Jessica Simpson wants to have Eric Johnson in her life forever.
The “Irresistible” singer shared an update on where she stands with her estranged husband just over a month after announcing that they’d broken up after 10 years of marriage.
“I’ve grown up so much. I can handle so much,” Jessica reflected in an interview with People published Feb. 19. “Maybe I’m just meant to love a lot of people in my life.”
“I don’t know why my heart gets tossed around but I’m one of the lucky ones,” she added. “At least I have my children and I still have Eric. He’s still very much a part of my life and will always be.”
The former couple—who share kids Maxwell, 12, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5—are still coparenting and even lived together for some time at a rental home just outside Nashville while Jessica recorded her upcoming EP, Nashville Canyon: Part 1, due out March 21.
“Discovering this music is something I did on my own,” she said of the five-song project. “Thank God I had Nashville, it was just a way of me owning myself and declaring it.”
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