Okay, so we’ve had several people contact us wanting a place to talk about the situation with Jessica’s dad. We will be honest, we don’t know the first thing about this situation. Further, it is really not any of our business and these things do happen in life. It is obvious however, that when Jessica Price’s dad left the family household it had a long lasting effect. So, you asked for it and you got it. What do you think about this situation? Our two cents: these things happen, it is unfortunate, but people involved in these situations need to move one because life doesn’t stop. No one will ever really know what Jessica’s father’s intentions were or his reasons for leaving. We are just glad that Jessica now has the world’s attention and has a stage for that beautiful voice. As mentioned in a previous post, some of the greatest music in the world comes from sadness, pain, and turmoil. Does Jessica’s beautiful voice and deeply emotional singing come from her past? Someone very dear to me once said that we are simply the sum of all of our experiences. That the person we are today is the result of all the people we have met, the pain we have felt, and the sadness we have endured. Okay, enough of the rambling, if you’ve got something to add go ahead, and if not, let’s move beyond this issue and focus on today, focus on Jessica, and focus on her winning America’s Got Talent!
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Yes, you are right and we as fans can only give her more support. We will always support you Jessica.
Agreed, she should focus on winning america’s got talent competition first. This is the only chance for her to show her talent to the world.
Her voice is beautiful and her look is pretty, if she can manage to win this contest, i think she will be pretty famous.
It is definitely time to support Jessica and her talent. Yes, her father left the family and it resulted in difficult times, but with some creative editing and way too many father-related comments from the judges, AGT has given the father much more attention than warranted. This is about Jessica! Unfortunately, I have read negative comments on other websites that she has “daddy issues” or she is “the sad girl”. This is not fair to her. I know her and she does not feel sorry for herself or dwell on the issue. Vote for her talent as a singer/songwriter (although they have not let her do an original song yet)! Her father should not be part of the competition!
Thank you Jessica for your life’s testimony. I believe that you are bridging the gap for the young men and women who grew up with or without fathers who just don’t get it. Your transparency I’m sure, will help others to overcome the hard times. You haven’t let anyone steal your joy. The spotlight belongs to you not your dad. We don’t need to know anymore about him, this competition is about you! GO FOR IT!! We are with YOU.!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_GVo918-c
This is how you should be…always.
Why did you sell out? I saw AGT tonight and I know they made you do it. You belong where you started as in the above link. Your Innocence and music was worth way more than what they paid you…
It IS worth more than what they could ever possibly pay you
Jessica is an amazing talent. She also has a very important message to bring to America. Maybe I’m making to much of this, but by her sharing her story, the WAY she shared her story. Made me look at the way I treat my daughters, maybe I don’t spend the kind of time I need too with them. Maybe I don’t tell them I love them enough, not only with my words but by my actions. I pray to the God in heaven, that I will be the Dad they need me to be. I also ask for forgiveness where I have fallen short. I believe that Jesus is coming soon (just read matthew 24). In the book of Malachi, chapter 4. It talks about right before “that great and dreadful day”. Verse 6 says “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers;” Listen America, Jessica is talking!
I’ll get off the soap box now. Thank you Jessica. You HAVE made a difference, you ARE a role model and you GOT talent.
I think you have the world, but never have really seen the moment of the sky…
I think you know of love, but don’t know it, the way that it scrapes upon center of your life…
I wish you the best anyway…
C,G,D maybe Em/A sometimes…
One more string,-
My father was, and is, the greatest thing of me…
And they can’t pretend
That love, doesn’t change, what happens,
But he surely made me see…
I believe…
Okay, enough for now,
I just hope, the best for you… that’s all
You got talent!
Hey Dad,
no offense, just bored, and really think she is talented and deserves better.
Jessica you are amazing and I am so proud of you. It is exciting watching your confidence soar. You have a Rock that obviously never shifts, hold onto it! Your family has a great music history, way back to great grandma Hazel. I have been blessed to listen to four generations now, wow.
