{"id":2205215,"date":"2025-12-19T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2205215"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:28:43","slug":"jessica-and-ashlee-simpsons-dad-opens-up-about-their-music-comebacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jessica-and-ashlee-simpsons-dad-opens-up-about-their-music-comebacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica and Ashlee Simpson&#8217;s Dad Opens Up About Their Music Comebacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/joe-simpson\/\"><strong>Joe Simpson<\/strong><\/a> is just as happy about his daughters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessica-simpson\/\"><strong>Jessica<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ashlee-simpson\/\" rel=\"\">Ashlee Simpson<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s return to music as we are!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, come on, we are blessed,\u201d Simpson, 65, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Giving a Smile Foundation Gala on December 11. \u201cBoth girls [are] singing at the same time. I\u2019ve been to both concerts. I\u2019ve cried at both. It\u2019s been a wonderful revival of joy for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe, a former talent manager and TV producer, served as the manager for his eldest daughter, Jessica, now 45, during her rise as a pop star in the early 2000s. He managed Ashlee, now 41, and was instrumental in launching her music and subsequent acting career.<\/p>\n<p>The Simpson sisters are having quite a strong 2025, with both of them returning to music after extended time away from the industry. Ashlee announced in June that she would perform for two nights in August at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her second album, I Am Me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/jessica-simpsons-family-guide-meet-her-sister-3-kids-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jessica-Simpson-Family-Guide-1.jpg?crop=0px%2C107px%2C1439px%2C814px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jessica Simpson Family Guide\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jessica-Simpson-Family-Guide-1.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/jessica-simpsons-family-guide-meet-her-sister-3-kids-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Jessica Simpson\u2019s Family Guide: Meet Her Sister, 3 Kids and More<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCourtesy of Jessica Simpson\/Instagram Jessica Simpson\u2019s famous family has been making headlines through the years. After Jessica rose to stardom in 1999 with the release of her debut album Sweet Kisses, her younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, served as one of her back-up dancers before embarking on her own career in the music industry. While continuing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jessica, meanwhile, returned in early March with the release of her Nashville Canyon EP after nearly a decade away from music. Six months later, Jessica dropped the second part of Nashville Canyon, which she recorded with country stalwarts including <strong>JD<\/strong> <strong>McPherson<\/strong> and Sista Strings.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica\u2019s return to music came after her split from husband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/eric-johnson\/\"><strong>Eric<\/strong> <strong>Johnson<\/strong><\/a> after a decade of marriage. Johnson, 46, and Jessica share three children: daughters Maxwell, 13, and Birdie, 6, and son Ace, 12.<\/p>\n<p>Ashlee married <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/evan-ross\/\"><strong>Evan<\/strong> <strong>Ross<\/strong>,<\/a> the son of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/diana-ross\/\"><strong>Diana<\/strong> <strong>Ross<\/strong><\/a>, in 2014, and they share son Ziggy Blue, 5, and daughter Jagger Snow, 10. Ashlee also shares son Bronx Mowgli, 17, with Fall Out Boy bassist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/pete-wentz\/\"><strong>Pete<\/strong> <strong>Wentz<\/strong><\/a>, to whom she was previously married.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding a Jessica and Ashlee collaboration in the future, Joe revealed to Us that he thinks \u201cit\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know,\u201d Joe said. \u201cThey\u2019re sisters. So, they\u2019re both having a great time. [They\u2019re] both busy mothers with children, but also, it\u2019s wonderful to see them back in music. Ashlee \u2026 I went to her first concert. It was really fun to watch her on stage, start out, marking the stage and working from history, and then watch her rise to like, \u2018I know what I\u2019m doing. I got this,\u2019 and to become all that she is as a star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe also shared a personal health update with Us after previously battling prostate cancer in 2016 and 2017. An <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joe-simpson-completes-radiation-for-cancer-is-in-the-clear-w482497\/#:~:text=Joe%20Simpson%20has%20completed%20radiation,source%20exclusively%20tells%20Us%20Weekly.\">insider confirmed to Us<\/a> at the time that radiation treatment was successful and he was \u201cin the clear.\u201d In 2023, Jessica revealed that her father was battling bone cancer in a birthday tribute post to her daughter Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaxwell\u2019s birthday wish was for her Papa Joe\u2019s bone cancer treatment to work. It did. Thank you Maxi Drew for usin\u2019 your wish on our family and most importantly, my Dad,\u201d Jessica <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cr6Ou5UuCJB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Instagram<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Joe is still thriving, explaining at the gala that he has a clean bill of health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eight years from stage IV cancer, so I\u2019m not supposed to be alive, but I\u2019m a miracle, so I\u2019m happy,\u201d Joe told Us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Rifkin Raanan Dentistry team asked their top celebrity clients to come out and support their inaugural gala for the Giving a Smile Foundation. The event at the Beverly Hilton was packed with stars including host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kelsey-grammer\/\"><strong>Kelsey<\/strong> <strong>Grammer<\/strong><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/who-is-james-tupper-5-things-to-know-about-the-canadian-actor\/\"><strong>James<\/strong> <strong>Tupper<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Lesley-Ann Brandt<\/strong> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/emma-hernan\/\"><strong>Emma<\/strong> <strong>Hernan<\/strong><\/a>, all there to support the mission of providing no-cost dental care to children in need in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>But the viral moment of the night belonged to actor <strong>Harry<\/strong> <strong>Goodwins<\/strong>, of Netflix\u2019s The Gentleman. Tapped to introduce headliner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/robin-thicke\/\"><strong>Robin<\/strong> <strong>Thicke<\/strong><\/a>, Goodwins cracked up the room by playfully admitting, \u201cMy lines got blurry! I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m supposed to say.\u201d Thicke, 48, then took the stage in a custom black Swarovski-crystallized pinstriped suit and performed \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d for the sold-out crowd that was up on their feet and dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Rebecca Ray.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Simpson is just as happy about his daughters Jessica and Ashlee Simpson\u2019s return to music as we are! \u201cI mean, come on, we are blessed,\u201d Simpson, 65, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Giving a Smile Foundation Gala on December 11. \u201cBoth girls [are] singing at the same time. I\u2019ve been to both concerts. 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