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Revisiting Jessica Simpson's Last TV Performance Before 'American Idol'

Jessica Simpson performed live on 'American Idol' after a 15-year hiatus, her last TV appearance being a 2010 Rockefeller Christmas duet

Before gracing the American Idol stage in May 2025, the last time Simpson, now 44, performed live on TV was for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony in New York City in November 2010. In a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone published on Friday, March 21, Simpson looked back on the early 2000s and the state of pop culture at the time, when she was first breaking out as an artist. Days before taking the stage at the tree lighting, Simpson made an appearance on a PBS special explaining her involvement with the United States Navy.

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