
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Jessica Simpson nonetheless has love in her coronary heart for estranged husband Eric Johnson.
“I’ve grown up a lot. I can deal with a lot,” Simpson, 44, advised People in an interview printed on Wednesday, February 19. “Perhaps I’m simply meant to like lots of people in my life.”
She added, “I don’t know why my coronary heart will get tossed round, however I’m one of many fortunate ones. At the very least I’ve my youngsters and I nonetheless have Eric. He’s nonetheless very much a part of my life and can at all times be.”
After a star-studded dating history that included ex-husband Nick Lachey, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and extra well-known males, Simpson linked with fellow NFL alum Johnson, now 45, in 2010. They had been married for 10 years earlier than separating late final 12 months.
“Eric and I’ve been dwelling individually navigating a painful scenario in our marriage,” Simpson told Us Weekly in a January statement. “Our kids come first, and we’re specializing in what’s greatest for them. We’re grateful for the entire love and assist that has been coming our method, and admire privateness proper now as we work via this as a household.”
Simpson and Johnson share daughters Maxwell, 12, and Birdie, 5, in addition to son Ace, 11. The now-exes are dedicated to amicably coparenting their kids amid their breakup.

Ace Knute Johnson, Eric Johnson, Birdie Mae Johnson, Jessica Simpson, and Maxwell Drew Johnson. Charley Gallay/Getty Photographs for Jessica Simpson Assortment
Navigating the separation has additionally impressed Simpson musically, and he or she is gearing up for her subsequent album launch this month. (Her newest EP, Nashville Canyon, Half 1, drops March 21, one month after the only “Use My Coronary heart In opposition to Me” hits radio waves and streaming platforms this week.)
“I’m a lady now and I can do what I need and to have freedom in music — I feel that’s what you’re going to really feel in Nashville Canyon,” Simpson teased to People, referring to “Use My Coronary heart In opposition to Me” as a “attractive track to jot down.”
She mentioned, “I awakened with that lyric in my head. It’s sort of craving somebody that you really want once more and also you don’t care in case your coronary heart is used in opposition to you — if it’s only for one evening. Like, give it over, only for the expertise once more. I didn’t essentially need it at the start of scripting this document. I used to be in a distinct place.”
Simpson, nevertheless, performed coy about her particular musical inspiration and muses.
“The songs converse for themselves,” she quipped. “Discovering this music is one thing I did by myself. Thank God, I had Nashville, it was only a method of me proudly owning myself and declaring it.”
Simpson and Johnson relocated their household to Tennessee in late 2023 when she initially returned to the recording booth.
Nashville Canyon, Half 1, will probably be launched Friday, March 21.

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Jessica Simpson nonetheless has love in her coronary heart for estranged husband Eric Johnson.
“I’ve grown up a lot. I can deal with a lot,” Simpson, 44, advised People in an interview printed on Wednesday, February 19. “Perhaps I’m simply meant to like lots of people in my life.”
She added, “I don’t know why my coronary heart will get tossed round, however I’m one of many fortunate ones. At the very least I’ve my youngsters and I nonetheless have Eric. He’s nonetheless very much a part of my life and can at all times be.”
After a star-studded dating history that included ex-husband Nick Lachey, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and extra well-known males, Simpson linked with fellow NFL alum Johnson, now 45, in 2010. They had been married for 10 years earlier than separating late final 12 months.
“Eric and I’ve been dwelling individually navigating a painful scenario in our marriage,” Simpson told Us Weekly in a January statement. “Our kids come first, and we’re specializing in what’s greatest for them. We’re grateful for the entire love and assist that has been coming our method, and admire privateness proper now as we work via this as a household.”
Simpson and Johnson share daughters Maxwell, 12, and Birdie, 5, in addition to son Ace, 11. The now-exes are dedicated to amicably coparenting their kids amid their breakup.

Ace Knute Johnson, Eric Johnson, Birdie Mae Johnson, Jessica Simpson, and Maxwell Drew Johnson. Charley Gallay/Getty Photographs for Jessica Simpson Assortment
Navigating the separation has additionally impressed Simpson musically, and he or she is gearing up for her subsequent album launch this month. (Her newest EP, Nashville Canyon, Half 1, drops March 21, one month after the only “Use My Coronary heart In opposition to Me” hits radio waves and streaming platforms this week.)
“I’m a lady now and I can do what I need and to have freedom in music — I feel that’s what you’re going to really feel in Nashville Canyon,” Simpson teased to People, referring to “Use My Coronary heart In opposition to Me” as a “attractive track to jot down.”
She mentioned, “I awakened with that lyric in my head. It’s sort of craving somebody that you really want once more and also you don’t care in case your coronary heart is used in opposition to you — if it’s only for one evening. Like, give it over, only for the expertise once more. I didn’t essentially need it at the start of scripting this document. I used to be in a distinct place.”
Simpson, nevertheless, performed coy about her particular musical inspiration and muses.
“The songs converse for themselves,” she quipped. “Discovering this music is one thing I did by myself. Thank God, I had Nashville, it was only a method of me proudly owning myself and declaring it.”
Simpson and Johnson relocated their household to Tennessee in late 2023 when she initially returned to the recording booth.
Nashville Canyon, Half 1, will probably be launched Friday, March 21.