Despite their young ages, Jessica Simpson says that she often talks to her children about her own experience with sex abuse. The singer says she told her eldest daughter Birdie about the abuse she experienced at a public event. Here’s what she has to say.
Jessica Simpson says that she has no problems talking about her past struggles with her children, Maxwell, 8, Ace, 7, and Birdie Mae, 2. The singer published her memoir, Open Book, last year in which she talked about her past, which included her relationships, addiction, and allegations of sexual abuse.
Jessica Simpson Says She Is Very Open About The Topic Of Sexual Abuse With Her Children
“They both have [the memoir] by their bedside,” Jessica explained to Good Morning America in a new interview. “And they’re starting to be very good readers, and they have read some of it. There’s nothing that’s off-limits. We’re very open as a family. For me, when I talk about sexual abuse and stuff, that stuff happened to me when I was younger than they are and at the age that they are. So, it is something that we are very open about.”
“A woman came up to me and was crying and had her daughter with her and she was saying that ‘What you went through as a child, you know, it really encouraged me to talk to my therapist and be open with my family about it,'” the actress recalled. “And Maxwell was like, ‘Mom, what is she talking about?'”
Jessica says that is when she’s recently realized that now was the best time to talk to her daughter Maxie about her experience.
“But it was a perfect moment because she saw how being open and being honest with your feelings and how you can inspire people that way … just how honesty really is moving and how it can make a change in people’s lives and she saw that mommy was doing that,” Simpson said.
After their discussion, the mother-daughter duo returned to their hotel where Maxwell began journaling.
Jessica continued, “I just think as a parent it’s so important to really have everything out there in the open. There’s nothing that’s embarrassing to talk about at all and there’s nothing to be ashamed of. And nobody’s going to judge you. And if they do, they’ll come around and they’ll be there for you. And if they’re not, somebody else will. But our family is very close.”
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