The final masks came off on the latest season of Masked Singer during the Wednesday (April 1) finale, revealing Ashlee Simpson as the season 14 winner. And what made the moment even more special was that her famous sister, Jessica Simpson, was there to celebrate in real time.
After Ashlee shed her Galaxy Girl costume — with the help of Jessica, whom host Nick Cannon helped on to the stage for the big reveal — the elder Simpson had nothing but praise when reacting to her younger sister’s victory. “I watched these performances at home on the couch,” she said from the stage. “She literally performs for us all the time, so she deserved this stage, and I’m so glad you guys got her.”
“Always her No. 1 fan,” she added as Ashlee beamed. “She can do everything.”
It was a memorable triumph for multiple reasons. Beyond Jessica being there to help crown Ashlee the winner, the latest installment of Masked Singer also saw the latter competing against her husband, Evan Ross, aka Stingray. Ross made it until week 10 of the series.
In an interview with Billboard after her big win, Ashlee said that her mom and daughter were “shocked” to see her take home first place. The “Pieces of Me” singer shares 10-year-old Jagger and 5-year-old Ziggy with Evan Ross, and she’s also mom to 17-year-old Bronx from her previous marriage to Pete Wentz.
“For me, it was something me and my kids watch together,” she said. “At first, I was like, ‘I’m gonna surprise the kids.’ And as my daughter hears me rehearsing a song every day, she knew every song I was doing so I let her in, but I said, ‘You cannot tell your friends!’”
Ashlee also told Billboard about competing against her spouse. “I would hear him sometimes rehearsing his songs at night, and he would hear me rehearsing mine, but that was about it,” she said. “Or we would call each other and be like, ‘How did it feel? Did you see?’ We were both just rooting each other on and there to have a good time.”
Watch the moment Jessica helped announce Ashlee as the winner of Masked Singer‘s 14th season below.
