Although many people will probably laugh off reports that actress/singer Jessica Simpson is interested in returning to college to study theology, as reported by Marie Clair via The New York Post’s Page Six, religion has always been a part of the blonde bombshell’s roots.
In addition to being manager to Jessica and sister Ashlee, their father Joe is a Baptist minister. Their mother is a former Sunday school teacher. And, Jessica got her start in gospel music–she was signed to a Christian label as a teen and recorded an album, but the label went under before it was released. Jessica then released it herself. She was eventually signed to Columbia Records as a mainstream artist (she was pitched as a Christian recording artist, but the label decided not to go that route).
“I remember whenever the book The Da Vinci Code came out, the Discovery Channel did this three-night piece on it that I Tivoed and then watched eight times,” Jessica told Marie Claire.
You can check out the full interview with Jessica Simpson in the magazine’s January issue.