In a new MTV special, Jessica Simpson speaks about her painful breakup to ex-husband, Nick Lachey.



The beautiful, 26-year-old blonde-haired singer broke down in tears as she recalled the pain she went through during the final stages of her marriage.

"It was that first moment of understanding why you have to let go of somebody in your life," she revealed in MTV's new special, "Jessica Simpson: A Public Affair," which airs Monday night.

Jessica got intimate about her love life and opened up about her very "Public Affair" with fans. She also revealed that to get through the difficult times, she turned to singing and her sister Ashlee for support.

"My sister was like, 'Jess, spend the night with me,' said Jessica.

Having Ashlee lend a shoulder to cry on, proved to be very helpful to the singer. Both women listened to tracks off of Jessica's new album together, including a very special song that was written about Nick - "Let Him Fly."

"So we listened to it together, and we boo-hooed. We both cried so hard. So this song, actually, I was going through a really hard time, a very hard time," revealed Jessica.

From the looks of it now, however, Simpson seems to be doing much better, as the special shows the singer looking sexier and sounding hotter than ever on her new CD.

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