Simpson and Eric Johnson Seen on Southwest Flight Amid Reunion Talk

Jessica Simpson and her estranged husband Eric Johnson were photographed boarding a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas on Friday and sitting in the same row without their three children, renewing public speculation that the couple may be reconciling less than a year after announcing their separation. The pair, both 45, were seen on the commercial flight en route to support Simpson's sister, who opened a Las Vegas residency the same night.

Photographs and video published Friday show Simpson and Johnson seated together with an empty middle seat between them. Some footage captured a friendly moment when a bystander remarked it was good to see them together and Johnson smiled, while other images and reports described a more tense exchange, with Simpson speaking to Johnson as he looked away. When approached on arrival in Las Vegas and asked whether the outing signaled a reunion, the two remained tightlipped.

Representatives for Simpson and Johnson did not immediately comment, and the joint flight came without their children, who have been identified in reports as Maxwell, 13, Ace, 12, and Birdie, 6. Friends and insiders have previously said the couple remain focused...