'EXTREMELY PAINFUL': Jessica Simpson 'needed to confront' abuser who molested her when they were girls

Ashlee Simpson is celebrating her sister! Following news that Jessica Simpson's memoir, , hit number one on the  Best Seller List in the nonfiction category, Ashlee took to Instagram to praise her older sister's accomplishment.

Sister, sister! Ashlee Simpson couldn’t be prouder of her big sister, Jessica Simpson, after the singer and actress released her memoir, Open Book, earlier this month.

Actress, singer and fashion designer Jessica Simpson spoke openly on "The View" Wednesday about the sexual abuse she says she endured as a child and her struggle with sobriety, as well as how these experiences affected her life and approach toward her family.

In her new memoir Open Book, Jessica Simpson detailed how she was sexually molested by from the ages of 6-12 by the daughter of a family friend who was a year older than her. Now she revealed on the Feb.

In her new memoir, Open Book, Jessica Simpson revealed that she had an "emotional affair" with her Dukes of Hazzard costar Johnny Knoxville while she was married to Nick Lachey. Although the two never became physically intimate, she wrote that the emotional connection felt like a "betrayal" worse than sex.Jessica Simpson isn't shying away from telling her story.

Jessica Simpson is reacting to her ex-husband Nick Lachey's headline-making joke about her father during his 2013 appearance on

Jessica Simpson details the six years of molestation she suffered at the hands of a family friend’s daughter in her new memoir Open Book. The 39-year-old said it started when she was six-years-old and the girl was a year older than her.

Jessica Simpson made sure she was always the one having to lay beside her sexual abuser during childhood sleepovers to protect her little sister Ashlee.

Jessica Simpson opened up about experiencing childhood sexual abuse and her desire to protect her sister, Ashlee Simpson, during a candid interview on The Dr. Oz Show.

Jessica Simpson is speaking her truth. The fashion designer, 39, who confessed to pill and alcohol addictions in her new memoir, Open Book, elaborated on the the exact moment in 2017 that she quit the “demons” that numbed her for so many years. Meghan McCain noted that in her new book, Jessica writes that her life changed after she woke up from a night of heavy drinking at a Halloween party at her home.

Jessica Simpson stepped out of her hotel in New York City wearing an eye-catching pink ensemble. The look included a PVC coat with fur trim by Saks Potts.

Today in completely awkward news that'll make you cringe, Nick and Vanessa Lachey are out here denying sending Jessica Simpson (Nick's ex!) a baby gift. The awkward moment went down when Hoda Kotb was interviewing the couple on the Today With Hoda & Jenna, and said “I interviewed Jessica for her book, , and she talked about how she has her life with her husband and children, she was really, really happy for y'all.

Jessica Simpson has a new memoir coming out called Open Book, and it's already given us some juicy details about her past relationships.

In her upcoming memoir Open Book, Jessica Simpson reveals that she was sexually abused from the ages of 6 to 12. Her abuser was the daughter of a family friend, a girl only a year old than Simpson.

Jessica Simpson never thought she would be an Open Book about one aspect of her childhood.

A moment of clarity. Jessica Simpson candidly reflected on the time she started drinking at 7 a.m. on Halloween in 2017 — which caused her to become too inebriated to take her children trick-or-treating — in a new interview with Hoda Kotb.