VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I AM VERY GOOD.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE ON YOUR SHOW
NOT PREGNANT.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, LAST TIME YOU
WERE HERE, NOT ONLY WERE YOU
PREGNANT YOU ACCIDENTLY REVEALED
THE GENDER OF YOUR BABY.
>> I DID.
I DID.
>> Jimmy: LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
SLIP INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS TITLE
WASN'T TAKEN.
>> ME EITHER.
I'M LIKE, MY LIFE IS AN OPEN
BOOK.
>> Jimmy: NOT ONLY IS A GREAT
TITLE.
IT'S DIRECTIONS, OH, YOU PICK IT
UP, OPEN BOOK, AND THERE I GO.
>> THE DOUBLE MEANING MAKES
SENSE.
>> Jimmy: WAS IT HARD TO WRITE A
BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS
DIFFICULT?
>> THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS
IN MY LIFE THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
YOU KIND OF CAN'T MAKE IT UP.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND I WANTED TO FILL THE
WORLD IN ON THESE FUN STORIES
BUT ALSO EMOTIONAL STORIES.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> KIND OF HOW I GOT TO THE
PLACE I'M IN NOW.
>> Jimmy: SOME VERY TOUGH
STORIES.
A LOT OF VERY FUN AND
INTERESTING STORIES.
>> MOMENTS.
YOU'LL BE CRYING AND THEN YOU'LL
START LAUGHING.
>> Jimmy: YOU AUDITIONED FOR THE
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB.
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: THIS IS SOMETHING I
NEVER REALIZED.
I ASSUMED YOU OBVIOUSLY WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN RIGHT INTO THAT
WITH, YOU KNOW, BRITTANY AND
JUSTIN.
BUT YOU DID NOT GET IN.
>> I WENT TO THE FINALS, BUT
THEY SAID I NEEDED LIKE ACTING
LESSONS.
SO IN DALLAS, APPARENTLY, CHUCK
NORRIS IS THE PERSON TO GO TO.
>> Jimmy: WELL, YEAH, YOU MEAN
FOR ACTING LESSONS?
>> HE WAS MY ACTING COACH.
>> Jimmy: WAS HE REALLY?
>> YES, HE WAS MY ACTING COACH,
AND HE WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE
TOUGH.
>> Jimmy: I DON'T WANT TO JUST
SLIDE BY CHUCK NORRIS BEING YOUR
ACTING COACH.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
>> I MEAN, I WAS 12 YEARS OLD,
SO '92.
>> Jimmy: '92.
>> YES, AND BARNEY WAS MY ACTING
PARTNER.
>> Jimmy: THE DINOSAUR?
>> YEAH.
BASICALLY HE SAID I HAD TOO MANY
EXPRESSIONS ON MY FACE.
>> Jimmy: BARNEY?
>> NO.
BARNEY'S IN A SUIT.
>> Jimmy: HE HAD A SCHOOL FOR
ACTING?
>> YES, HE HAD A SCHOOL FOR
ACTING.
>> Jimmy: THE CHUCK NORRIS
SCHOOL FOR ACTING.
>> YES, I WAS DESTINED TO GET A
RAZZIE.
>> Jimmy: I TOOK KARATE LESSONS
FROM LEE STRASBURG.
SO YOU'RE IN CHUCK'S CLASS.
>> HE SAW ONE OF MY TAPES.
HE TOLD ME I MOVED MY EYEBROWS
TOO MUCH.
>> Jimmy: HE DID?
>> YEAH, AND I HAD TO DO ALL OF
MY LINES WITH MY EYEBROWS TAPED.
>> Jimmy: TAPED NOW.
>> WELL, HE ASKED ME WHO MY
FAVORITE ACTOR WAS, AND I
THOUGHT, SHOULD I SAY CHUCK
NORRIS?
