![]() “It had to be a chili cook-off,” Simpson writes of the drama, which she calls “heartbreaking” but ultimately motivating. In 2009, photos of Simpson performing at a chili cook-off in so-called “mom jeans” led to an international incident where the tabloids and even mainstream media began documenting her supposed weight gain with split screens of present-day Simpson beside photos of her from her 2005 film, Dukes of Hazzard. “It made the gate a paparazzi resting place,” she writes, “but inside we ladies of the Canyon were free.” The mom jeans scandal had a silver lining Post-divorce, she became part of a cool single ladies clubĪfter her divorce from Lachey in 2006, Simpson moved into the first house she ever considered to be her own-a “starter mansion” (per her real estate agent) in a gated community in Beverly Hills where she was surrounded by “high profile single women who were also in transition and finding themselves.” Her neighbours included Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz. “I know, I wish you were there to stop me too,” Simpson writes to her reader. She held strong… but not entirely, sleeping with Lachey one last time when he came over to play her his new album, What’s Left of Me. After four years of marriage, Simpson asked for a divorce-but despite mutual animosity, Lachey begged her to reconsider. By the time they were shooting the third season, the couple wasn’t even speaking to each other. They tried counselling, but Simpson says Lachey refused to go after just a few sessions. But behind the laughs there was a whole lot of tension as Simpson-who was 20 when she married Lachey-grew into her adult self and Lachey longed for the dependent, wide-eyed woman he married. The Newlyweds, which debuted in 2003, was one of the first celebrity reality series (and also introduced the world to punchlines like “chicken of the sea”). ![]() ![]() The Newlyweds was as fake as we thought it was No word on if she knew who was co-starring, but it’s hard to imagine anyone sharing the same crackling chemistry as Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling (McGosling 4ever). Simpson says she declined the role of Allie Hamilton in the 2004 blockbuster because “they wouldn’t budge on taking out the sex scene,” which she wanted to avoid based on her religious values. She did, but it wasn’t enough, with Mottola insisting that she needed “Janet Jackson abs.” Despite obsessively dieting and exercising, she failed to develop a visible six pack, so Simpson used an eyeliner to pencil in some definition. Label exec Tommy Mottola-Mariah Carey’s soon-to-be ex-husband-told her she needed to lose 15 pounds. Simpson started feeling insecure about her body when she was 17, shortly after she signed with Columbia Records. Not the best advice for a budding comedic actor, but anyway… She faced constant pressure about her weight The 1980s action star told Simpson that she had “too much expression” and that she needed to be more like Denzel Washington. In preparation for her Mickey Mouse Club audition, the powers that be at Disney enrolled Simpson in acting lessons from Chuck Norris. Right after they smooched, JT pulled out his phone when Jessica asked what he was doing, he explained that he was “texting Gosling.” The two had made a bet about who would kiss her first. Simpson was the only one in the audition group that didn’t go on to be a Mouseketeer, but she did share “a nostalgic kiss” with Timberlake more than a decade later-after her divorce from Nick Lachey and before his relationship with Jessica Biel. I decided he was definitely the cutest there,” she writes. But it was the already brooding young Canadian in the group who caught her attention. She had the hots for Ryan GoslingĪs a tween, Simpson attended the casting camp for a mid ’90s Mickey Mouse Club reboot, and made it all the way to the finals-along with fellow future pop stars Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. ![]() Here, the biggest revelations and juiciest nuggets from Open Book, including what prompted Simpson to stop drinking and why John Mayer is totally a douche. And of course, there is also lots of grade-A gossip. From her days as a Kardashian precursor on reality TV to her tortured relationships to her struggles with alcohol and self-medication, Simpson doesn’t skimp on details sharing even the most difficult moments from her past-like the sexual abuse she endured as a child. Jessica Simpson called her new memoir Open Book, which is a pretty apt description of a frank and funny retrospective of her life both before and after she became one of the tabloid’s favourite targets.
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