Woo hoo! Go Nick! Run! Run fast!!

Maybe he should hook up with Jen Aniston...

It's been reported Jessica is taking a year off from work. Yeah, right- like she would drop out of the spotlight.

Papa Joe has spoken according to E...


NOT SO FAST: Joe Simpson telling E! News exclusively that the Us Weekly account is not true.

Oh GOD why won't it just end! Stop torturing us!

from the New York Daily News today

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/sto...4p-300643c.html

Do Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey now have an open marriage? Nineteen-year-old Danielle Calo tells Star she made out with Lachey for two hours at the Embassy Suites in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 9. His peeps didn't return our calls

Hmmmm, I wonder when their upcoming ABC special is to air? Insiders say that they were waiting until it aired to announce the split. ABC must be pissed!

Another ABC special???? why, oh why?????

baby jesus weeps

More info

Nick and Jess
I hope Pa Simpson is telling the truth. THis is the first time I really wanted to believe him.

Not surprised that Jessica's partying was named as a reason for the split. She got married too young and way before she was ready. Rather than go through the partying, experimental, wild phase then settling down to get married (as Nick did, and as most people do), she did the opposite. She went from her parents' house straight to her marital house with no real romantic or real world experience in between. (I don't consider her touring to be real world experience, as she was wrapped in a protective cocoon by her parents) And now she's making up for lost time.

Its good to know she's rebelling against the men in her life, who I have always found to be controlling and demanding. I wonder if she'll ditch the "dumb blonde" label now that she's no longer a Gracie Allen wannabe.

Gah! That was fast. E!Online is now reporting that both their reps say it isn't true.

E!Online

I don't know if this has been posted already but hell, I'll post it again. It makes me smile because deep down you know this is true. It is an email written by an employee during the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting that N & J participated in last year.

——-Original Message——-
From: [redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004
To: [redacted]
Subject: My not so best friend Jessica…….

So the night started out great. She arrived at 2:00, I met all her peeps, manager, publicist, yadda, yadda. Shmoozed with her mother (very nice). A tad stupid in that down home Texas way. And constantly chewing gum. It was a little gross. Anyway, Jessica arrives (without Nick) but with Cacee. Surprisingly Cacee lost about 20lbs grew her hair and obviously goes to the same colorist as Jessica because there hair color is identical. Anyway, she did her rehearsal and we all went upstairs. Nick then arrives. So cute and sooooo nice. He’s a tad slimmer and less muscle than expected and a little clueless but still very nice and VERY cute.

So we went through a dress rehearsal right before the show. As we were walking from dressing room to stage I would say 100 people asked her for a picture, a wave, a smile, ANYTHING. Stone cold all night. Not one facial expression did I see. It was actually really sad. Nick and Jessica were in 2 different dressing rooms. Not uncommon for talent but they never even entered eachothers room! It was a tad uncomfortable. His manager never spoke to hers, his publicist never spoke to hers, weird. He came out of the dressing room with this all black outfit on and a gray coat and asked me if I thought he needed a scarf and gloves. Being to good girl that I am I ran down to J.Crew (in the middle of the lighting the tree party) and begged them to let me in to buy a scarf and gloves! Got him a red scarf and black gloves. He loved it. But why wouldn’t he walk into his wife’s room and ask her opinion? So weird.

Back to her.. She is beautiful. Although you can’t see the natural beauty because of the makeup. So much makeup that you would want to itch it off your face. Horrible. She is pretty short and VERY thin. No fat on that body. Her boobs are MASSIVE. And def. real because they were sagging a bit. Her jewels are like nothing I have ever seen before. So basically all around perfection.

The entire night her tour manager kept asking me for things, more credentials, pizza, drinks, everything. He said in exchange for that he would get me a picture with her. Never happened. She refused to stop and take pictures with anyone. I heard him asking her about a quick picture
as we were walking down the hall, she flat out said NO. NO pictures with anyone. It was very sad for me as you all would know. She never stopped for anyone. Complete BIATCH.

