It must be summer in Texas cos look who’s brought out the old Daisy Dukes! Yes its everyone’s favouite country gal, Jessica Simpson making a big splash at Sea World showing off her toned calves and thighs, allbeit in a somewhat unflattering pose.

UsMagazine.com reported that Jessica, having piled on the weight late last year and also having incurred the wrath of the paps for the weight gain, had now reduced her frame to a more curvy shape as she appeared on stage initially wearing a navy blue dress but quickly donning her now famous, Daisy Duke shorts.

Reaching her fans on Twitter, just before taking to the stage she Tweeted, “Get ready for greatness, Shamu.” After leaving the stage — where Simpson appeared to be all smiles — she Tweeted, “Just overcame my fear of sharks by kissing a killer whale!”

Simpson also recently opened up to Vanity Fair about the media criticism about her sudden weight gain and public outbursts of emotions saying, “When it comes to media criticism, that’s just something I have had to train myself — literally train myself — to ignore. Because I’m the one up there onstage, and I can feel the energy of the crowd. And I know when I did good. And I know when I did great. And there wasn’t one time on this tour when I felt like I butchered it. I mean, the way people make it sound, I should have never been singing in the first place.” Simpson continued, “”I know that every day the media’s going to challenge me, is going to want to bring me down. But I feel like I’m at such a place that I own myself, and it’s authentic. I own that authentic part of myself, and none of those words are harsh enough to make me believe them.”