Jessica Simpson.Photo:Jessica Simpson/instagram
Jessica Simpson/instagram
It’s the age-old question: chicken or fish?
Posing in front of a wall mural in Nashville,Jessica Simpsonpoked fun at the infamous moment she asked then-husbandNick Lacheywhether a bowl of Chicken of the Sea-brand tuna was chicken or fish during an episode of their reality show,Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.
Simpson, 42,posted a photoon Instagram Thursday in front of a mural adorned with two chicken legs in the shape of butterfly wings with the message “spread your wings.” In the caption, she referenced her question from the 2003 episode, writing, “Are these wings pig or chicken?”
The moment, which aired in the premiere episode of the reality show, left Lachey, 49, speechless as she asked, “Is this chicken that I have, or is this fish?”
Lachey looked at his then-wife with a gobsmacked expression on his face. “Chicken of the Sea is the brand,” he said. “You know, ‘cause a lot of people eat tuna, just like a lot of people eat chicken. Chicken of the Sea.”
Simpson eventually understood, but the interaction became a moment the singer and fashion designer will never live down.
It’s a joke she occasionally returns to, though, as she did on Instagram Thursday.
In 2016, she referenced it, too, asshe reposted a memethat showed a photo of a chicken floating in the ocean with the caption, “Maybe Jessica Simpson was on to something?”
“#Chickenofthesea,” she wrote alongside the meme.
Simpson went on to marry former NFL playerEric Johnson, whom she met in 2010 andtied the knotwith in 2014. The coupleshare three children: daughtersMaxwell, 10, andBirdie Mae, 4, and sonAce, 9.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in 2003.Everett Collection
Everett Collection
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In April, she told PEOPLE that she and her husband are always"growing" and “our love is only deepening"as the years go on.
“Eric and I learn from each other so much,” Simpson said. “I feel like we’re stronger than ever now, [more] than we were even at the beginning.”
She called Johnson “such a good dad and a good man.”
“I just feel like [Eric and I are] somehow always sinking into something deeper and better.”
source: people.com