AND HE TOLD ME TO CHANNEL MY
INNER DENZEL WASHINGTON.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
HE TOLD A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL TO
CHANNEL HER INNER DENZEL
WASHINGTON.
>> I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO
THAT WAS AT THE TIME.
MY EYEBROWS WERE TAPED DOWN.
>> Jimmy: WHAT KIND OF TAPE?
>> JUST LIKE SOME MASKING TAPE.
>> Jimmy: MASKING TAPE.
>> LIKE SCOTCH TAPE.
>> Jimmy: WHO PUT THE TAPE ON
YOUR HEAD?
>> WELL, IT WASN'T CHUCK BUT IT
WAS LIKE HIS PERSON.
>> Jimmy: HE HAS A TAPER.
>> HE HAS AN ACTUAL TAPER FOR
YOUR EYEBROWS.
>> Jimmy: THIS IS SOME SCHOOL.
>> IT RUINED EVERY DENZEL
WASHINGTON MOVIE.
ALL I DO IS WATCH FOR HIS
EYEBROWS LIKE EVERY SCENE.
>> Jimmy: WOW.
>> I'M LOOKING AT HIS EYEBROWS.
JOENTS.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING TO THIS?
>> APPARENTLY, CHUCK NORRIS IS
VERY SERIOUS.
AND I LITERALLY WAS LIKE 12
YEARS OLD.
THIS IS THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB,
AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE,
AH!
>> Jimmy: YES, YOU ARE.
AND BEING REJECTED BY MICKEY
MOUSE HAS GOT TO HIT YOU HARD,
TOO.
>> IT WAS PAINFUL IN THAT
MOMENT.
IT WAS THE MOST DEVASTATING
THING I COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH,
YOU KNOW.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER
MOUSEKETEERS?
>> I, THROUGHOUT LIFE, WE ALL
FOUND OUR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER
IN WAYS.
WE IN THE SAME CIRCUIT.
AND I KNEW JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
VERY WELL.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT, YEAH.
>> AFTER DIVORCE AND HE WAS OUT
OF A RELATIONSHIP, HE WAS OVER
AT MY HOUSE.
>> Jimmy: OH.
>> AND WE SHARED A NOSTALGIC
KISS, AND I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS
INTERESTING.
AND HE TOOK HIS PHONE OUT AND
STARTED TYPING.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY.
I HOPE THAT'S NOT, LIKE ANOTHER
GIRL, LIKE DID I LIKE STICK MY
TONGUE OUT TOO MUCH?
BUT APPARENTLY, HIM AND RYAN
GOSLING HAD A BET ON WHO WOULD
KISS ME FIRST WHEN THEY WERE 12
YEARS OLD, SO HE TEXTED RYAN AND
SAID HE WON THE BET.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH!
OKAY.
SO WE DON'T KISS AGAIN.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, WOW, THAT'S, NOW
DID THEY KNOW ABOUT THESE
STORIES IN THE BOOK?
>> I MEAN, NO.
BUT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE PART.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, WELL, THAT'S
SOMETHING ELSE.
HOW MUCH DID THEY BET?
DID YOU EVER FIND OUT?
>> WHAT?
>> Jimmy: HOW MUCH DID THEY BET?
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY
BET.
LORD KNOWS.
I'D HAVE TO ASK JUSTIN.
>> Jimmy: RYAN GOSLING, YOU
NEVER HAD A CRUSH ON HIM?
>> I WAS 12, I WAS LIKE, THIS
GUY'S SO COOL, HE'S FROM CANADA.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS ON
THE MAP.
BUT I REALLY THINK THAT'S
AMAZING AND THERE WAS SOMETHING
SO CUTE ABOUT HIM.
>> Jimmy: I STILL FEEL THAT WAY
ABOUT HIM.
I REALLY DO.
THIS IS CRAZY.
>> BUT JUSTIN WON THE BET.
>> Jimmy: HAVE YOUR PARENTS READ
THE BOOK?
>> THEY HAVE.
