No secrets between them. Jessica Simpson‘s bombshell revelations about a past affair came as a shock to the public — but not to husband Eric Johnson.“Jessica has been opening up about really everything. She still had some secrets and she wanted to get them off her chest,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly, noting that the former NFL player, 42, “knew previously” about Simpson’s dating history.Earlier this month, the singer, 42, revealed she had an affair with an unnamed movie star following her split from then-boyfriend Nick Lachey.“This megastar, who I grew up thinking was so hot, eyeballed me up and down.
Like he was undressing me with his eyes,” she wrote in her Amazon essay, which was published on February 1. In the excerpt, Simpson recalled first meeting the mystery man at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.The Texas native, who later was married to Lachey, 49, from 2002 to 2006, recalled how she “wasn’t ready” for anything serious.
Simpson claimed she continued to cross paths with the unnamed guy which eventually led to an affair.“Yes, there was something sexy and enticing about all this, but there was also something demeaning about it.
I felt like a call girl,” she continued. “I didn’t care if he was my teenage fantasy come to life, this was not a choice that same girl, my younger self, would be proud of.”Following their split, the “With You” performer started dating Johnson in 2010 and they announced their engagement later that year.
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