Jessica Simpson performed on CBS’ The Early Show Wednesday morning, and spoke to Maggie Rodriguez afterwards. Maggie eluded to Jessica’s weight gain, and Jessica said:

"Everything’s really great. It’s all about keeping the faith. That’s why I pray out loud."

In another interview Jessica said recently:

"I’m blessed to have so many ways to express myself. The ability to sit with my mum and find patterns, to go vintage shopping and create dresses, that’s a mother and daughter’s dream. We’re talking luggage and bedding now. What I’m really looking forward to is jeans and all the comfy clothes. That’s what I wear every single day of my life!"

Jessica plans to launch a lingerie and pajama line of clothes to her branded collection. We think she’ll add diet book, and exercise video after she loses the extra weight.

Jessica Simpson was performing at the Van Andel Arena on Thursday, but barely made it through her performance as she was opening for Rascal Flatts. She told the audience that her boyfriend Tony Romo missed his flight, but she’d see him on Friday. Jessica said:

"I’m so excited, I get to see my boyfriend tomorrow. He’s the person who makes me relax."

During the 38 minute performance Jessica stopped in the middle of the song With You to take a drink of water, while her backup singers took over her lead vocals. After the song Jessica said "It’s difficult to be on stage."

Things got so bad while introducing her closing song Do You Know, that she talked about how she felt like walking off the stage. At the end of the song, she thanked her band for "having her back." A source said it looked as if she was wiping away tears as she walked off the stage.

The media attention surrounding Jessica’s sudden weight gain might seem like the reason Jessica is so emotional, but it’s not. Back in December of 2006 Jessica performed the Dolly Parton song 9 to 5 in Washington D.C. Jessica got so "emotional" and "nervous" at that show, she couldn’t even sing what was written on the cue cards for her, and she was wiping away tears. Jessica is simply unprofessional. Click here, and scroll down the page to see the video of that disastrous performance. Jessica is always an emotional basket case. This must be very distracting for Tony Romo, especially since he no longer has the distraction of Jessica’s once great body, because she now looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

A much fatter Jessica Simpson made the cover of US Weekly, In Touch, and People. Free media coverage is good, as long as you have a plan.

Watch for Jessica to land a deal as a spokesman for a diet company, and to launch her own fitness video, book, and maybe even her own food service to help people lose weight. All she has to do now is lose the fat, and she’ll be a role model for women who want to lose weight.

SpeedFit CEO Alex Astilean said that he will drop his $10 million lawsuit against Jessica Simpson if she will give him a public apology, and authorize the DVD they made with her in it to be released, so they can promote their product. Alex said:

"If the Simpson’s would release the fitness DVD and issue me a public apology, I will drop the lawsuit against them. I never have had the vision of suing someone in my entire life."

Alex made the statement after receiving a letter from the Simpson attorney threatening legal action if they didn’t stop talking about the lawsuit. Alex says the Simpsons are threatening media outlets from interviewing him, saying:

"There is a cover-up going on of trying to prevent my side of the story from being told."

We don’t believe Speedfit will be successful in their lawsuit, but we do believe Jessica has plans to lose the fat, and put out her own video, a book, and probably start her own Nutrisystem type service using her own success story to promote it. If it happens, you heard it here first.

Before Jessica Simpson opened for Rascal Flatts at the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena, she told the crowd:

"Thank you for your support," she told the crowd in Charlottesville at the end of her set. "Stay positive, and pray out loud! I love you guys, good night."

"Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder," she told the crowd. "So just appreciate."

"I feel like in our world today we focus on so many things that are completely pointless."

We’ll see how "pointless" those extra fat rolls are when Jessica loses 20 or 30 pounds, then does a bunch of interviews with all the gossip rags to tell them how she got her sexy body back. She might even make a fitness video after that, like the one she is getting sued for $10 million for not completing. Getting fat doesn’t sell, but getting thin again does. Every woman wants a sexy body, if it’s possible.