Jessica Simpson leaving the Grand 'Poon Offices.

This month one of the greatest television shows of all time is back, only this time at the theater. The Dukes of Hazzard, will be the greatest television show turned into a movie of the summer hands down. The film also marks Jessica Simpson's feature film debut. Since landing the part of the flirtatious, scantily clad Daisy Duke, Simpson has double-timed it on the treadmill, daily. She took a break from her work-out routine to sit down with us at our Grand Rapids home office.

Grand Poon: Hello Jessica Simpson, how are you doing?

Jessica Simpson: Hello Grand Poon, how are you doing?

GP: Do you mind if we just stare at you for five minutes?

JS: Well, sure, go ahead.


Jessica washing the fleet of Grand 'Poon company vehicles in our parking lot.

(Five minutes pass)

GP: Ok, let's get down to business.

JS:: Well, sure.

GP: You have a big movie coming out this month, The Dukes of Hazzard, also starring Johnny Knoxville, Sean William Scott, Burt Reynolds, and Willie Nelson. Plus you are really hot.

JS:: Well, sure.

GP: We heard a rumor that you will be singing a song with Willie Nelson, is that true?

JS:: Well, that was like a rumor, but then it like wasn't a rumor because I wanted to do it and I didn't know if he wanted to do it but he like asked me on-set one day to like sing with him and stuff, so like we're trying to find the best song to do, and we'll be recording that.

GP: Did you work on the theme song?

JS:: No. Willie, ha ha, I said Willie, he did that by himself.

GP: Did you and Willie do any weed on-set?

JS:: No, they have some Mexicans that do all the weeding. I have some of the same guys that do the weeding at my house. And they pick up the dog poo too. Ha ha, that rhymed, poo too, ha ha.

GP: We have heard that you were very interested in this part, why did you want this part?

JS:: It was important for me to not go so far away from my persona and what people already knew me as and eventually I go there in acting but for my first role I just didn't want it to be too farfetched and I just thought it was an amazing character and I wasn't alive when Dukes of Hazzard was around, but I did see all the reruns and I'm from the South and the accent sort of came natural and it's something that as an all-American girl I wanted to keep.

GP: With cameras all around you all the time, did you experience on your TV show make it easier to do this film?

JS:: I don't even notice the camera anymore, so I think that's one of the positive things about having a crew around all the time, it's that they'll be in your face and you won't even know that they're there - which is kind of scary, but it's good in getting used to being an actress. Not to mention all the sex Nick records us having. He says its his golden parachute, whatever that means.


Jessica as Daisy Duke, in Daisy Dukes.

GP: Ok, speaking of you having sex. Hang on just give us a few minutes to compose ourselves.

(A few minutes pass.)

GP: Ok, well, are you and Enos going to hook-up in this movie?

JS:: Me and Enos ... I definitely tease on Enos a little bit. That's kind of how I get out of a lot of situations and my cousins out of situations.

GP: Isn't that cruel to Enos?

JS:: Is it cruel? No, because she really does love him and has a place for him in her heart.

GP: But she doesn't love him love him.

JS:: I don't know. You never know. Maybe in the sequel. When it was first written they had Enos and Daisy, but I haven't read that in the new script, so ...

GP: You really got yourself into shape for this role; can you talk about what you did to prepare for the bikinis and the Daisy Dukes?

JS:: It's the best to be able to have something to work towards, otherwise I'll stick to fried food and Taco Bell. God I love that Crunch Wrap. This guy came up to me on the street one day back in June while I was out in L.A.. His name was like Josh or John Teske or something like that. He kind of scared me at first, I thought he was a raper or something, but he kind of had me corned but instead of grabbing like my boobs or something he just told me about the Crunch Wrap. He just wouldn't stop talking about it. He was like a Taco Bell street preacher or something. Anyways, he talked me into trying one and I've been hooked ever since.


Another Crunch Wrap Convert for the Taco Bell Street Preacher

GP: Have you thought about doing your own line of Daisy Duke-style jeans?

JS:: Yes! I just signed a big merchandising deal, and my mom and I are doing it together. So we're going to have a line of jeans called Britches ... I have a perfume line out called Dessert and then cosmetics will come out and, yeah, all kind of things will come.

GP: Like us?

JS:: (She laughs) But yeah, I'm hoping to do a line of jeans called Daisy Britches.

GP: Are worried that drunk people will slur their words and say Daisy Bitches instead of Britches.

JS:: No.

GP: Maybe you should consider that. Did you know that the Grand 'Poon is also going to come out with a clothing line?

JS:: No, I didn't know that. You should do a perfume line like me.

GP: Maybe we will, maybe we will. As a result of the TV show and the media attention, what do you think is the number one misconception about you that people get?

JS:: I'm definitely ditzy, and people think that about me, and that's OK. But I'm not the Anna Nicole Smith-type. (She laughs) I definitely have my stuff together, and I don't sleep with old men for money, most of the time. I'm just a very determined person who works very, very hard ...

GP: Like us during this interview.

JS:: and a lot of that gets lost in the chicken and tuna comments. But that's OK, because it's done really well for me.

GP: Is it ok if we close out this interview with a series of Yes or No questions for you?

JS:: Sure.

GP: Ok, let's get started. Is the new movie going to be a big hit?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Do you have your own TV show?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Do you like dogs?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Are you married to Nick?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Do you know how to drive a car?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Do you have a pool at your house?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Will you have sex with us?

JS:: Yes.

GP: Ah-ha we tricked into saying yes. That is an old lawyer trick we learned watching Court-TV. We lulled you into a pattern of saying yes to questions.

JS:: Yeah, you tricked me.

GP: Well, you said yes, let's get to it.

JS:: Ok.


Jessica regretting being tricked into having sex with the Grand 'Poon.