Jessica Simpson reveals she had COVID-19

Jessica Simpson revealed Monday on Instagram that she had previously tested positive for COVID-19.

The singer and actress shared a post on the social media site promoting her new Amazon Original Stories essay, “Take the Lead,” in which she divulged the diagnosis.

“This past year has been especially intense for me and so many of you,” she wrote in the caption. “I started writing this essay on the same day I received a positive test result for COVID-19.”

Simpson did not elaborate further on her experience with the illness or say when she contracted it, but said the diagnosis inspired her to start writing.

“I decided instead of being driven by fear, I would manifest a hopeful conversation with you,” she wrote. “I felt strong, resilient, and God-inspired through my pen teaching me as I was sharing with you ways to get to the other side of fear.”

Simpson shared her experience as a working mom of three throughout the pandemic in People this week. 

“I definitely had to multitask on a whole new level this year, between my kids being in school on Zoom and being a working mom, keeping the Jessica Simpson Collection running remotely and pushing through inspired ideas that became endless and so many rewarded all while keeping my family smiling,” she said.

Simpson’s essay, which she says is about “self-acceptance, parenthood and overcoming fear,” will be available April 29.