Ashlee Simpson Shuts Down Jessica Simpson Marriage Speculation with One Word

Mar. 15, 2025

Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson in February 2024.Photo:Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Janie’s Fund

Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Janie’s Fund

Ashlee Simpson Rossseems to thinkJessica Simpson’s marriage is intact.

During an outing to the restaurant Mr. Chow in Los Angeles on Nov. 11,TMZasked the “Pieces of Me” singer, 40, to address rumors her 44-year-old sister’s marriage to former NFL playerEric Johnsonis on the rocks — and she responded with a simple, direct answer.

“No,” she bluntly told TMZ while walking with her husband,Evan Ross, though it’s unclear which question she was in fact replying to.

Eric Johnson, Birdie Mae, Ace Knute, Jessica Simpson and Maxwell Drew in New York City in February 2020.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

Jessica and Johnson have been married since 2014 and share three children: Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, 12, Ace Knute, 11, and Birdie Mae, 5.

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TMZ’s questions for Ashlee came hours after her sister teased her “comeback” to music with a crypticInstagram postfeaturing photos of herself in a recording studio.

Jessica Simpson in February 2024.Araya Doheny/Getty

Araya Doheny/Getty

“Interviews in my Nashville music room where I unearthed my singular magic,” she captioned the images.

“This comeback is personal,” added Jessica, “It’s an apology to myself forputting up with everything I did not deserve.”

Earlier this month, the “With You” singercelebrated seven years of sobrietyin a touchingInstagram post. “7yrs ago today I walked myself into the light of being alcohol free,” she wrote.

Jessica Simpson in Los Angeles in September 2022.Charley Gallay/Getty

Charley Gallay/Getty

In September, Gunpowder & Skyannounced a documentary about Jessica is in the works, and she told fans the series will be “entirely real, raw and more personal than anything I have done before.”

“I am looking forward to reconnecting and sharing my heart with all those who might need it in the hope that we can inspire each other and move forward on our parallel journeys,” continued Jessica.

source: people.com