End of the night Nick leaves and gets into his car without so much as a wave goodbye. NOTHING. She wouldn’t come downstairs unless 3 SUV’s were already there. Picture 6th ave after tree lighting and waiting for car service. A nightmare.

So no pictures at all but memories. Also, the MTV crew got my approval to be on Newlyweds. They will probably cut me out but who knows maybe I’ll be in the back somewhere. Also, the dressing rooms were on the floor of Saturday Night Live. That was pretty cool. Oh and her mother went shopping arount 3 to Bergdorff and bought her 11 pairs of shoes…

I’ve saved the best for last…

As much as I love them and the show, I truly don’t think it’s going to last. She is way too protected by her parents who were all over her all night. He never had a chance to wish her well or give her a kiss. She looked miserable and sad. And she was a raging biatch. To tell you the truth Cacee the annoying assistant was sooooo nice. Talked to me the whole night like I was her best friend. As did the sister in law. She just wanted no part of anyone but her parents. I think the both of them are good actors and are putting on a serious front. Nick assistant is adorable. Maybe there is something going on there.

Much better for way last……

My boss and I were talking to Nick about exteneding his intro for Jessica by 30 secs. We asked him what he wanted to say about her.

These are [Nick’s] exact words…

“Let’s see what could I say…….Do you really want me to tell you…… Not too many nice things to say about her (this is [we] started sweating and getting uncomfortable)… How about she was the best stocking I ever stuffed?” He then proceeded to say, “She was the best Chimney I’ve ever come down on.”

What scared me about those comments, besides the obvious, is that he was dead serious. His manager didn’t even laugh. It wasn’t said as a joke. It was almost like he was pissed off. There was def. an edge to it. And the talking in past tense really threw me off.

Bottom line is that her parents have ruined her into this celebrity robot and because of that her marriage sucks.

Can’t say that I’m much of a fan anymore.

Okay sorry for the fast second post but does anyone else notice that when they take photos together that Jessica is always looking over at the cameras, loving the attention? Nick sort of just stands there with an odd smile on his face.

And she has the funky twisty neck! It freaks me out!!!!!

I'm not sure if I believe those things he said ABOUT her. Maybe I can believe them being seperated and her being rude, but not that he would say that. I mean, who WOULD do that? Like it's not going to get out on the internet or in the tabloids. You would just have to be an idiot to say those things to people you don't know very well and I don't believe Nick Lachey is that stupid.

Someone who's in a love-less marriage to a child controlled by her psycho father? What's keeping him from saying it? It's not like he has to go home with her and actually talk to her at any point. She's got her life, he's got his, and they haven't intersected for anything outside of business in a loooong time.

If he had shown up to Ashlee birthday party this weekend and Jessica had been wearing her ring, I would be hesitant to believe it all. Since neither occurred, I completely believe it.

I believe it too but wonder why they are still denying it. Someone said upthread they think OK will get the exclusive because of Jessica's deal with them and I agree. That is the only reason I can think of for them to deny what looks like the obvious.

i think they've been denying it because i'm sure nick signed the pre-nup agreeing never to publicly acknowledge anything negative against jessica. you know that papa simpson is so business minded that he would have wanted regulate what came out of his son-in-law's mouth before he turned his precious mealticket over to nick. also, remember, jessica had her 'solo' moment to make it big but never did. now she's inextricably (sp?) linked to nick. they are Nick AND Jessica. She's too talentless to stand alone. JMO

Saying it to a friend is one thing, but to a perfect stranger? I don't know. Seems a little fishy to me. I doubt he would want the bad press. I've always sort of liked Nick Lachey, so maybe i just refuse to believe that he would be so stupid to blurt something out like that. Even if it's true, would you say it to someone who would leak it to the press? That's not only negative about Jessica, but it's negative about him as well.

I'm still a bit dissapointed. Even though Jessica Simpson seems to be an idiot, I still hoped they were as happy as they always insisted they were. I hate seeing anyone get a divorce. Even stupid celebrities.

