*Musically speaking, Prince and Jessica Simpson could not be further apart. But in a spiritual sense, the “Diamonds and Pearls” hitmaker found motivation from Simpson. Or rather her smile.
Referencing an interview Simpson did with her sister Ashlee Simpson Ross for The Cut, LoveBScott mentioned that the “With You” singer remembered Prince and the conversation they had during one of the late music icon’s parties. During the exchange, Simpson discovered why Prince kept a framed photo of her smile on his mantel.
“Prince, back in the day, we would get into spiritual conversations,” the 44-year-old former reality TV fixture revealed. “One time during this Grammys party, I went to his house and he was kind of waiting for me. The door opens and he’s standing there. He’s like, ‘Ms. Jessica?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, Mr. Prince?’”
“He took me by the hand and said, ‘I want to show you something.’ People are walking around with their Grammys, their accolades, and he had just released ‘Musicology,’” Simpson continued.
“He couldn’t stand where music was, and he wanted to school people on where music should be. He walks me to his mantel, and he’s like, ‘Do you notice anything?’ I look up and there’s one thing on his mantel, and it was a cutout picture of just my smile framed. I was like, ‘Is that my smile?’”
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After Prince confirmed Simpson’s smile was featured in the photo, the entertainer revealed the image’s true purpose.
“He was like, ‘Yes, and I want you to look very closely at that smile and know that no matter how many talks we have about being Jehovah’s Witness or nondenominational or Baptist or whatever it is, God is in that smile. Don’t let any man ever take that smile away from you, and do not let this music business take that smile away from you,’” she shared.
Moved by Prince’s gesture of having her smile on his mantel to remind him to stay strong in the industry, Simpson wanted to repay the music legend with a gesture of her own.
“I put Prince on the mantel of my house in Nashville, this dope black-and-white photo that was him in his element. Just to remember the importance of my smile through whatever it is that I am going through, wherever it is I’m leading myself through, that I am my own guide,” she said.
Simpson’s recollection of her time with Prince comes as she reenters the music scene with new music in the wake of her separation from her husband Eric Johnson in January. The mother of three will end February with “Use My Heart Against Me,” her first song in almost 17 years. The tune is the lead single from her upcoming EP, “Nashville Canyon: Part 1,” which is slated to drop on March 21.
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