Eric Johnson Buys Birthday Girl Jessica Simpson a Birkin Bag

Celebrity News July 11, 2011 AT 10:18AM
Eric Johnson Buys Birthday Girl Jessica Simpson a Birkin Bag Credit: twitter.com

Jessica Simpson was feeling the love on her birthday!

The singer and style icon, who turned 31 Sunday, tweeted that it was "only 1 p.m. and I think I have pretty much heard from everyone in my life! That is a birthday record! Huge smile on my face!"

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Hours later, Simpson's fiance Eric Johnson presented her with the ultimate gift: a bright orange Birkin bag (with an estimated retail value of $15,000).

"Eric made my birthday!" Simpson raved of the lavish gift. "I have never been more surprised in my life! Jackie O who?"

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Simpson's 31st year looks to be a promising one: she will mentor aspiring fashion designers alongside Nicole Richie and menswear designer John Varvatos on NBC's new reality competition series, Fashion Star. Hosted by supermodel Elle MacPherson, Executive VP of Alternative Programming Paul Telegdy recently told Us Weekly he's happy to have Simpson on board.

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"With an almost billion dollar lifestyle brand under her belt she is sure to be an excellent mentor to our up-and-coming designers," he said.

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  • July 11, 2011 - 7:14pm Sara Elliott Cooper

    WOW!!! That's how much we spent on our car.... and almost 3 years of tuition at my daughters school!!

  • July 11, 2011 - 2:13pm Brittany Tanner

    Uh, he got it for her? Yeaaaaa, he has no money so he used her money to buy her that purse. According to his divorce papers he hasn't worked for two years and has been living off his football money. What a catch! She is so dumb. K-Fed Part II.

  • July 11, 2011 - 12:50pm Tricia Didier Norene

    she is so shallow...

  • July 11, 2011 - 12:37pm Erica Pathe Renihan

    I don't know what's worse- the horrific outfit (pajamas?!) or the fact that she's actually kissing a purse.

  • July 11, 2011 - 11:58am Isabel Paxton

    This guy has to be an idiot to cater to her nonsense!! An bright orange bag that cost $15,000 made her birthday???? Nick and Tony are the luckiest men to have escaped a has been, princess this stupid and shallow.

  • July 11, 2011 - 11:44am Isabel Lani

    Lame! She still is the superficial thing from that reality show...it was on youtube once, when she said something about that she couldn't live without her Louis Vuitton bag. She, like many others, just grows older but still her heart and mind doesn't develop, it's all facade. But she isn't missing anything, so, good for her.

  • July 11, 2011 - 11:30am Tammy Lynn

    Don't kid yourself people rather then being so critical you will be happy to know Jessica does & gives a lot to charity.. She brings many smiles to children. She looks after young girls.. she does not feel the need to brag or talk about it.. She has been with a orphanage in Mexico since she was 16.. Please read or check things out.

  • July 11, 2011 - 11:11am Elizabeth Aspen

    How sad to live such a materialistic life. I appreciate a hand-written card from my husband for my birthday way more than anything he could ever buy me.

  • July 11, 2011 - 10:57am Lynn McCormack

    A $15,000 purse, really? An extremely over-priced posession is what "made" her birthday? So much to learn about the truly important things in life and the good that money can do. How many children's smiles could that bag pay for?

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