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Economic Times
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
'I Was Dying': Jessica Simpson after her ‘disastrous' American Idol comeback
IANS Jessica Simpson breaks down her 'I was dying' moment after a shaky yet bold American Idol comeback, facing nerves, backlash, and a brand-new musical chapter after 15 years off live TV Jessica Simpson's emotional return to live television wasn't just a long-awaited moment for fans but was a business decision with significant brand implications. Her performance on the Season 23 finale of American Idol marked her first live TV appearance in 15 years.'I was dying,' Simpson told Extra the next day. 'I can't even tell you how long it's been since I've been that nervous.' Despite the glitz and fanfare of her return, social media quickly erupted with mixed reactions, many calling the performance a 'train wreck.' Some viewers pointed to her vocals as shaky, others slammed the set as underwhelming. Also Read:A historic victory for Jamal Roberts, the 2025 American Idol Champion His performance included a duet with former American Idol contestant Josh King of her 2005 hit reinterpretation of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walking,' followed by her new single, 'Blame Me.' 'Like, I had to put hairspray on my feet to stand still,' Simpson said, revealing just how intense the moment felt. 'My feet were sweating. I'm like, 'My feet don't sweat.'''I just kept telling myself, 'Do not cry. Do not cry. I know this is a big moment … do not cry,'' she recalled. 'And then I see my dad [Joe Simpson], like, up in the corner and I'm like, 'Ah, I'm going to cry. I'm going to cry. Do not cry. Just sing your songs.'Reports surfaced in January that Simpson's divorce from husband Eric Johnson was the emotional catalyst behind her return to songwriting and performing. A source told Page Six, 'Jessica has been working on new music for a while, but with everything going on now, she feels it's the perfect time to go full force with it.' With plans for her first album in 15 years, Simpson is leveraging her public narrative as a core component of her brand strategy. The backlash was swift. 'She was horrible. Never has been a good singer. What a train wreck,' one user commented on YouTube. Another added, 'It's a no from me, dawg. This is not a comeback.'Still, others came to her defense. 'She did great and she looks beautiful,' wrote one supporter. Another said Simpson 'was having a damn good time' and that they 'enjoyed seeing her up there.'Despite the mixed reactions her American Idol return generated headlines and sparked social media chatter.
New York Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jessica Simpson makes heartbreaking admission about her skewered ‘American Idol' set: ‘Do not cry'
These lips were made for singing — and that's just what she'll do. Jessica Simpson marked her first live television performance in 15 years during the 'American Idol' Season 23 finale on Sunday. The artist, 44, opened up about how she felt after singing her 2005 version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walking' alongside former 'Idol' contestant Josh King. Simpson also performed her new tune 'Blame Me.' 8 Jessica Simpson on 'American Idol.' Disney via Getty Images 'Oh, my God, I was dying,' the actress confessed to EXTRA. 'I can't even tell you how long it's been since I've been that nervous. Like, I had to put hairspray on my feet to stand still, like, not that it actually keeps me put, but, like, my feet were sweating. I'm like, my feet don't sweat.' During the performance, Simpson had to remind herself to keep her emotions in check. 'I just kept telling myself, 'Do not cry. Do not cry. I know this is a big moment… do not cry,'' she recalled. 'And then I see my dad, like, up in the corner and I'm like, 'Ah, I'm going to cry. I'm going to cry. Do not cry. Just sing your songs. Just sing your songs.'' 8 Jessica Simpson and Josh King perform on 'American Idol.' Disney via Getty Images 8 Jessica Simpson performs on 'American Idol.' Disney via Getty Images The fashion designer acknowledged that 15 years since her last TV performance is 'a really long time.' 'The last time was a Christmas song, so that's easy,' Simpson said. 'So, this is my new EP 'Nashville Canyon' part one, I mean, part two comes in the summer, but it is so much a part of my soul, and so to sing a song off of that I felt naked, to be honest, like, it was very bare and raw and very vulnerable.' The 'Leave' singer split from her estranged husband, Eric Johnson, after 10 years of marriage in January. Their three kids — Maxwell, 13, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5 — were there to cheer her on on Sunday night. 8 Jessica Simpson rehearsing for 'American Idol.' jessicasimpson/Instagram 'I had my kids FaceTiming everybody to tell me I did a good job,' Simpson shared. 'And I haven't gotten to talk to them yet, but I'm so excited to talk to them because they've never seen me sing live like that.' Touching on creating 'Nashville Canyon,' the star explained: 'It was really like I made a Spotify playlist of just music that I like, and it was not really any of the music that I've done before, because for me that was what people told me to do.' 'And I wanted to do something I was going to tell myself that I needed to do and felt right within my soul, so this playlist I would take into with songwriters and we'd sit there and they'd pick a song from the playlist and we'd kind of like vibe off of it,' Simpson added. 