Newlyweds may be over, but America's honeymoon
with Jessica Simpson is still going strong. In the June issue of Cosmo,
the blond phenom sounds off on what life with her hunky hubby Nick is really
like when the cameras aren't rolling and her upcoming role as Daisy Duke in the
movie Dukes of Hazzard. But since we couldn't fit it all in (and we know
you're dying to know everything), here are the bonus online-only
questions.
Did
you hang with your Dukes costars?
You'd think Seann [William Scott] would be this Stifler...a crazy,
drunken college boy. But he's an awesome good guy.
Johnny [Knoxville] is so wild and crazy that you would never know he has such a
huge heart. I would always go to both of them for advice. We'd all go out to
dinner after shooting to this place called Sullivan Steak House, which we called
our cafeteria because we went there so much. And Monday was karaoke night. I've
only karaoked once out here in L.A. because normally if you're in L.A. you're
going to the hot, trendy bar.
Do
you think people have unreal expectations of you and Nick as a couple now...like
you can't fight once in awhile like every other couple in the world?
I've lived my entire life with unreal expectations. From being a preacher's kid
to having a record deal at 12 years old and supporting my family. Are you
kidding me? Expectations are nothing to me anymore. So it's not about that. It's
about just living life, loving what you're living and just being you, finding
you. It's not about living up to what other people want.
Does
marriage get easier or harder as time goes by?
Things aren't any different between us now, but I do think you definitely get
into more of a rhythm as time goes on. But it's okay when moments are off beat.
That's the moment you're supposed to learn something new about each other and
get back on rhythm.
Nick
seems to be a pro in the romance department. What's the most romantic thing he
does for you?
There is too much to choose just one thing, so I think the most romantic thing
about Nick is that he knows he married somebody seven years younger, and even
when he doesn't want to, he knows when to back off a little. He knows that I
have to learn on my own, or else I'll hold it over his head for marrying me too
young. It's romantic how much Nick loves me. It says a lot about his love when
he can just kind of step back. He's selfless. Like if Nick didn't want to go to
a restaurant and I wanted to go to it, he would never say anything and just go
because he knows that it makes me happy. Before we got engaged we had been on a
little bit of a break for about six months. And it was one of those things where
he knew it was true love and he knew I would come back, and he was okay with
walking away for a little bit and letting me completely stomp on his heart.
Because he knew we were meant to be.
What's the most annoying aspect to
cohabitating with
a guy?
I'm not really annoyed living with Nick. But for me it's probably the exact
opposite of how it is in most relationships, with the girl telling the guy to
clean up after himself. For me it's like "Nick, how many times are you
going to tell me to turn out the closet light?"
In your first year of marriage, you
were often jealous of chicks hitting on your Nick. Have you gotten over that?
The show definitely played into it a lot more [than it was]. If I was a jealous
person, and if I was jealous of anything having to do with my husband, I'd be in
big old trouble right now with all the stupid rumors going around. If I were a
jealous person, it would be easy to get caught up in that. But I'm not a kid
anymore, and I'm comfortable with where we're at. I'm comfortable in my own skin
and knowing I can strut my stuff, too.
You didn't grow up with any brothers.
Where did your affinity for talking about bodily functions come from?
Well, my dad was a youth minister so I grew up around a lot of guys.... I grew
up with tons of kids always around me. So I learned all about being expressive
with bodily functions.
You're very happy-go-lucky, but what's
something that makes you really mad?
It makes me mad when people try to walk all over me and try to take advantage of
me...now I see it [when it happens]. It kind of makes me angry when people have
success for taking advantage of other people. And it makes me really angry when
people say bad things about anybody in my family, meaning my sister, my father
and my mother. The press took advantage of the situation my sister went through.
They took advantage of their position to make up whatever they wanted to make up
and put it out there for the world when this 20-year-old was sitting at home
trying to figure out how she can cope with everything people are saying.
Was there a time in your own career
when you were so discouraged that you considered giving up?
Definitely. I always felt inadequate. Which is good on some level because it
keeps you humble, but it's also bad because it strips you of confidence that you
should have, and it keeps you from actually sitting back and listening to your
own voice. And believing in your own talent is hard when everybody around you
has an opinion about your talent. I'm my own worst critic and I am a
perfectionist, and that drives me to always want to be better.
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