Jessica & Eric Call It Quits After 10 Years What Went Wrong

They seemed to have it all. Then Jessica Simpson pulled the plug on her decade-long marriage to Eric Johnson. Sources take Us inside their split

- JAIME HARKIN

A source says separating wasn't an easy decision for Simpson: "She was very torn and confused."

For months, there was speculation of trouble in Jessica Simpson's marriage to husband Eric Johnson. They've both been spotted without their wedding rings on multiple occasions and — in an out-of-character move for Simpson — neither noted their 10th wedding anniversary in August on social media. Simpson, 44, also failed to acknowledge Johnson's 45th birthday in September, and he was notably missing from a set of family back- to-school photos she posted on Instagram that same month. Finally, on Jan. 13, the singer confirmed the suspicions, releasing a statement that she and Johnson “have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage.” According to sources, the pair — who share kids Maxwell, 12, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5 — had been living separate lives for over a year before making the announcement. In November, when reports of Johnson flirting with other women began to surface, a source tells Us they realized their issues were too large to overcome. “There were trust issues caused by the breakdown of their A source says separating wasn't an easy decision for Simpson: “She was very torn and confused.”

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Simpson and Johnson fell fast and hard for each other after meeting at a party in 2010. He had just separated from his first wife, while Simpson — who split from first husband Nick Lachey in 2005 — had recently ended her on-again, off-again romance with musician John Mayer. “We connected on all levels,” Simpson wrote of Johnson in her 2020 memoir, Open Book. “We both were ready for the real deal.” They appeared blissfully in love as they navigated life with their growing family. Simpson often sang her husband’s praises. In