Jessica Simpson Instagram – ASR: There were just so many men.
JS: In suits.
ASR: Telling you what you’re supposed to be or who you’re supposed to be when having this conversation across town.
JS: I had to be a pop star because I signed on to be a pop star. No matter what, there was never going to be enough sales, there was never going to be recouping, because they would put so much into me trying to win. You’re a by-product of this company that’s making them money. I didn’t realize that until I was dropped in 2008 or ’09 by my country-music label with my first No. 1 country album. My country record was written in Nashville, and that’s where I felt very much myself. All of a sudden, there were these 360 deals and I wouldn’t sign. That was the first time I stood up for myself. But I was always defined by having a record deal. I had a record deal since I was 14 years old, so to be at the age of 28, 29 not having a record deal, I didn’t know where I was or what I was or who I was, and I didn’t know who I was working for. It took me a while to realize that I deserved to work for myself.
Read the full interview with my sister, @ashleesimpsonross , now on TheCut.com.
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Interviewed by: @ashleesimpsonross
Photographed by: @gigilaub
Styled by @hayley_atkin_
Photo Assistant: @galharpaz
Hair (Ashlee): @lindseyneavitt901
Makeup (Ashlee): @etienneortega
Hair (Jessica): @chrisdylanx
Makeup (Jessica): @joycebonelli
Tailor: #SusieKourinian
Production: @kindlyproductions
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The Cut, Photo Director: @nono_elle_
The Cut, Photo Editor: @_maridelis
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