Thank you Denise for stopping by and leaving a comment!!
And a special thank you to SSunshine…I really liked your post…well said!!!
I wish we all knew the situation a whole lot more than we do. Basically all we know at present is that her dad left her, and she was certainly sad about that. His reasons for leaving could have been anything from alcohol abuse to finding Jessica’s mom in bed with another man. I guess until Jess or her dad make it public, we will never know. But I do think her talent would have shined through even if her dad had stayed with her and her family.
Who knows why a parent changes overnight and abandons their family? He became a different person and the community was shocked by it. I am only addressing this because of the comment that it may have been the mother’s fault. Not at all. Whether a midlife crisis or substance abuse or both or something else, it happened and the family has had to deal with it. It is not going to turn into the feel good story that AGT may have been hoping for so we really need to move on and not keep opening old wounds of the family left behind.
THank you Freeport Friend for commenting! Very well said. Please come back and post again as your commments are from the heart and to the point!
I don’t know about that Freeport. It takes 2 people to make a marriage work and we are all just assuming Jessica’s dad was at fault. I do, however, hope hope he begins to see the lights and finds his way back into jessica’s life as a positive influence and not a drag.
Anyone who is married or who has ever been married realizes that it takes two people to make a marriage work. Perhaps I should have worded it better. However, leaving a spouse and leaving your children are completely different situations. Anyway, can we please, please, please close this chapter?
I have known Jessica since she was a child singing in church and was close with both of her parents. Although the Price family endured alot of pain, they have all bounced back and have stayed close to God during this whole process. Jessica is an amazing girl with so much talent that shines through all the sad times. She has definatly leaned on God to get her through the bad times. I agree with FreeportFriend, we need to focus on JESSICA and not WHAT happened with her father- just that it DID happen and made Jessica who she is today.
Jessica has a gift that God blessed her with…that is where her heart comes from, her voice, HER SONG. She has had many trials placed into her life AND despite those she did not ignore the gift that God granted her. This is why when she sings any song with a faith base or faith related you can hear her soul in it. I wish she was either allowed or took the step to sing the songs she sings at church…it is easily recognized that with God is where her heart is and I hope that this is what will be courageously displayed.
look, i’ve known the price family for years. her dad was my youth pastor when i was a teen. he was an ass and he even pushed me into a bunch of chairs during a youth conference. he was running very hard when he made contact and i was hurt. he is a piece of shit and jessica deserves someone better than that. she had a little crush on me at the time but i saw her as a little girl because she was younger than I was. her dad is worthless and it’s too bad that it had to be about him early on. i think she would have done better if she wouldn’t of disclosed that pain to the American public. she should of just put on an act because that’s what America wants. save the drama for when you’ve already made it big time and you need to revive your career (just don’t take it to the level of the Lohans and the Spears!). Jessica is a beautiful young lady and would be a great role model for all the young women in our society. like i said, it’s too bad she had to make it all about her dad early on. so now he not only ruined the family but also ruined her chance at stardom possibly.
just for all of you who are wondering why Jessica’s dad left her mom I will let you know. he caved to lust he had for an attractive teenager who was in the youth group and left the family to be with her. and then he moved in with another guy who left his wife (she is a friend of mine) to live in an apartment like a college age guy with no responsibilities. John Price is a coward and a loser. Jessica needs to think of her father like he is dead. she should forgive him but she should also have nothing to do with him and get over the pain that he caused the family when he left. God has given Jessica too much talent for her to get all hung up with her idiot dad’s weakness and cowardice decisions. the guy has always been a coward and a lousy human being. i noticed that from early on when i was in his youth group. also, John Price is not nearly the musician and artist that Jessica is. God gave her the talent that she has and she needs to embrace Him as her Father who will never leave her or forsake her like her shitbag natural father did.
Admin,
Please remove the old friend comments!
An old Friend does not sound like that.