Jessica Simpson opens up about her short-lived affair with a movie star after her split from Nick Lachey — read more
Still an open book. Jessica Simpson is sharing intimate details of her past in her Movie Star: They Always Say They’re Single essay — including an infamous affair she had with an unnamed movie star.
“This megastar, who I grew up thinking was so hot, eyeballed me up and down. Like he was undressing me with his eyes,” Simpson, 42, wrote in her Amazon essay, which was published on Wednesday, February 1, of the twosome’s first meeting at the 2001 Video Music Awards.
The pair quickly hit it off as the “Take My Breath Away” singer navigated one of her breakups from ex-husband Nick Lachey. (Simpson and Lachey, 49, were married between 2002 and 2006 after an on-and-off romance.)
The Texas native — who did not further identify her mystery man — initially “wasn’t ready” to take things further following the VMAs afterparty, but later ran into him again at the gym in Los Angeles. There, she invited him to star in one of her upcoming music videos.
“‘You could be my lead guy,’ I offered to this man who made millions and millions per film,” she claimed in Wednesday’s essay.
