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Addressing on her much talked weight gain, which became the subject of media scrutiny early this year, Jessica Simpson tells Vanity Fair magazine in an interview for its June 2009 issue that she thinks the media will never stop challenging and trying to bring her down. "When it comes to media criticism, that's just something I have had to train myself - literally train myself - to ignore ..... I mean, the way people make it sound, I should have never been singing in the first place," she explains.

"But I feel like I'm at such a place that I own myself, and it's authentic," she insists. "I own that authentic part of myself, and none of those words are harsh enough to make me believe them ..... I can't imagine saying some of the things people have said about me about anybody else," adds the songstress when recalling the days she became the target of media jibes after she showed off a fuller figure while she was performing on-stage at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena back on January 29.

Asked about her ex-husband Nick Lachey, Jessica admits she hasn't spoken to him in years. After that speaking of their separation, she says their reality TV show "Newlyweds" has nothing to do with their divorce. Of that she explains, "[As for the show,] in all honesty, I believe it did not affect our marriage. Because we enjoyed watching those episodes, and that will always be a time I cherish. It made me understand what marriage is, what love is, what commitment is."

The June 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, which features Jessica Simpson on its cover, will go on sale in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 6 and nationwide next Tuesday, May 12.