To each their own. While Ben Higgins and Jessica Clarke are making headlines for their decision to abstain from sex until they tie the knot, they are hardly the first celebrity couple to make the public declaration.Back in the ‘90s, Jessica Simpson’s decision to save herself for marriage was a hot topic.
The singer opened up about how her relationship with now ex-husband Nick Lachey was affected by her choice in her 2020 memoir, Open Book.“It gave America a story line to follow,” she wrote. “The sexy virgin and the long-suffering, but still understanding, hot prince. … Nick loved the fact that I was so strong in my faith … [But] I would get so frustrated, asking God to take the blindfold from his eyes and help him find a spiritual center.”S
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