Jessica Simpson: I Cried for 5 Minutes After Eric Proposed
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Tears of joy!
Jessica Simpson says she was a shocked, blubbery mess after Eric Johnson, her beau of less than six months, proposed Nov. 11.
Opening up about her engagement during a Monday appearance on CBS' The Early Show, Simpson, 30, says Johnson's proposal was "a total surprise."
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"I had to sit on his knee; I was so shocked," the singer says. "To really get what was happening."
What was her reaction when Johnson gave her a ruby, diamond and gold Neil Lane sparkler?
"I first said 'Yes!'" Simpson told Harry Smith, giggling. "I didn't even try the ring on until 5 minutes in," she explained. "I just sat there and cried with him."
She says she loves that Johnson went the unconventional route with her new sparkler -- choosing the ruby, her birthstone, to make the ring stand out.
"I've already done the traditional thing," she sniffed of her ring from first husband Nick Lachey, who's also newly engaged to love Vanessa Minnillo. "I wanted to do something that was different."
She says that beau Johnson "had a plan a long time ago" to propose. "He had a [sit-down] with my mom and dad about it...He was a gentleman about it."
Now promoting a new Christmas album, she cooed that Johnson is "the best man in my life...He is just really thoughtful. Keeps me very centered. [He always] makes me feel like my feet are on the ground.'"
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Added the bride-to-be: "He's the most special part of my life and my day."
Along with her parents, the engaged couple are spending their first Thanksgiving in New York City.
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17Is that bimbo for real?
She isn't going to be happy...she'll find a way to get out of it as soon as she get's bored...like she did to Nick...so sad, hollywood
she's pregnant- she took a page from Ashlee's book to land a man.
that guy just doesn't seem like good husband material.
Tacky Jess. You have not known him long enough given your spotty track record with men. They need time to process who you are. He wasn't even divorced when he rebounded with you. This is not going to last. I would bet on it. Too much of a hurry. What are you trying to prove. Have you really tried being totally alone for a long period of time and figure some stuff out? Get a Pre-Nup, this could all go bad overnight when he wakes up.
With all due respect Jessica, please stop talking so much about your relatioship. It's almost as if you are tring to prove something to us, and we don't really want to know. Keep your private life as private as poss. You talk talk talk in the past, see how it all ended with Mayer and Romo. Best advice, go away for some time.
If this guy is the best she can do, I believe I would just stay single and sleep with every guy I go out with
Yeah she cried because someone actually wanted to marry her after they saw her on Newlyweds. She better get a prenup or she will be crying again and BROKE! I'm so sorry she calls Dallas her hometown, too!
I'll bet she did. She realized that an unemployed bum who divorced his wife for a meal ticket was the best she could do anymore; that IS sad.
Get a pre-nup, Jess.. a REALLY solid pre-nup. You've spent the last few years paying out the rear to Nick Lachey while him and Vanessa seem to be on a permanent vacation. Don't let that happen again. Say it with me; PRE-NUP, PRE-NUP, PRE-NUP..
******Just Wondering******* Would anyone out there get engaged to a man that just was divorced and had no job????? Also, wouldn't it look very bad that your ex just got engaged then all of a sudden you get a cocktail ring???? ******Just wondering*********
you forgot to mention the ring is Vintage & a 1910 & Jess is very into VINTAGE & so is ERIC. It has meaning for them.. Deal with it people.
I am still crying because YOU won't stop talking about it
Sad that she thought of Nick when another man proposed and it made her cry. I wonder how long she cried when Nick announced his engagement?
he was still married when they started dating six months ago...It just seems so desperate. and her ring??? maybe a birthday but not an engagement ring..
She probably cried because she was HUNGRY. She wanted him to hurry up so she could make a run to Taco Bell.
Everybody deserves love. Whether this marriage works or not is nobody's business. It's not like she's a teenager. She's a grown woman so her choice is to get married, leave it be.