Natalie Portman VS Jessica Simpson

I remember when Natalie Portman a Harvard grad no less, lacked the moral courage to stand up for Woody Allen, and then ludicrously added, unasked "I believe Dylan"

But I separate the stupid artist from their art and can still enjoy her work. On the other hand, I'm totally taking Simpson's side.

Why?

Just because. I mean, I put as much thought into this feud as she did on that televised interview on Allen and displayed her moral courage, lack thereof.

She is criticizing Simpson's life choices.

Isn't this a bit counterproductive?

I'm going with Jessica because she is the victim here. Natalie could have made the point without shaming anymore. She is gross.

She has a shitty line of handbags and sunglasses that you can buy at mid-level American department stores - apparently she makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year pedaling them. 

Right?  It's quite obvious she's talking about the contradiction of the media portraying women as both virgins and sex objects in the eyes of the public. Like, did Jessica and anybody else offended actually read what she said?

Yeah, look, I know Jessica Simpson is a much more obvious target than an Oscar-winning Harvard graduate and it's easy to pounce on her for reasons that have nothing to do with this beef, but Portman really ought to know better than to say something like that and not expect it to raise some eyebrows, especially when she has a history of making similarly well-meaning but really tone-deaf comments. I see the point she was making, but she really didn't get it across all that intelligently.

Yes, you expect an Harvard graduate to phrase it better.
Besides, it sounded like Portman was saying, "when I was a young girl and Simpson was an adult woman whom I could have looked at as a role model...", implying there's a huge age gap. They're just one year apart. :/
My impression is that Portman was envious of how Simpson looked like wearing a bikini.