Do ANY celeb marriages work out nowadays?



Now THAT I can kind of believe. I am sure Jessica's parents would not give their blessing without a pre-nup of some sort.

But when they got married, Jessica didn't have any money. She was a fourth-rate pop star who owed money to her record label. If anything, Nick was more financially successful than she was. I'll be interested to see how everything shakes out, money-wise, between the two of them.

seriouslynow - Thanks for that little tidbit. I've actually read that before and I'm still hesitant to believe much of it, but it's interesting in a gossipy way nonetheless.

By the way, I see that you are a relatively new poster to the forums, and you did post twice in a row, so I'm not sure if you're aware that you're not supposed to do that. You can actually just click "edit" on your post to add anything to it if no one has posted anything after you. Perhaps it would be help to read through the forum FAQs just to familiarize yourself with them because the mods are pretty strict around here (and I'm glad because it makes this place one of the most bearable forums to read and post on the Internet). Glad to have you aboard, though!

Exercising the main point of my post to add: Wasn't Nick supposed to be coming out with his own reality show about making his next album? Whatever happened to that? Was it canned or is it still in the works? I would still love to see him featured in his own reality show (sans Jessica, of course) because I loved him and Drew, and how down-to-earth they are. Of course, if he and Jessica do officially split, I doubt we'll ever see this show (if the rumors were true about it) since I'm fairly certain it was a PaSimp production and I highly doubt he'd lift a finger for Nick if he's no longer happily married to his princess.

I've always liked him, too; can't stand the music, but like Nick. I'm not a fan of Jessica at all -- and even less so creepy PapaSimp. No one would be able to put up with that in a marriage. I'm surprised it's lasted as long as it has.

I'm now thinking that Pa Simp fed this phony story to US Weekly just for a publicity stunt.

But if he cut and run to OK!, as was mentioned up thread, maybe this is a slug-fest from US Weekly. Also, I think I read upthread about a month ago that there's some sort of relationship between the Simpson clan and E!, so if that's true, it's no surprise they'd be denying it.

Someone upthread posted about this when the E! THS about Jessica came out, and Nick wasn't interviewed, nor mentioned.

I can totally see Nick saying those things about Jessica....don't you all remember how many eyerolls and disgusted looks he gave her when the cameras were rolling? Why should he care if that got back to her? She deserved it!
Also regarding the pre-nup.....if I recall.... they do not have one!!!!!!!
On season one on Newleyweds; they make a comment about (joking around) getting divorced and Nick makes a statement about not having a pre-nup with kind of an evil grin.....and she just giggles stupidly and agrees......because when they married they both had SHIT and were d-list!!!......betcha creepy Pa is regretting THAT decision!!!!!

edited to add.....why do I even give 2 fucks about this cokewhore?

I was bored in the checkout line and skimmed through the OK! interview with Jess. They asked her about the missing wedding ring and she said she just forgets it sometimes. Then she went on to say that they fight a lot but it didn't matter because at the end of the day she and Nick respected each other. Funny, I don't recall the expression on Nick's face in the last two seasons of Newleyweds as respect. Annoyance, disgust, frustration, but nope no respect.

If the report of their splitting is true this interview is going to make her look like an even bigger idiot than usual.

Maybe it's my "single girl who wants to get married someday" side talking, but I can't imagine ever "forgetting" to put on my wedding ring after I'm married. I'm not sure I'd even take it off when I shower. So, I clearly call bullshit on that one. But, then again, she is pretty dimwitted, so who knows anymore.

usmagazine.com

lifeandstyleweekly.com

Please let this finally be the end. They both have no dignity left and it cannot come soon enough. Now, hopefully both of them will do us a favor & just go away.

BTW, I think his show will be airing in February. Like that matters anymore, since he can't sing & nobody will waste their money on his crappy album.

Is that possible????????

Sorry I don't believe this at all. If I was her and I knew that the state of my marriage was going to be scrutinized and deduced from the presence of a ring on my left ring finger, I would make it a point NOT to forget my ring. That is crap.

