Several celebrities have chosen a less-traveled path in the Hollywood spotlight and have been candid about their decisions to abstain from sex before marriage. 

Whether it was for religious reasons or other personal preferences, stars including Jessica Simpson, Carrie Underwood and Justin Bieber had different reasons for choosing celibacy before tying the knot.

Here is a look at celebrities who saved themselves for the sacred bond of marriage.

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"Sweetest Sin" singer Jessica Simpson, who is also the daughter of former pastor Joe Simpson, was given a purity ring to wear by her father when she was 12 years old. 

Simpson, now 42, previously admitted that her decision to abstain from sex until her elaborate wedding with 98 Degrees singer and ex-husband Nick Lachey was challenging, yet trendy.

"My virginity is something I stand strong in," the pop star told People. "It's not always easy. But I do respect it. Virginity can be cool and sexy."

Lachey and Simpson were married from 2002 until their split in 2006. Both of them have since remarried and share children with their current spouses, Vanessa Lachey and Eric Johnson, respectively.

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Country star Carrie Underwood revealed to Slate Magazine in 2007 that she planned to wait to have sex until her wedding night. 

The former "American Idol" winner previously dished on her first kiss with professional hockey player Mike Fisher. 

"Our first real date was on New Year's Eve, and our first kiss was when the ball dropped," Underwood said, according to Taste of Country.

"We were in front of people, and he's not a big PDA guy," she added. "I figured, I'll go in for it because he can't leave me hanging, right? So I made him kiss me in public."

Underwood and Fisher married in 2010 and have two children together, Isiah and Jacob.

"Goodies" singer Ciara shared the importance of waiting until marriage to have sex.

"I really believe that when you focus on a friendship, you have the opportunity to build a strong foundation for a relationship — and once you know you're really great friends, and you're what we call 'equally yoked,' where you share the same values or the same outlook on life, it kind of sets the tone," she told Cosmopolitan South Africa in 2017. 

"Knowing that you'll always have the friendship and that you can always go back to it is very important, and very powerful."

Ciara and NFL star Russell Wilson remained abstinent until after their July 2016 wedding. The happy couple share two children, daughter Sienna Princess Wilson and Win Harrison Wilson. Ciara also has a son named Future Zahir with ex-fiancé, rapper Future. 

The "Promise" singer revealed this past August she is expecting another child with Wilson.

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Multiplatinum singer-songwriter Andy Grammer confessed he remained celibate until he tied the knot with fellow artist Aijia in 2012. 

"I actually waited until I was married to have sex," Grammer candidly shared on "The Talk" via People in 2016. 

The "Honey I’m Good" crooner admitted, "That was not without some porn, unfortunately."

"I do think that, as a culture, we don’t understand the effects of that. I feel for men right now because it’s never been this easy to do something so destructive to yourself," Grammer continued. "It makes my heart sad that we don’t quite understand how destructive that is, on a daily basis, that we can be doing to ourselves."

Grammer and Aijia share two daughters, Louisiana and Israel.

Before tying the knot with wife Hailey Bieber, Justin Bieber spoke out about his reason for remaining celibate until their wedding night. 

Bieber said he turned to God after he recognized he had "a legitimate problem with sex."

"He doesn’t ask us not to have sex for him because he wants rules and stuff," Justin told Vogue in 2019. "He’s like, ‘I’m trying to protect you from hurt and pain.’ I think sex can cause a lot of pain."

The "Peaches" singer confessed he previously had a sex addiction, and his abstinence was a way for him to "feel closer to God."

"Sometimes people have sex because they don’t feel good enough. Because they lack self-worth. Women do that, and guys do that. I wanted to rededicate myself to God in that way because I really felt it was better for the condition of my soul. And I believe that God blessed me with Hailey as a result. There are perks. You get rewarded for good behavior."

The two tied the knot in September 2018 at a New York City courthouse wedding. 

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During a Fox News Digital interview in 2014, Sarah Drew reflected on how she related to her "Grey’s Anatomy" character.

