Jessica Simpson Claps Back at Critic Who Told Her to ‘Stop Drinking’: ‘Very Misunderstood’

Shutting down a professional pinch class! Jessica Simpson had nan cleanable clapback for an Instagram personification who told her to “stop drinking.”

“I haven’t wanted aliases touched intoxicant since October 2017 and it has been nan champion determination I’ve made for myself and for my family,” nan singer, 44, responded to a remark connected her Monday, August 5, tribute post for her son. “Thank you for your concern, but you person maine very misunderstood. Sending emotion your way.”

Jessica’s station was a achromatic and achromatic photograph of her and husband Eric Johnson’s son, Ace Knute Johnson, snuggled up successful a furniture and looking disconnected into nan distance. She gushed astir him successful nan caption.

“I’m gonna beryllium a braggin’ Mom for a infinitesimal and conscionable opportunity that I person nan kindest, astir handsome 11yr aged boy connected nan planet,” nan Dukes of Hazzard prima wrote. “Fun fact: we some find fortunate pennies randomly each different week and usage them to WIN my scratchers together.”

Jessica concluded, “Mama loves you Ace Knute Johnson — OH SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!”

In summation to Ace, nan character shares daughters Maxwell Drew, 12, and Birdie Mae, 5, pinch Eric, 44.

The manner designer, who struggled pinch addict and intoxicant addiction for years, celebrated six years of sobriety successful November 2023. She marked nan juncture by resharing a November 2021 post connected her Instagram Stories successful which she reflected connected a type of herself from 2017.

“This personification successful nan early greeting of Nov 1, 2017, is an unrecognizable type of myself,” Jessica wrote alongside a throwback photo. “I had truthful overmuch aforesaid find to unlock and explore. I knew successful this very infinitesimal I would let myself to return backmost my light, show triumph complete my soul conflict of aforesaid respect, and brave this world pinch piercing clarity.”

The mom of 3 added that she needed to “stop drinking alcohol” successful bid to summation this clarity.

“It kept my mind and bosom circling successful nan aforesaid guidance and rather honestly I was exhausted. I wanted to consciousness nan symptom truthful I could transportation it for illustration a badge of honor. I wanted to unrecorded arsenic a leader does and break cycles to beforehand guardant — ne'er looking backmost pinch regret and remorse complete immoderate prime I person made and would make for nan remainder of my clip present wrong this beautiful world,” she continued.

Jessica added, “I can’t judge it has been 4 yrs! It feels for illustration possibly 2. I deliberation that is simply a bully thing. Ha. There is truthful overmuch stigma astir nan connection alcoholism aliases nan explanation of an alcoholic. The existent activity that needed to beryllium done successful my life was to really judge failure, pain, brokenness, and aforesaid sabotage.”

She noted that “the drinking wasn’t nan issue,” it was her.

“I didn’t emotion myself. I didn’t respect my ain power. Today I do,” Jessica concluded. “I person made bully pinch nan fears and I person accepted nan parts of my life that are conscionable sad. I ain my individual powerfulness pinch soulful courage. I americium wildly honorable and comfortably open. I americium free.”

If you aliases personification you cognize is struggling pinch constituent abuse, interaction nan Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline astatine 1-800-662-HELP (4357).