ITA, seriouslynow. Jessica always complaining about the divorce rumors, but half the time they're started when she goes out without her ring. If she had any smarts at all (which we know she doesn't), Jessica would put the damn ring on, and those "divorce-because-of-a-ring" rumors would stop.

Thanks for answering my question. But, out of curiosity, where did you hear this?

As for no one "wasting their money on his crappy album," that's the thing that makes me the most sad. Nick may not be the greatest singer in the world (I think he sings just fine, though, especially for a former boyband member), but between the two of them, HE deserves the success and happiness more than she does. It just sucks that he can't get a record label and producers who are willing to put more effort and elbow grease into backing his work. Just my opinion, of course.

I agree with all of you on the ring front. She makes a really ridiculous comment about not needing diamonds on her finger to be married in the OK article. If she hadn't been shown over and over again during Newlyweds to be all about the bling that might have a shred of truth to it, but having watched her get all giddy each time Nick gave her a bauble (and flash it to everyone) I just can't buy it.

What is more interesting is the fact that Nick has been seen recently without his ring. That is deliberate, not him being forgetful or not wanting his silver jewelry to clash with his ring (IIRC that was Jessica's first excuse for not wearing her ring the first time it was a big deal).

BTW, if you want a study in denial, journey over to the Jessica Simpson message boards on her website. These folks are just... wow, believers to the end. Guess that's what makes them fans...

Jessica "forgetting" her wedding ring? Is she kidding? If I had a rock like hers, I'd wear that thing even if it made my finger green and fall off!

My husband caught me reading "Us" today ("Why did Kenny and Renee split up?") and asked why I read those magazines. I honestly coulnd't find an answer....

Edited because an exclamation point and a question mark are two totally different things.

I love Jessica and Nick and am constantly defending what she says/does, but I think the end is actually near. I could understand her not wearing her ring when she's out of town, bc I do the same thing. I don't wear my wedding and engagement ring when i go away in fear that i'll lose it. i thought she may be doing the same kind of thing, but if it's causing so much attention, just WEAR THE BLOODY THING!!

Just read an artilce about Nick cheating on Jessica with a 19 year old. she said he invited her back to his hotel room and they kissed for a while, but then she left becuase she felt bad for Jessica...... what CRAP! This girl has to be lying, becuase

1. If you were in a hotel room with Nick you wouldn't stop at kissing.
2. We're suposed to believe she suddenly remembered Jessica after the kissing and not before?

I'm also wondering why he wasn't at Ashlee's 21st birthday- what else could he have had on that was so important he couldn't leave?

Sorry if these thoughts are too random and hard to follow...

I don't know about that. Ryan Cabrera's new MTV show is debuting in a week or two on MTV and he broke up with Ashlee months ago, unless they had the show entirely in the can by the time they split. Then again, it might just be because Cabrera uses Pa Simpson as a manager, too.

I'd imagine at this point Nick's show is at least in severe danger, since it was supposed to debut in April alongside Meet the Barkers and any search I've done looking for a debut date have brought up articles claiming the same April launch.

There are so many rumors about Jessica having a coke or alcohol problem that I started thinking: But how could she have serious problems with drugs or alcohol when her parents, especially her father, would see her going downhill and find ways to keep her out of that lifestyle or even whisk her away to a superprivate rehab center. ("Jessica, meet Kate. Kate, Jessica.") He's a smart manager, too smart to let Jessica crash and burn in that way, right?

It's not that I don't believe she's into the partying life, I just can't see her controlling father letting it ruin her "career". Then again, I remember the Newlyweds episode with Jessica's birthday party and her mom was so drunk she fell on the dancefloor.

Personally, I think that the Ryan and Ashlee relationship was completely different than Jessica and Nick's. For one thing, they are married. Secondly, Nick is older than Jess, something Pa never liked. We all know Jessica lost her virginity to Nick, something else that Pa obviously can't get over. Also, her newfound fame is mostly based on her marriage to Nick. Their divorce is most likely going to blemish her image (more than it already it!), and I'm sure Pa knows this. He may be creepy, but he's business-savvy.