>> Jimmy: THEY HAVE.
YOU WENT TO FIRE YOUR DAD AT ONE
POINT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU TALK
ABOUT?
>> DI DO TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK
THAT WAS A VERY HARD THING TO
DO.
HE WAS MY MANAGER, AND THAT WAS
OUR RELATIONSHIP.
>> Jimmy: HOW DID THAT GO?
DID YOU CALL HIM INTO YOUR
OFFICE?
>> NO, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN
OFFICE.
HE DID.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU CALL HIM TO
HIS OFFICE?
>> NO, WE AT DINNER, JUST LIKE A
FAMILY DINNER.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU WAIT UNTIL THE
MEAL HAD BEEN SERVED?
>> NO, IT JUST FLEW OUT OF MY
MOUTH.
>> Jimmy: IN AN ANGRY WAY?
>> NO, THIS IS HOW I HAD TO TAKE
CARE OF -- MY PARENTS WERE GOING
THROUGH A DIVORCE AT THE
TIME -- AND THIS IS THE WAYLY TO
T
TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION.
>> Jimmy: WAS THE WHOLE FAMILY
JUST EATING?
I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED ONE BEAT
OF IT.
>> HE'S BACK STAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> Jimmy: YOU REHIRED HIM?
>> NO, HE'S LIKE MY BEST FRIEND.
BOTH MY PARENTS ARE BACKSTAGE.
>> Jimmy: EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
SPLIT UP.
>> VERY SUPPORTIVE.
>> Jimmy: YOU DIDN'T FIRE THEM
AS YOUR PARENTS.
>> NO, HE WAS A GREAT MANAGER,
BUT AT THE TIME I NEEDED TO DO
THINGS ON MY OWN.
>> Jimmy: EXPLAIN IT TO HIM.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF.
JESSICA SIMPSON IS HERE.
THIS IS HER BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "OPEN BOOK".
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
JESSICA.
>>> I DON'T EAT BUFFALO.
>> IT'S NOT BUFFALO, IDIOT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
IT'S CHICKEN.
>> BUT WHY ARE THEY CALLED
BUFFALO WINGS?
I DON'T KNOW THIS.
>> BARBECUE WINGS STARTED IN
BUFFALO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU FIND IT WEIRD THAT BUFFALOES
DON'T HAVE WINGS?
>> NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
>> Jimmy: I LOVE THAT.
WHAT YEAR WAS "NEWLYWEDS" ON?
HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT?
>> 2002 WAS WHEN NICK AND I GOT
MARRIED.
IT WAS LIKE IMMEDIATE.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU EVER WATCH
THAT?
WHEN'S LAST TIME YOU WENT BACK
AND WATCHED ONE OF THOSE CLIPS?
>> WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT
CLIPS.
IT'S FUNNY.
IT'S GOOD.
>> Jimmy: I LOVE THAT.
AND I WOULD LOVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
BETWEEN YOU GUYS, BUT I KNOW
NICK IS MARRIED.
YOU'RE MARRIED.
YOU EACH HAVE THREE KIDS.
YOU SHOULD MOVE IN TOGETHER.
>> IT IS HOLLYWOOD.
>> Jimmy: WOULDN'T THAT BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
>> THAT WOULD BE A GREAT REALITY
SHOW.
>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
SHOW.
JUST SAYING, IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED.
>> I'LL PRODUCE.
>> Jimmy: I'LL BUY YOU A HOUSE.
>> OH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Jimmy: DON'T GET RIDICULOUS.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW MY
TASTE.
>> Jimmy: I'LL BUY YOU A VERY
SMALL HOUSE WITH A LOT OF
CAMERAS IN IT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF GREAT STORIES
IN THE BOOK.
ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT GOING TO
THE WHITE HOUSE.
YOU PERFORMED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR PRESIDENT BUSH, RIGHT?
>> I DID, I DID.
MULTIPLE TIMES.
