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Natalie Portmanis once again putting her exchange withJessica Simpsonbehind her.
OnWatch What Happens Live, a caller asked theVox Luxactress, “Natalie, have you andJessica Simpsonspoken offline since the recent miscommunication?”
“No, only on,” Portman replied. “And I have only respect and good feelings for her.”
“That was so well — that was such a nice dialogue you both had,” hostAndy Cohensaid onWWHL. “It was very respectful. Everybody could squash their beefs that way.”
“Well also, I mean, I think there’s no need for beef between women,” Portman answered. “We’re all in the same society and living with the same pressures, and we’re allies.”
Portmanfound herself in the midst of controversyafter talking toUSA Todayabout the music industry’s portrayal of women in the late 1990s.
“I remember being a teenager, and there wasJessica Simpsonon the cover of a magazine saying ‘I’m a virgin,’ while wearing a bikini, and I was confused,” Portman said. “Like, I don’t know what this is trying to tell me as a woman, as a girl.”
Simpson responded at length onInstagram.
“However, I was taught to be myself and honor the different ways all women express themselves, which is why I believed then — and I believe now — that being sexy in a bikini and being proud of my body are not synonymous with having sex,” Simpson continued. “I have always embraced being a role model to all women to let them know they can look however they want, wear whatever they want and have sex or not have sex with whomever they want.”
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“The power lies within us as individuals,” thefashion designerconcluded. “I have made it my practice to not shame other women for their choices. In this era of Time’s Up and all thegreat work you have done for women, I encourage you to do the same.”
Portmanmade efforts to clear the air.
“I would never want to shame anyone and I fully respect her and her choices,” Portman told PEOPLE. “I was talking about the confusion I felt as a young girl seeing the messages that I felt the media was sending out to young girls about very specific ways we should be. I made a mistake to say a name. It was absolutely not directed at her. I feel bad that she was hurt.”
“Thank you for your words,” Portman further said to Simpson on Instagram. “I completely agree with you that a woman should be allowed to dress however she likes and behave however she likes and not be judged.”
source: people.com
