Jessica Simpson bows to its roots, no matter how fish
“I’m back on set with Chicken of the Sea to record their jingle,” Simpson, 45, said in a Wednesday, Jan. 14, social media post. video, showing the singer back in the recording studio.
Simpson later sang the iconic tuna brand jingle: “Ask any mermaid you see, what’s the best chicken?”
Simpson, however, quickly realized that he didn’t have the right letter.
Jessica Simpson has come a long way since she was introduced to the world as a young singer with memorable pipes. Simpson made her mark with songs like “I Wanna Love You Forever,” “Irresistible,” “With You” and “Take My Breath Away” at the turn of the century. After marrying boyfriend Nick Lachey in October (…)
“Wait, that’s not good,” he joked. “I’m too hungry for this. Can we take a break?… Chicken of the Sea portable packs keep me going through busy days.”
After enjoying the snack, Simpson gave the jingle a second shot.
“Ask any mermaid you see, what’s the best tuna?” she sang. “The chicken of the sea!”
According to Simpson, it was “a real honor” to reimagine the brand’s theme tune.
“Working with Chicken of the Sea again to release a new version of their iconic jingle was a real honor,” said Simpson. people on wednesday “I’ve been a fan of this brand for over 25 years and love their portable tuna packs (including their newest pack with Frank’s RedHot!) – it’s such a healthy, easy and delicious on-the-go snack.”
Simpson asked if Chicken of the Sea was actually made of chicken or tuna in a 2003 episode of her and ex-husband Nick Lachey‘s nine married docuseries
“Is this chicken what I have, or this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says chicken by the sea. Is that stupid?” Simpson asked Lachey at the time. “Why is it called chicken by the sea or by the sea?”
Lachey, now 52, looked at Simpson in disbelief throughout the now-viral exchange.
“You act like you’ve never eaten tuna,” he replied. “Chicken of the Sea is the brand. You know, because a lot of people eat tuna, a lot of people eat chicken, so it’s like chicken of the sea.”
Simpson later testified that he only read the label “wrongly.”
Simpson and Lachey were married between 2002 and 2006, recounting their short-lived union nine married The show ended in 2005, a year before the couple’s divorce.
Two decades later, Simpson joined forces with Chicken of the Sea for humorous advertising campaigns both in 2024 and 2026.
Exes Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are still often asked about their relationship and their former reality series, Newlyweds. Simpson and Lachey married in 2002. After less than four years of marriage, she filed for divorce in December 2005, citing “irreconcilable differences.” “After three years of marriage, and careful reflection and consideration, we have (…)
“It’s about nostalgia for me. That moment was a very real conversation that became bigger than me,” Simpson said. people on Tuesday, January 13. “I’m a very literal person, so I think about things in a very literal way, and I literally had a question that went viral and is still going viral.”
Nick has left with his wife, Vanessa Lacheywith whom he shares three children. Simpson is also a mother of three and shares Maxwell, Ace and Birdie with her husband. Eric Johnson. Simpson and Johnson, 46, separated in January 2025 but they have remained committed to co-parenting.
“They are not getting back together or reconciling,” a source explained exclusively Us Weekly in September 2025 after Johnson joined Jessica with her sister Ashlee Simpson Ross‘concert in Las Vegas. “It was a family event and Eric was supporting. He wanted to support Ashlee.”