Jessica Simpson’s world was turned “the other way up” following her cut up from estranged husband Eric Johnson, and he or she is embracing her new chapter as a “very single girl.”
Throughout her first live performance in 15 years on the Luck Reunion music competition in Spicewood, Texas, on Thursday, the With You singer, 44, mirrored on how her life had modified. Whereas introducing her new album Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1, which drops on March 21, Simpson shared that she had been in an intuitive state when she requested private questions on her residence life—solely to comprehend that every thing had shifted dramatically.
She acknowledged the vulnerability that comes with opening one’s coronary heart, admitting that generally it results in heartbreak. She additionally expressed that folks might not notice they’ve been damaged for a very long time till they confront their feelings.
Regardless of the ache, Simpson has discovered therapeutic by means of music. She shared that songwriting, singing, and self-reflection had helped her discover the solutions she wanted. She then launched her music Go away, calling it a “heartbreak, pissed-off music” earlier than performing it dwell. The observe, launched final week, options lyrics that counsel Johnson might have been untrue throughout their marriage. Within the music, she sings about betrayal, loneliness, and finally discovering power on her personal.
Simpson and Johnson, 45, confirmed their separation in January after 10 years of marriage. In an announcement, Simpson revealed that they’d been residing individually whereas navigating their troublesome scenario. She emphasised that their three kids—Maxwell, 12, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5—stay their precedence and that each dad and mom are centered on what’s finest for them.
Following months of breakup hypothesis, together with Simpson’s absence of a marriage ring, Web page Six reported that her upcoming EP is closely influenced by their separation. Simpson and Johnson first started relationship in 2010 whereas he was nonetheless legally married to his first spouse, Keri D’Angelo. They wed in 2014.
Earlier than her marriage to Johnson, Simpson was beforehand married to Nick Lachey from 2002 to 2006, a relationship famously chronicled on their MTV actuality present Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She has additionally been romantically linked to Tony Romo, Adam Levine, Johnny Knoxville, and John Mayer.