Jessica Simpson and her husband, Eric Johnson, have confirmed their split after 10 years of marriage.
“Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” Simpson said in a statement to TMZ.
“Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them,” she continued. “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.”
The estranged couple has been facing break-up speculation since late last year, but they have remained mostly mum on the matter until now.
Once regularly featured on his wife’s social media pages, Johnson has not appeared on Simpson’s Instagram grid in months. The singer also raised eyebrows back in November, with a cryptic post touting her upcoming return to music.
“This comeback is personal, it’s an apology to myself for putting up with everything I did not deserve,” she wrote.
Around the same time, Johnson, a former NFL tight end, was spotted out and about without his wedding band, and Simpson too has been has opted to forgo her ring in recent weeks.
Simpson and Johnson married in July 2014 after four years of dating and share three children: daughters Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, 12, and Birdie Mae, five, and son Ace Knute, 11.
Simpson was previously married to Nick Lachey. They famously starred on MTV’s reality series, Newlyweds: Nick And Jessica before they split in 2005. Lachey went on to marry actress and former MTV personality Vanessa Lachey (née Minnillo), who he has been with since 2011. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
