Jessica Simpson: 'Even if I have to go live in a little, tiny place in Ireland, I will'

— The pop star considered moving to Ireland when her billion-dollar fashion empire fell into the hands of the wrong company

Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson had severe bronchitis, and was on a breathing machine, while 34 weeks pregnant with her third child when she and her mother, Tina, decided to initiate a takeover bid. 

That was the beginning of a two-year battle for control of Simpson’s namesake brand — the rare celebrity line to break $1 billion in sales.