The social media sleuthing has begun.
Jessica Simpson could have hinted that she and husband Eric Johnson have been calling it quits in a cryptic Instagram publish two months earlier than she confirmed they’d cut up.
Within the resurfaced Nov. 11 publish, the “I Belong to Me” singer, 44, revealed that she was again within the recording studio engaged on an upcoming album that she described as “an apology” to herself.
“Interviews in my Nashville music room the place I unearthed my singular magic,” she captioned a sequence of images exhibiting her in a low-cut white gown, black furry coat and glossy knee-high black block-heeled boots.
Simpson, who has not launched a non-holiday studio album since 2008, added,”This comeback is private, it’s an apology to myself for placing up with the whole lot I didn’t deserve.”
On Monday, the style designer launched an announcement confirming rumors that she and Johnson, 45, have been breaking apart after ten years of marriage.
“Eric and I’ve been dwelling individually navigating a painful state of affairs in our marriage,” Simpson informed Individuals.
“Our kids come first, and we’re specializing in what’s greatest for them. We’re grateful for all the love and assist that has been coming our method, and admire privateness proper now as we work via this as a household.”
Simpson met Johnson, a former NFL tight finish, in 2010. They obtained engaged six months later and tied the knot in 2014. The couple share three youngsters — daughters Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, 12, and Birdie Mae, 5, and son Ace Knute, 11.
Johnson has not appeared on the “Open Ebook” writer’s Instagram web page since September 2023, when she wished him a contented forty fourth birthday.
The retired soccer participant was noticeably absent from a household photograph Simpson shared this previous September exhibiting her and her youngsters on their first day of college.
“Maxwell, Ace and Birdie y’all make your Mother beam with smiles and beauty!” she wrote within the caption.
“Carry on showin’ up for yourselves with every step of the best way via this new college 12 months!”
Simpson added, “I’m so very happy with y’all for individually shining your mild in order that in return others really feel the glow.”
The star’s most up-to-date Instagram add — a photograph of her smiling in her automobile — was posted final week.
“Life is brief. SMILE when you nonetheless have enamel,” she captioned the snap.
Simpson hasn’t been noticed sporting her wedding ceremony ring in months, and she or he’s not the one one. In November — the identical month the singer shared her cryptic publish — Johnson was seen on quite a few events with out his nuptial band.
“Jess and Eric very a lot reside separate lives,” a supply informed Individuals on the time.
Earlier than his marriage to Simpson, Johnson wed Keri D’Angelo. The pair married in 2005 however separated in October 2009 earlier than divorcing one 12 months later in October 2010.
Simpson was famously married to 98 Levels frontman Nick Lachey from 2002 to 2006.