
Being a mommy seems to agree with Jessica Alba. In a February Elle interview, Jessica’s head appears firmly planted on her shoulders. Not only does she talk candidly about how difficult it was for her to lose weight after the birth of her baby, Honor Marie, but she also discusses the rank nature of the Hollywood thin machine:
ELLE: You don’t think being beautiful and thin has helped you?
JA: You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.
ELLE: True, but it’s hard to name an A-lister who’s not sample-size.
JA: It’s interesting that A-list also means commercially viable, versus being Frances McDormand, who’s amazing and A-list to me but doesn’t sell as many tickets.
She also discusses her post-partum workout regimen and a rather unorthodox solution to pesky belly flab.
“I wore a girdle. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist—any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, ‘I slept in it.’ I didn’t recover as fast as she did. I don’t have a six pack—that’s just not my body at all.” [Source]