Jessica Simpson shared cryptic post before split with Eric Johnson: ‘Putting up with everything I did not deserve’

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she and husband Eric Johnson were calling it quits in a cryptic Instagram post two months before she confirmed they had split.In the resurfaced Nov.

11 post, the “I Belong to Me” singer, 44, revealed that she was back in the recording studio working on an upcoming album that she described as “an apology” to herself. “Interviews in my Nashville music room where I unearthed my singular magic,” she captioned a series of photographs showing her in a low-cut white dress, black furry coat and shiny knee-high black block-heeled boots.Simpson, who has not released a non-holiday studio album since 2008, added,”This comeback is personal, it’s an apology to myself for putting up with everything I did not deserve.”On Monday, the fashion designer released a statement confirming rumors that she and Johnson, 45, were breaking up after 10 years of marriage.“Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” Simpson told People.“Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them.

We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family,” she said.Simpson met Johnson, a former NFL tight end, in 2010.

They got engaged six months later and tied the knot in 2014. The couple have three children — daughters Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, 12, and Birdie Mae, 5, and son Ace Knute, 11.Johnson has not appeared on the “Open Book” author’s Instagram page since September 2023, when she wished him a happy 44th birthday.The retired football player was noticeably absent from a family photo Simpson shared this past September showing her and her kids on their first day of school.