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Jessica Simpson Slams Sexist Fashion Star Contestant ‘I Kind Of Want To Hit You Across The Face!’

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Mar. 14 2012, Published 6:00 a.m. ET

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By Alexis Tereszcuk - RadarOnline.com Senior Reporter

You don’t mess with a heavily pregnant mom-to-be!

On the premiere episode of Fashion star Tuesday night, Jessica Simpson showed that she’s not going to take an insult lightly, ripping into a “sexist” contestant – and RadarOnline.com has video of her take-down!

Jessica and her co-host Nicole Richie critiqued Australian model-turned-designer Nicholas’ leather jacket collection and he snapped, “It’s very hard to understand the girls giving advice about men’s fashion.”

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Not so fast!

Jessica, whose own fashion line has generated over $1 billion in sales, didn’t like that, one bit.

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“I’m a little bit offended,” she said. “A lot a bit, actually. To talk down to a woman in this business? We're running the world right now.”

Then she really let him have it. “I'm trying to be nice but I really kind of want to hit you across the face right now!”

During the show the singer/actress/businesswoman actually Tweeted about Nicholas, writing: “I know what a buyer wants @nicholasbowes and I really hope you take everyone’s advice to heart. #FashionStar”.

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Not backing down for one minute, he arrogantly responded: “I’ve done my time,” with a link to pictures of celebrities wearing t-shirts from his fashion line. 

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Nicholas’ comments didn’t help him, not surprisingly, and he landed in the bottom two and was sent home at the end of the show, but not without a parting word from Jessica, “'I wish it was just confidence and not arrogance,” she said.

Fashion Star airs on NBC Tuesdays 10/9c.

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