'But it's all very, like, vintage sounds I perform. I recorded live with a band, and I'll never do it another way again. I'll never just have a track in my headphones, I will always have, like, a band. I think I was meant to always be in a band.' 8 Jessica Simpson at the 'American Idol' finale. Disney via Getty Images Despite Simpson's return to music, some 'American Idol' viewers weren't thrilled with her performance. 'Jessica Simpson was an absolute train wreck on American Idol tonight!!' one viewer wrote on X after the show. 'Now Jessica Simpson is struggling and fighting for her life singing her biggest hit 'these boots were made for walking,'' another social media user said. One fan went as far as to post a picture of judge Luke Bryan and wrote, 'Luke's face during that Jessica Simpson performance is the epitome of cringe.' 8 Jessica Simpson and War and Treaty. Disney via Getty Images Beneath a YouTube video, one person quoted former 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson, writing, 'Um. It's a no from me Dawg… this is not a comeback.' Despite the hiccup, the 'Dukes of Hazzard' actress is also dipping her toes back into the acting world. She recently filmed an episode of Ryan Murphy's latest series 'All's Fair,' which follows a group of female divorce lawyers. 8 Jessica Simpson performs at the 'American Idol' finale. Disney via Getty Images 8 Jessica Simpson. Disney via Getty Images The star-studded cast also includes Glenn Close, Teyana Taylor, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash-Betts, Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson. 'I did an episode of 'All's Fair,' and what a show! I mean, great cast. It is so fun,' she told the outlet. 'I didn't want it to end, like, I was so grateful that Ryan Murphy thought of me.' Murphy's 'people called my people,' according to Simpson. 'Also, like, I'm friends with Kim. I don't know if it was her idea at all, but definitely, I was glad she was on set and we had scenes together,' she continued. 'Yeah it was amazing. I mean, Naomi Watts, like, we all had a blast, and the director, Anthony Hemingway, he made me feel so comfortable being crazy — because my role is very crazy.'
Los Angeles Times
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Jessica Simpson performs live on ‘American Idol' as prelude to crowning winner Jamal Roberts
Jessica Simpson is back. The singer-turned-fashion mogul took the 'American Idol' stage Sunday night to perform with one of the show's eliminated contestants on a night when the Season 23 winner was crowned. The 'With You' singer passionately sang the new song 'Blame Me' from her recent album 'Nashville Canyon: Part 1.' The work is Simpson's first new music in almost 17 years. She had performed publicly for the first time in almost as many years at SXSW in mid-March. Then Simpson and eliminated contestant Josh King partnered on 'These Boots Are Made for Walking,' a tune she covered 20 years ago on the 'Dukes of Hazzard' movie soundtrack. Simpson played Daisy Duke in the 2005 movie reboot of the TV show, which ran from 1979 to 1985 and starred Tom Wopat and John Schneider, with Catherine Bach as the short-shorts-clad Daisy. In addition to singing with Simpson, King played harmonica during the duet. King made it to the show's Top 8 after being saved by the judges when the Top 20 competed. When the public finally selected a winner, the choices had been narrowed to three: John Foster, Breanna Nix and Jamal Roberts. The crown went to Roberts in what host Ryan Seacrest called 'the biggest vote in show history: about 26 million votes total, according to USA Today. Foster took second and Nix finished third on the long-running competition show, which ran on Fox from 2002 to 2016 before being picked up and revamped by ABC in 2018. Roberts, a PE teacher who hails from Mississippi, rode to the top spot on the strength of performances including 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me).' The judges this season were Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and Lionel Richie. During auditions, Bryan told Roberts (via People), 'What I love about it is it was really like Southern soulfulness. Was it perfect? Was it flawless? No. But you're not trying to sing it perfectly and flawless. You're just singing it from the heart. And that's what I felt.' Underwood won Season 4 of the singing competition 20 years ago, then became a country superstar. Simpson, who became pop-star famous in the era of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, started making the crossover to country music in 2008 with the album 'Do You Know.' Then she stepped away from the spotlight, focused on her billion-dollar namesake lifestyle and clothing line, got sober and published a tell-all memoir, 2020's 'Open Book.' Simpson released her first album since 2008 while she is going through a divorce from Eric Johnson, the former NFL player she married in 2014. The first single off 'Nashville Canyon: Vol. 1' was 'Use My Heart Against Me,' released in February. The full album dropped in March. The singer, who shares three children with Johnson, was previously married to Nick Lachey of the boy band 98 Degrees. Those two had their own married-couple reality show, 'Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,' that ran from 2003 to 2005 with a couple of spinoff specials along the way. Simpson and Lachey divorced in 2005 after three years of marriage. Lachey married Vanessa Minnillo in 2011.
