Jessica Simpson did not share all in her best-selling memoir open bookIn a new short story for Amazon Original Stories, the singer details a secret romance with a “huge movie star” years ago. how they met, where they first kissed, and how things ended – but she didn’t reveal the mystery man’s name.
in the short storywith an appropriate title movie starSimpson said it all started at the MTV VMA afterparty in early September 2001. She was on a break. Boyfriend Nick Lachey It was a hot item in the industry.
“I was dodging calls from two boybanders, one from NSync and one from Backstreet Boys,” she wrote.
Simpson was also fending off some music executives at a bash when her bodyguard, who was also the star’s trainer, recognized a famous face in the crowd.
“This is Jessica,” the bodyguard introduced her to the movie star.
“I know,” the actor replied.
“He gave me another hug. A modified celebrity hug, a few seconds longer than I expected. It was like he was undressing me with his eyes,” Simpson wrote. rice field.
When the movie star and Simpson had a little conversation, she thought, ‘This is what it’s like to be hit. The singer said, apart from Lacey, “No one has ever been outspoken about looking at me in a provocative way. At least I wanted to see me that way. His I could hear your voice.”
The two soon met at a gym in Los Angeles and got the movie star’s number, but they didn’t call. Simpson eventually reconciled with Lachey on September 11, 2001, a few days later. as she documented open book, the two got married and went through a very public divorce. She found herself single again in 2006.
In Simpson’s short story, she shyly talked about fending off advances from a rather famous man after breaking up with Lachey. There, the “terrible Southerner” handed over the hotel key without saying a word. was.
A “producer type” told Simpson that there was a mysterious bachelor who set her up. The man “took out his Nokia” and connected Simpson with Movie Star.
Simpson had a brief meeting with the mystery actor at the Beverly Hills Hotel while preparing for the awards ceremony. In one of the bungalows they kissed for the first time.
“I felt this warm rush all over my body, down to the tip of my wedge,” Simpson recalled.
“He texted me throughout the awards ceremony because the event was so big that all the beautiful women in Hollywood were there and he wanted me so I In fact, he had another beautiful woman in his life, his girlfriend, she wrote. I’ve seen pictures of I’ve never been another woman in millions of years.”
The movie star convinced Simpson that the relationship was “perfectly” over, but he didn’t want the press to know. I didn’t hide my pursuit of being a singer.
“A lot of people have been told by management to avoid me or get caught up in my fame vortex, but he was a Hollywood veteran with far more fame than I did. “He had already achieved a level of success no one else could have, so he had no one to tell him what to do. And I really didn’t know him.” I liked it. He was very genuine.”
Another clue as to the actor’s identity: Simpson said, “We had different faiths, but the same respect for God.” newlyweds Star.
Simpson stressed that the two did not have sex while they were intimate. As their clandestine relationship continued, the actress recalled meeting him at a hotel, but she was instructed to go up a fire escape to get to his room. realized it was because he wanted to “hide me from his chick” rather than the press.
“There was some drama between them and I wasn’t going to be a part of it anymore. I experienced him in a really fun physical and flirtatious superficial way, but now I feel guilty against all the women in the world,” Simpson continued. Simpson wanted to end things on her terms.
“He lied saying it was just me, but I was honest with myself. She left the next day without saying a word to the unnamed actor.” It was the first time I felt truly empowered and I was the only one.”
However, Simpson did not leave empty-handed.
“I needed a trophy for this feat, so I took the pillowcase he slept on. I didn’t care if it was creepy or if he had to pay… Now , I have a memory of you,” Simpson wrote.
A movie star called her, but she didn’t pick up.
“Why are you leaving me behind?” he asked via voicemail. “I can’t believe you just got up and left me like this.”
“It was the beginning of me learning to love myself completely,” Simpson said. Simpson has been married to NFL player Eric Johnson since 2014. She has three children: Maxwell, 10, Ace, 9, and Birdie, 3.
