Jessica Simpson mistaken for Britney Spears at the mall this weekend

Sure, they emerged as pop princesses at the same time, but Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson are two completely different people. Simpson revealed on Instagram yesterday that she had an awkward encounter with a fan when she was out at the mall and was approached by someone asking for her autograph, but "it was the wrong person."

"The look on your face when someone asks you for an autograph in the mall parking lot, but you think Britney Spears will sign it," Simpson joked, along with a photo of her and daughter Maxwell making exaggeratedly shocked faces at the camera

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According to People, Spears and Simpson have much more in common than you might think. The magazine writes, "It's not so surprising that fans confuse the two pop stars," as they both came to prominence on the music scene around the same time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with light blonde hair, dark brown eyes, Southern backgrounds, childhood appearances on "The Mickey Mouse Club," There are several other similarities as well, such as their childhoods. Simpson has appeared on MTV's "Newlyweds" with her ex-husband Nick Lachey, and Spears has appeared on UPN's "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" with her ex Kevin Federline.

Spears nodded to her resemblance to Simpson in an Instagram post last December." Also, my face looks very pale." The photo shows Spears sucking in her cheeks, apparently resembling Simpson.

Spears and Simpson, like Christina Aguilera and Mandy Moore, were often at odds and portrayed as rivals by the media, but Simpson has openly supported Spears in recent years; in March 2021, Simpson told People that she said he respected and sympathized with Spears.

"Honestly, I decided not to watch the documentary," Simpson said of the unauthorized 2021 documentary Framing Britney Spears. I didn't want to watch and be reminded of the darker side of my personal coming of age in the music business."

"I've been through a lot. I've been through a lot, and I want to keep going with my own story, my own path."

Simpson added of Spears, "I admire her ambition, her strength, and her ability to live openly and honestly."

Another similarity: Simpson wrote her own memoir, Open Book, in 2020, and The Woman in Me, which is all about Spears, will be released on October 24.