Jessica Simpson shares 8-year sobriety at Highland concert

During a concert in Highland, California, singer and fashion designer Jessica Simpson opened up about her eight-year journey of sobriety, revealing how alcoholism transformed her into someone she did not recognize. The 45-year-old artist shared these reflections with the audience before performing a new, unreleased song titled "Give It All Away."

Simpson described a period where she felt she had become a person she was afraid of and did not understand. She told the crowd she had been holding onto unresolved trauma and that beginning to confront it was a painful process. As a mother of three, she said she felt she was not being a good role model during that time. She later came to realize that her use of alcohol was not numbing her pain but was instead creating more of it, calling it a crutch that was not working.

The singer, who celebrated eight years of sobriety in November 2025, framed her ongoing recovery as a work in progress. She expressed gratitude for each day she feels alive and present in her body, stating she is proud of herself. She encouraged her fans to have grace for themselves, suggesting that letting go can lead to things being okay, which is the central message...