"I celebrate each and every day that I feel alive and in my body and I'm very proud of myself," Simpson told fans attending her California concert.

Jessica Simpson at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 held at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in New York, New York.

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Jessica Simpson celebrated eight years of sobriety in November, and she took a moment to reflect on her journey of overcoming alcoholism during her Monday (June 1) concert in Highland, Calif.

“I didn’t understand all of the traumas that I was holding onto. And it was really painful once I started searching in myself to find what I could reveal,” the singer and fashion designer said. “I became somebody that I was afraid of, somebody I did not know and understand.”