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Jessica Simpson has dismissed claims that she is drinking alcohol again.
After the 44-year-old singer received a comment from a follower telling her to “STOP DRINKING!” underneath an Instagram photo she posted to celebrate her son Ace’s 11th birthday on Aug. 5, Simpson quickly assured her fans that she is still sober.
“I have not wanted or touched alcohol since October 2017 and it has been the best decision I have made for myself and my family,” she wrote. “Thank you for your concern, but you have misunderstood me. I send you all my love.”
The Instagram critic immediately apologized for her assumption. The critic's words come shortly after Simpson celebrated nearly seven years of sobriety.
In 2021, the fashion designer wrote a gushing caption detailing what the beginning of her journey to sobriety was like alongside a candid photo of her first day without alcohol.
“This person, in the early morning hours of November 1, 2017, is an unrecognizable version of myself. I had so much to discover and explore,” she wrote. “I knew that in that very moment I would be able to reclaim my light, show victory over my internal battle for self-respect, and face this world with piercing clarity.”
“Personally, in order to do that, I had to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart spinning in the same direction and honestly, I was exhausted,” she continued. “I wanted to feel the pain so I could wear it like a badge of honor. I wanted to live like a leader and break cycles to move forward, not looking back with regret and remorse for any choice I have made and will make for the rest of my life here on this beautiful world.”
He added that because of the stigma surrounding alcoholism, he realized “the real work I needed to do in my life was to really embrace failure, pain, brokenness and self-sabotage.”
“The problem wasn’t the drink, it was me. I didn’t love myself, I didn’t respect my own power. Today I do. I’ve learned to accept my fears and the parts of my life that are just sad. I own my personal power with great courage. I’m incredibly honest and I feel comfortable and open. I’m free,” she concluded.
In January 2020, Simpson spoke with People on unpacking her journey to sobriety in her memoir titled Open book.
“I didn’t realize how much I had to say until I connected with it through music and writing,” Simpson explained. “So when I started going through the full depth of the pain I was experiencing, I realized I was at rock bottom.”
She admitted that she hit rock bottom during Halloween 2017, when she remembered that she couldn’t dress her children up and that she had “zoned out” because of the drink. The next day, her closest friends came to visit her and she admitted to them: “I have to stop. Something has to stop. And if it’s the alcohol that’s doing this and making things worse, then I’m going to stop drinking.”
