everyone else? I think that it has been going on for years and years - the idea of the "nosy neighbor" is an example of how long everyone has cared. I think the reason is that it is entertaining for us - it either boosts our self-esteem, makes us want to try harder for something, etc.
I am also sick of people trying to find out everything about everyone else. If Ashlee Simpson is pregnant, she should just admit it because like said above, we will find out. And if she is not pregnant then make a direct statement addressing the issue instead of dancing around it. It really does bother me though when there is a picture of a celebrity and if they have anything hanging over their jeans they are automatically pregnant. Every little thing is a "baby bump". Unfortunately this is what sells.