Jessica Simpson “did not think about alcohol” during the COVID-19 pandemic, focuses on sobriety

Jessica Simpson shared an update on her sobriety.

The 40-year-old singer gave up alcohol in November 2017 and explained that she “did not think about alcohol” amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic during a remote appearance at The Tamron Hall Show.

“It’s strange, because alcohol was an easy thing for me to give up. It was about the way I romanticized the pain I liked to endure “, she said in a preview of the interview, broadcast on Friday.

The show’s 50-year-old host asked the fashion designer what it’s like to “stay sober” in this “challenging year.”

Jessica has not drunk since she became sober three years ago and has not allowed the stress of 2020 to hinder her journey.

The star revealed that she could not do it without having her husband, Eric Johnson, 41, by her side: “Eric and I both look at each other, as if we couldn’t drink through it. ”.

Simpson is currently promoting the paper-based launch of the best-selling memoirs of 2020, the Open Book.

In the book, she described hitting after a Halloween party at the couple’s home in late 2017, when she told her friends, “I need to stop. Something has to stop. And if alcohol does that and makes things worse, then I give up.

Her ex-NFL player husband joined her in giving up alcohol to act as a support pillar as she entered a new chapter in her life.

Eric gave up drinking for the second time. He said, “I’ll do it with you, baby.” It was like no biggie and he didn’t look back or look back, “she told people in 2020.

“It simply came to our notice then. He is a very altruistic and loving person, who is the most incredible father on the planet.

The loving parents share three children: daughters Birdie Mae, 2, and Maxwell Drew, 8, and 7-year-old son, Ace Knute.

Simpson said Thursday that she was “very open” about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child with her children after writing about it in her book.

During an appearance on Good morning America, she she said she decided to tell her daughter Maxwell about the abuse after she was approached by a fan at a book signing event, who said she was inspired to seek therapy after reading about her experience.

At that moment, Maxwell was with her and Jessica decided to stop the event to tell her what had happened.

“She said, ‘Mom, what are you talking about?’ “So I kept the autograph line and said, ‘I think it’s time to talk about my daughter here in Times Square,'” the author said.

“But it was a perfect moment because she saw how to be open and honest with your feelings and how you can inspire people that way … how sincerely she moves and how she can make a difference in people’s lives, and she saw that. he was doing that, ‘Simpson added. “She went home and started writing a diary … she’s been writing in her diary ever since.”

In the book, Jessica revealed that the daughter of a family friend sexually abused her when she was six years old.

The Public Affair singer kept the abuse a secret for years and didn’t tell her parents about it until six years after it started.

Simpson also acknowledged that her children read some of her memoirs: “They read some of it. There is nothing to be forbidden. We are very open as a family. For me, when I talk about sexual abuse and stuff, those things happened to me when I was younger than them and at their age. So it’s something we’re very open about.