ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

Glamour - June 2008 | Read It

"What he's done for me is irreplaceable," Simpson says about her newfound confidence. It's obvious that the down-home comforts of Dallas are doing her right: Simpson is in control, adorable and ready to move on. Fortified by a glass of chardonnay, she sets the record straight on coping with the tabloids, her acting career and, of course, her new, happy life with Romo. "It feels like forever," she says about the months they've been together. "I love this guy. Can you feel it?" You can't help but feel it.

Glamour - October 2006 | Read It

"Thinking for myself. I never want to hurt anyone’s feelings, so I used to let people walk all over me. But now, especially in my career, I’m definitely more confident in my ideas. Even though I have so many things to figure out, I’m very much at peace. I don’t feel like I’m closing the chapter on this phase of life—I feel like I’m closing the book and starting a new one."

W Magazine - March 2006 | Read It

"I don't know what happened to me," she says. "It's so strange. I'm just proud of allowing myself to think and to act and to be. "I never wanted to let anybody down," she continues, hugging a pillow. "I didn't want to let my fans down, my family down. But then you just have to realize that if you're not happy, you can't make anybody else happy. When you walk away from something and there's no gravitational pull, then you know you're doing the right thing."

Cosmopolitan - June 2005 | Read It

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...

MTV - July 2005 | Read It 

When that icon happens to be named Daisy, with a style of short shorts named after her, and you grew up pretending to be her — well, the task grows even more daunting. For Jessica Simpson, playing Daisy Duke in the big-screen version of "The Dukes of Hazzard" — along with Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott — has been more than a challenge; it's changed her life in ways she couldn't have predicted...

FilmForce.IGN.com - March 2005 | Read It

The Dukes of Hazzard marks Jessica Simpson's feature film debut, and for her, making it hasn't been without its nerve-wracking moments. Since landing the part of the flirtatious, scantily clad Daisy Duke, Simpson has double-timed it on the treadmill, daily. Then there's the whole acting thing, for which she diligently prepared – despite the fact that many of her lines weren't final until the day of shooting...

ELLE - August 2004 | Read It

Jessica Simpson didn't play the ditz. I don't know if that's because she's matured or decided she can afford to drop the act, or if MTV selectively edited her reality show, or—and this is what I fear—she just didn't find me attractive enough to bother. I'd wanted anachronisms and misused homonyms and bizarrely literal interpretations, and I got nothing. I felt like an Ace Ventura fan who'd bought a ticket to The Truman Show...

Maxim - June 2004 | Read It

Who was the last TV wife to make you reconsider the “bachelor” thing? I Love Lucy’s Lucille Ball? I Dream of Jeannie’s Barbara Eden? The King of Queens’ Leah Remini? Whatever your taste, there’s no denying that they pale in comparison to Jessica Simpson, because she doesn’t just play the doting, affectionate, hotter-than-blazes wife—she lives it...

Blender - March 2004 | Read It

She may not know how to do her own laundry — or know the difference between tuna and chicken. But thanks to her hit reality show, Newlyweds, Jessica Simpson has finally become a household name. How long will the moment last? “Forever!” she tells Blender...

Maxim - January 2002 | Read It

Vegas, baby, Vegas. Epicenter of high rollers, free-flowing booze, and…virgins? Though the juxtaposition may be striking, that’s where we catch up with Jessica Simpson, the 21-year-old singing sensation who’s gained as much attention for her purity as her elastic vocal stylings. A veteran of the teen-pop wars, Jessica is no stranger to wicked behavior, but this Texas preacher’s daughter has maintained an image purer than spring water...

LiveDaily - July 2001 | Read It

Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Simpson has a long summer ahead of her. Starting on Aug. 7 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Simpson will headline the Dreamchasers tour, a bill that features Eden's Crush, Youngstown, Toya and Plus One. A full itinerary for the tour will be available soon. She's also picking up 12 dates on the inaugural "Total Request Live" tour, featuring fellow Texans Destiny's Child...

Dallas Morning News - July 2000 | Read It

Jessica Simpson and I are sitting in a room alone together. We are finally getting to talk for the first time all day. The conversation is rolling along, when, suddenly, we hear a knock at the door. Standing before her is a lanky young man with his hands folded in front of him. "Is there a chance," he begins, "that we can spend some time together, maybe a few minutes, before the end of the day?" It's quite a request, even from an old friend. There are 150 people downstairs, waiting to celebrate her 20th birthday at a lavish estate on Cedar Creek Lake.

YM Magazine - December 2000 | Read It

Since Jessica Simpson's first record came out last year, this Texan girl says the biggest difference between the Jessica of then and the Jessica of now is, "I've grown up. I've learned a lot." But even though she feels older, there are still plenty of times when she just wants to be a kid. At YM's cover shoot, Jessica flips through the racks of clothes like a seasonal pro- even though she still brings along her mom for fashion advice. 

Rolling Stone | Read It

When there are five or six people crammed into your relatively small hotel room, it's common to pick up your underpants off the floor. But in the bathroom of this burgundy junior suite in midtown Manhattan, a pair of blue lace panties are crumpled almost under the heel of Jessica Simpson...

Seventeen | Read It

Thanks to MTV's Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Jessica Simpson, 23, has been transformed from the country's number-three pop princess to its most-talked-about reality star. Letting the cameras capture her ditzy side may be Jessica's savviest career move yet...