Jessica Simpson Reveals What Went Wrong In That Cringey 'Ellen' Interview

Jessica Simpson s last on-air interview went about as smoothly as her sister Ashlees infamous Saturday Night Live lip-synch debacle .

The singer generated all the wrong kind of buzz with her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in 2017, when she elicited a strong side-eye from the host after fumbling over painfully off-topic stories about her daughters birthday party, the length of her marriage and, yes, even her own uterus.

The Newlyweds alum has since opened up about her yearslong addiction battle in her upcoming memoir Open Book, revealing that she used to self-medicate with alcohol and stimulants during periods of stress.

And, as for that interview, Simpson confessed in a decidedly more polished TV appearance this week that she was indeed inebriated as she sat across from DeGeneres.

I cant even watch the interview, she told Today host Hoda Kotb on Wednesday. It was a weak moment for me, and I wasnt in the right place. I had started a spiral, and I couldnt catch up with myself and that was with alcohol.

.@JessicaSimpson is a performer, a designer, a mom, and owns a billion-dollar business. pic.twitter.com/RINGLz1aXc

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.@JessicaSimpson is a performer, a designer, a mom, and owns a billion-dollar business. pic.twitter.com/RINGLz1aXc
Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) May 22, 2017

In a recent New York Times interview , Simpson said she apologizes to Ms. DeGeneres and to the viewers in the book for drinking before going on-air.

DeGeneres hasnt said anything about Simpsons comments.

Simpsons appearance on the show led her closest friends and family to stage an intervention, according to the Times. But Simpson wouldnt quit drinking until months later, after a particularly disastrous Halloween.

She recalled being so drunk that she couldnt even get her kids dressed to go trick or treating. She now has three children Maxwell, 7; Ace, 6; and Birdie, 10 months.

I honestly couldnt even tell you who got them ready, Simpson told Today. I was just dazed and confused, and I just wanted to go to sleep. I didnt take them trick-or-treating. I didnt show up for my family. I took the picture and I made the world think that I showed up.

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