Jessica Simpson opens up about addiction and childhood sexual abuse
Jessica Simpson Reveals in Brave New Memoir: 'I Was Killing Myself with All the Drinking and Pills' https://t.co/qjNYT6lzAI pic.twitter.com/ulTteYDmEp
- People (@people) January 22, 2020
Jessica Simpson covers the new issue of People Magazine to promote her upcoming memoir, 'Open Book', revealing painful memories and what led to her 'killing herself' with alcohol and pills.
On childhood abuse: When she was 6 years old, she recalls “I shared a bed with the daughter of a family friend. It would start with tickling my back and then go into things that were extremely uncomfortable.” At 12, she finally told her parents while they were on a car trip. “Dad kept his eye on the road and said nothing. We never stayed at my parents’ friends house again but we also didn’t talk about what I had said.”
On body image : “On my 17th birthday, I flew to New York for meetings with record labels. I sang ‘Amazing Grace’ for Tommy Mottola at Columbia and he wanted to sign me. And then he said, 'You gotta lose fifteen pounds.'” (Simpson says she was only 118 pounds)
On addiction: “I was killing myself with all the drinking and pills.” In late 2017 she says she was “pretty [close to] rock-bottom” and made the decision to seek treatment to get sober. “Quitting was the easy part. I was mad at that bottle. At how it allowed me to stay complacent and numb.”
'Open Book' hits stores February 4th, 2020. You can pre-order here.
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