Jessica Simpson: I Am No Dumb Blonde

Jessica Simpson is furious her reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica left her with a dumb blonde image – because she was only following a script.

Jessica Simpson – now newly single following the split from Nick Lachey – blames show bosses for making her look stupid.

Throughout the run of Newlyweds Jessica Simpson seemed to epitomize the stereotypical dumb blonde, notably when she asked whether the Chicken of the Sea tuna she was eating was chicken or fish, and when she thought that buffalo wings were made from actual buffalo.

Jessica Simpson’s apparent stupidity helped make the show a huge hit, making the average rating for each episode about 1.4 million viewers. (The gaffe was also a running joke in a Pizza Hut commercial, where she was shown to be annoyed at having her intelligence mocked again.)

When introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Jessica Simpson responded: “You’ve done a nice job decorating the White House”.

Jessica Simpson insists that her sometimes astounding lack of intelligence is simply an act she has parlayed into various commercial, television and film endorsements.

“People should know there was a script of sorts and I just
played that role,” Jessica Simpson says.

“I am nothing like that character.”