Jessica Simpson unveiled a new look while hinting at the possibility of new music.
In a recent Instagram post, she shared a glamorous photo of herself wearing a white romper with a midriff in black fishnet stockings and matching black fishnet stockings and platform boots, sitting next to music equipment. did.
She also sported her long blonde hair in a Brigitte Bardot-inspired half-updo and paired it with equally retro bold eyes and nude lips.
“I can't wait for you all to hear the soundtrack of my soul,” she wrote in the caption.
A photo of Jessica Simpson in a music studio and an enlarged version of the same photo. (Jessica Simpson/Instagram)
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One person in the comments called her “Irresistible 2.0” after her 2001 hit song, while another wrote, “You are such a beautiful queen.”
Others were less kind, questioning her transformation with comments like “I don't know this person.”
However, many defended the singer and businesswoman.
“I don't understand why people feel the need to be so mean. She's talented and beautiful and hasn't given up on life. She uplifts people and that's so healthy,” one person commented.
Fans had a variety of reactions to Simpson's new look in the comments section. (John Shearer/Getty Images for the Jessica Simpson Collection)
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This is the second hint Simpson has dropped about her return to music in recent weeks, along with a different look.
In mid-November, she posted an equally glamorous look with a rock edge, wearing a white dress, black fur coat, and patent platform boots.
“In an interview in a music room in Nashville, I discovered my singular magic,” Simpson wrote in the caption.
She added, “This comeback is personal and an apology to myself for putting up with everything I didn't deserve.”
In a statement, Simpson said her return was “an apology to myself for putting up with everything I didn't deserve.” (Dimitrios Cambris/Footwear News via Getty Images)
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Simpson's comments sparked debate among fans, which in turn sparked a debate about the status of her marriage to Eric Johnson, her husband of 10 years.
“Are you saying this woman is single?” one fan wrote.
Another fan posted: “Yeah, I just called. I love you. Stay strong.”
Simpson and Johnson married in 2014 and have daughters Maxwell, 12, and Birdie, 5, and son Ace, 11.
Asked about the divorce rumors last month, sister Ashlee Simpson said: TMZ“Fans are speculating that Jessica is getting a divorce based on her recent Instagram posts. Do you know anything about that? Is it true?” she answered, “No.”
Eric Johnson and Simpson have been married for 10 years and have three children, daughters Maxwell, 12, Birdie, 5, and son Ace, 11. (Jessica Simpson/Instagram)
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Simpson hasn't released an album in 14 years, since her 2010 holiday album Happy Christmas.
Around that time, she took a break from music and continued to focus on her fashion brand, The Jessica Simpson Collection, which she launched in 2005.
The “Newlyweds” star opened up about her struggles as a young woman in the music industry in her 2020 memoir, “Open Book.”
She recalled when producer Tommy Mottola told her at age 17 that she needed to lose 15 pounds.
In her memoir, Simpson recalled that she was asked to lose 15 pounds when she already weighed only 118 pounds. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
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Simpson said she weighed 118 pounds at the time and was 5 feet 3 inches tall. Mottola's allegations led the singer to resort to diet pills to drop her weight to 103 pounds.
She revealed in the book that she will continue to take diet pills “for the next 20 years.”
In 2022, she posted a bikini photo and revealed that she had gained and lost 100 pounds three times in her life, most recently in 2019 when her third child Birdie That was after I was born.
The mother of three told Hoda Kotb on “Today” in 2021 that she ditched the scale to focus on overall health rather than specific goals.
Simpson revealed that she gained and lost 100 pounds three times in her life, the last time being after giving birth to her third child. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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“It was like a Ouija board,” Simpson explained. “I have no idea how much I weigh. I just want to be able to zip my pants, like, feel good. If not, I have another size. I don't have all sizes. Masu.
“I've tried very hard not to let it define me.”
Still, she has faced scrutiny from the public over her weight, with commenters criticizing her for looking too thin on her Instagram posts and accusing her of using Ozempic.
She addressed this speculation in an interview with Bustle magazine last year.
Fans were critical of Simpson's weight loss, at one point accusing her of using Ozempic. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images, SiriusXM)
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“Oh, Lord. I mean, it's not. It's willpower,” she told the outlet when asked if Ozempic was involved. “Do people want me to drink again? Because I was heavier then? Or do they want me to have another child? I can't do it.”
Simpson has been sober since 2017.
Last year, she told E! News, “Not drinking is the best thing I've ever done for myself. I'm getting so much clarity.”
She continued, “I like to be present when people are having conversations. I like to absorb what other people are thinking, and I like to listen. I like to listen to it. It was preventing me from feeling my life. I feel it now.” , and I love it. ”
“Not drinking is the best thing I've ever done for myself. I've become so clear-headed,” Simpson said of sobriety. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for W Magazine)
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“I also think it's good to lose excess weight,” Simpson added. “Especially during the holidays.”
Meanwhile, as Simpson celebrated six years of sobriety, he e-shared a 2021 post featuring a nostalgic photo of himself from the day he decided to get sober in 2017, calling himself “unrecognizable.” .
At the time of her first post, the mother of three had been sober for four years and said: “There's so much stigma around the word alcoholic and the alcoholic label.'' The real work to do in my life is to actually embrace failure, pain, hurt, and self-destruction. I didn't love myself.”
Earlier this year, a fan accused Simpson of drinking again, writing “stop drinking” in the comments of a birthday post dedicated to his son.
Simpson denied rumors earlier this year that she was drinking again. (Charlie Galley/Getty Images for the Jessica Simpson Collection)
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“I have not desired or touched alcohol since October 2017, and this was the best decision for me and my family,” Simpson said in a statement. “Thank you. I'm sorry for your concern, but you really misunderstood me. Please send me love.”
Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson, Christina Dugan Ramirez and Melissa Roberto contributed to this post.