New York Post
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘American Idol' fans roast Jessica Simpson's first live TV performance in 15 years: ‘Absolute train wreck'
Not everyone is here for Jessica Simpson's music comeback. 'American Idol' viewers bashed Simpson, 44, for her performance on the show's Season 23 finale Sunday night. Simpson made her first TV appearance in 15 years and sang her 2005 version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walking' with former contestant Josh King. Advertisement 9 Jessica Simpson performing on 'American Idol' on May 18. Disney via Getty Images 9 Jessica Simpson and Josh King take the stage during the 'American Idol' Season 23 finale. Disney via Getty Images She also performed her new track 'Blame Me.' Advertisement But many fans didn't enjoy watching Simpson take the stage on the ABC show. 'Jessica Simpson was an absolute train wreck on American Idol tonight!!' one viewer wrote on X (formerly Twitter). 9 Jessica Simpson performing on 'American Idol.' Disney via Getty Images 'Now Jessica Simpson is struggling and fighting for her life singing her biggest hit 'these boots were made for walking,'' another fan said. Advertisement A third viewer shared a photo of judge Luke Bryan and wrote, 'Luke's face during that Jessica Simpson performance is the epitome of cringe.' On YouTube, one fan quoted former judge Randy Jackson and said, 'Um. It's a no from me Dawg… this is not a comeback.' 9 Jessica Simpson attends the 'American Idol' Season 23 finale. Disney via Getty Images 'This poor woman doesn't know when it's time to give it up,' someone else said. Advertisement 'She would never ever get a ticket to Hollywood had she auditioned,' another comment read. But some fans defended Simpson and her performance. 'Why are so many people giving her sh-t? I truly don't understand,' one YouTuber wrote. 9 Jessica Simpson on the 'American Idol' set on May 18. jessicasimpson/Instagram 9 Jessica Simpson sang two songs during the 'American Idol' finale. jessicasimpson/Instagram 'So good to have u back Jessica,' another fan said. 'Love JS, she still sings the same after all of these years,' added a different fan. Simpson returned to music after 15 years with the release of her 2025 EP, 'Nashville Canyon, Part 1,' which she wrote amidst her split from husband Eric Johnson. Advertisement 9 Jessica Simpson performs during Luck Reunion 2025 on March 13 in Texas. Getty Images for Shock Ink 'I got thrown a real twist of fate in the middle of making this record,' she told People in February. 'My heart was completely broken. I had to continue to focus on the music. Thank God, I had Nashville.' The 'With You' singer continued, 'Having this creative outlet, it's like your heart breaks and you go into a songwriting session — like going straight into therapy. I have always said it was cheesy when people said the music saved my life but it truly saved mine.' 9 Eric Johnson and Jessica Simpson. jessicasimpson/Instagram Advertisement Simpson confirmed her split from Johnson, 45, after 10 years of marriage in January. The 'Newlyweds' star and the former NFL player have three children: Maxwell 'Maxi' Drew, 12, Ace Knute, 11, and Birdie Mae, 5. 'Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them,' she said in a statement. 'We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.' 9 Jessica Simpson with her three children. jessicasimpson/Instagram Advertisement The pair's marriage was subject to breakup rumors for months after eagle-eyed fans noticed that Johnson hadn't made an appearance on his wife's Instagram since 2023. Simpson's fans also noticed that she hadn't been wearing her wedding ring since January 2024, and Johnson followed suit.
