"I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine"
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The sly move is the comparison to Catherine Bach, the "original Daisy". By invoking the source text, Simpson tries to preempt the morality police with a receipts-ready defense: if anything, shes being respectful, even restrained. But the subtext is sharper: authenticity gets weaponized. Fans want the fantasy of the 1970s sex symbol, yet demand the 2000s pop woman be modest, tasteful, uncontroversial, and grateful. The line exposes that impossible tightrope.
It also captures an early-aughts media ecosystem that treated womens bodies as a running punchline: zoom lenses, side-by-side photos, breathless debates about "too much" skin. Simpson's insistence on coverage reads like armor against tabloid framing. The humor ("You know") softens it, but the anxiety remains. Her intent is to sound light; the context makes it a quiet admission of surveillance. Even a playful costume becomes a referendum, and she knows exactly which part of the ballot theyre staring at.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Simpson, Jessica. (2026, January 17). I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-made-sure-no-butt-cheek-hung-out-you-know-the-62515/
Chicago Style
Simpson, Jessica. "I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-made-sure-no-butt-cheek-hung-out-you-know-the-62515/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-made-sure-no-butt-cheek-hung-out-you-know-the-62515/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.