When Drew was asked to join the cast of "Grey’s Anatomy" as the Christian Dr. April Kepner, she wanted to make sure her religious character would be portrayed fairly and not as a "judgy Christian" often seen on television.

"For April, the first thing that was revealed was she was a virgin," Drew said. "I waited until I was married to have sex, so I understood April’s motivations. The writers thought it would be a really cool and interesting story to tell that isn’t seen too often."

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"Insecure" star Yvonne Orji, 39, recently shared that she is still waiting until her wedding night to have sex. 

Despite acting out several sex scenes in the hit HBO show, Orji joked on Chelsea Handler’s podcast that people should "pray" for her future husband since she has "a lot of pent-up energy" in her.

Orji previously explained that her faith and religion played a big part in her remaining celibate. 

"Before any of [the fame] happened, I sat down with myself and with God and thought, when I make it, how do you want me to represent you while I'm here?" she told PEOPLE in 2017. "It was like, okay, I know why I'm here. It's to make you proud."

Singer Aretha Franklin gave great advice about "respect," but wasn’t so strong when it came to financial and legacy planning. The Queen of Soul’s sons recently concluded a five-year legal battle over her estate when a handwritten will was found between some couch cushions after her passing, and an earlier version had been found locked in a cabinet. 

Unfortunately, leaving loved ones to sort out important estate details, and causing them extra grief, money and time, as well as an uncertain outcome, is not particular to Franklin — it is something with which far too many families contend. 

As the creator of the Future File legacy and wishes planning system (based on a file my father left for my sister and me before his untimely passing), I have seen the difference in outcomes when families plan well and when they don’t. Here’s a few tips to make sure that your family is firmly in the camp of the former. 

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Franklin’s heirs took five years and likely incurred a ton of expenses to recognize the validity of her hand-written, couch-stored will.

You can avoid the same fate with your loved ones by having an estate planning attorney professionally complete your will and other important estate planning documents. These professionals will ensure that you are complying with all the necessary requirements of whatever state or states your assets are located.

You may think that doing this yourself will save a few bucks, but it is a penny-wise, pound-foolish endeavor that will likely end up costing your loved ones even more to untangle. 

A big part of the confusion for Aretha Franklin’s heirs was that there was no clear location for her will. Even with clarity, between couch cushions is not an ideal storage location, either. Having a legacy planning system that your loved ones can find and easily access in a time of need ensures they have access to the specific information they need and that you had set forth for them. 

Whether it is the will, powers of attorney, listings of important contact information, such as financial advisors, copies of personal identification documents, copies of insurance beneficiary forms or other important documents, you should store them in a legacy and wishes planning system, like our Future File system, or in another secure location.

If you do the latter, make sure you include information on how to access such documents, including any documents stored on your computer or online, in your legacy and wishes planning system. 

This will save your loved ones potentially hundreds of hours of time, as well as a lot of grief and money, with easy access to key documents and critical information. 

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Families often fight not only over asset-related issues, but just about everything else when someone passes away. As grief is unpredictable, emotions often spill over to create drama about everything from how and where someone will be laid to rest, to who gets small items of sentimental but not financial value. 

Being clear about your wishes with everything from social media accounts to who gets the family-favorite Christmas ornament will help your loved ones tremendously in a great time of need. 

If you can, have a family meeting to go over these details so your family members can weigh in and not be surprised by the decisions made (a legacy and wishes planning system provides a great roadmap to help guide such a discussion).

Plus, some decisions involve others, such as if family members want to be buried near each other, for example, so having everyone with a stake adding their perspective will help provide a better outcome to a difficult situation. 

Nobody wants their loved ones to spend years and tons of money wrapping up an estate. It’s a waste of time, money and resources, it keeps them in their grieving periods, and it adds extra stress to an already burdensome situation. The more you can prepare in advance, the easier it will be for your family to cope with a very difficult time whenever that may come. 

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