Jessica Simpson’s daughter is wearing one of her most iconic items! In Take the Lead, Simpson’s new essay for Amazon Original Stories, the 40-year-old singer reveals that her eldest daughter now sports her boots from the 2005 flick, The Dukes of Hazzard.
The singer shares three kids with her husband, Eric Johnson: Maxwell, 8, Ace, 7, and Birdie, 2.
“Maxwell stood, racing toward the age of nine — growing so fast she was almost taller than me,” Simpson writes in her essay. “We could already share shoes, and she was wearing the cowboy boots I wore as Daisy Duke in my first film, The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Maxwell wore the boots in question when she was trying to help her mom get over her fear of horses, which developed as a teenager when Simpson’s cousin died in an accident involving a horse.
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Jessica Simpson wears the boots from ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ while performing at the People’s Choice Awards in 2006.
In the essay, Simpson writes about how Maxwell soothed and encouraged her through the experience, even telling her to “throw your fear over the mountain.”
“Not too long ago, I would have found a reason to avoid this moment with my family that I know now I will cherish,” Simpson writes. “If my daughters were not afraid, there was no reason why a past traumatic experience should continue to have power over me for so long.”
The experience with the horse, Simpson writes, was just one way she tried to move past fear over the last year.
“If I want to lead myself into something greater than yesterday, I have to surrender the things that scare me and hold me back,” she writes. “… We have to confront each demon, truly feel the emotions brought up and trace how they’ve wired our daily thoughts, judgments, and actions. Make friends with the things that scare us, but take away their power.”