I, I MEAN, THE WHITE HOUSE IS SO
ENCHANTING, YOU KNOW.
AND I WAS THERE FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A
SPECTACULAR PLACE TO BE.
AND MY FATHER AND I WERE WALKING
AROUND AND MEETING PEOPLE.
AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO THE
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR, AND I'M
LIKE, I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE
WITH THE PLACE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: HOW DID THE SECRETARY
REACT TO THAT STATEMENT?
>> OH, SHE WALKED AWAY.
AS MY DAD WAS PINCHING MY ARM.
>> Jimmy: PRESIDENT BUSH
PROBABLY SAID THE SAME THING
WHEN HE MET HER, TOO.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
WHAT'S THE MOST EMBARRASSING
THING YOU REVEAL PERSONALLY IN
THE BOOK AS FAR AS LIGHT STUFF
GOES?
>> I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS, AND I
THINK THAT WHAT'S FUN IS THAT I
ACTUALLY LIKE REVEAL THEM, SHARE
THEM.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
ACTUAL MOST EMBARRASSING THOIK
I
THING IS.
>> Jimmy: YOU DON'T SEEM THAT
UPTIGHT.
>> I DID MESS UP THE LYRICS TO
"GOD BLESS AMERICA" AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I SAID "GOD BLESS THE RIVERS."
I WAS ASKING GOD TO BLESS THEM.
BUT THE PRESIDENT CAME UP TO ME
AFTERWARDS AND SAYS GOD BLESSES
THE RIVERS TOO, JESSICA.
OKAY.
I KNOW THAT WAS A MESS UP.
NOW I'M AFRAID OF RIVERS.
>> Jimmy: IS IT TRUE YOU USED TO
PAINT ABS ONTO YOUR BODY?
>> YEAH.
THAT I DO ADMIT.
I HAVE A CHAPTER CALLED "EYE
SHADOW ABS."
IT'S LIKE POP CULTURE TO SHOW
YOUR STOMACH, AND I WASN'T VERY
COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE A SIX PACK, BUT I
DREW IT ON WITH MY EYE SHADOW.
>> Jimmy: DID IT LOOK LIKE SIX
PACK OR DID IT LOOK LIKE
TIC-TAC-TOE?
>> IT WAS TIC-TAC-TOE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
PEOPLE LIKE SHADE THIS.
I EVEN SHADED MY BELLYBUTTON
INSIDE.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU HAVE STORIES
THAT PEOPLE ASK YOU NOT TO PUT
IN THE BOOK?
>> NO, I MEAN, I, I AM AN OPEN
BOOK.
I THINK EVERYBODY EXPECTS LIKE
IT TO BE OPEN.
AND IT IS.
AND LIKE I WAS LETTING MY FAMILY
READ EVERY PART, EVERY CHAPTER.
>> Jimmy: IS THERE ANYONE YOU'RE
NERVOUS ABOUT WHEN THEY READ IT,
WHAT THEIR REACTION IS GOING TO
BE?
>> HM-MM.
NO.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU RUN IT BY
EVERYONE WHO IS DETAILED IN THE
SFW
BOOK?
>> NO.
BECAUSE I THINK THEY MIGHT KNOW
WHAT STORIES I'M GOING TO SAY.
>> Jimmy: ALL THE BOY FRIENDS
ARE IN HERE.
IT'S, YEAH.
>> IT'S JUICY, BUT IT'S ALSO
VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
THERE ARE VERY LIKE EMOTIONAL
MOMENTS.
IT IS ABOUT MY SOBRIETY AND MY
WALK THROUGH LIFE AND JUST, YOU
KNOW, LIKE SUCCESS AND HOW TO
HANDLE IT AND.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> I'M VERY HONEST.
>> Jimmy: WELL, HERE IT IS.
IT'S CALLED "OPEN BOOK", JESSICA
SIMPSON.
AVAILABLE ON TUESDAY.