And I think it goes without saying that Pa is a lot more "interested" in Jessica and her double D's than he is in Ashlee. He has more invested in her, and is going to do anything he can to save her career. He never liked Nick and I don't doubt for a second that he will drop him the second the divorce is announced. Ryan Cabrera still has a chance at a career; unfortunatley I think that ship has sailed for Nick. I don't see Pa helping him at all if he's not with Jessica. I think he'll do all he can to trash Nick's good-guy image.

If the rumors about her being a drugged-up party girl are true, then I have no problem believing she forgets her ring. Hell, she probably forgets her name if she parties as hard as the rumors claim.

That said, when you whore your marriage, your virtue, and your life out to the public just to be famous? Well, don't complain about being the victim of gossip.

Nick needs to run like hell away from that idiot family and be grateful he got out before there were kids for Pa Simpleton to eff up.

Boy, that is true! Nick still has time to get out, meet someone nice, and settle down to have the career and family he deserves.

I take my ring off to shower, do the dishes, clean the house, and do yard work. I love it and don't want to get it dirty.

That being said: I think it's lame that she "forgets" to put it on. As much as I take my ring off, I ALWAYS put it on when I go out. Probably because I love my ring, but if I had HER ring I would never take that thing off. It's beautiful!

I think they probably have been having issues but who knows if the rumors are all true. I think what's really happening is more of a struggle between Jess and PaSimp. He seems so gross and controlling. She probably parties so much to spite him and it's affecting her marriage.

I can totally see this, but I think its more than that. You could see the magic fading between Jessica and Nick in the 2nd season, and the 3rd was almost painful to watch. I do think that Pa Simp is controlling, and I'm sure Jess is rebelling against him, but I think there are also a lot of problems between Jessica and Nick as well. He thought he was marrying a sweet, if spoiled and immature, virginal princess, and what he got was a partying, attention-whoring, ego-inflated Hollywood wannabe.

Although every time she goes out in public without her ring she manages to get her face on the cover of every magazine in the supermarket checkout aisle. So maybe she's not so dumb....

On E! news last night, they quoted Jessica as saying that the reason she and Nick are sometimes shown without their rings is because they're fighting that day. They take their rings off when they're fighting.

Do I believe it? I can't find the strength to care anymore.

Well, to me that shows that they have huge problems. It's kind of immature to take your ring off every time you fight. If they are in it for better or worse, then taking your ring off symbolizes that you dont believe in that.

I am so steeped in shame at this very moment. I do this. I have never heard of anyone else doing this, and thought it was my very own way to have a quiet temper tantrum.

I am so glad my husband doesn't read these forums because he HATES this little habit of mine and would find this commonality with the most stupid and vapid person on the planet just hysterical.

I wonder if when they signed to do Newlyweds Creepy Pa Simpson had Nick sign a no-disclosure statement. Difficult in-laws are hard enough in annonimity I cannot even image how hard it is for poor, beleaguered, yet camera-whorey Nick to deal with his in silence.

That said, I need to get back to tearing the house apart because in my last state of pissiness I took mine off and can't find it now. Even losing it didn't make me think this was such a bad thing to do - but Jessica doing it too? That kills me.

I'm thinking the fact that the tabloids are constantly speculating about their marriage, that she's constantly seen without her ring, and then she says she doesn't wear her ring when they're fighting, is an orchestrated attempt to add fuel to the tabloid fire and keep people talking about her. I think her marriage is essentially over, but why end it quietly with dignity when you can use it to advance your career as tabloid fodder? It's not like she's got any projects lined up.

I am deeply ashamed of myself for giving a shit if they split up or not. But damnit! I want confirmation!!

Ha!! I know me too. I keep looking at different sites every few hours or so at work. Oh hell I'm lying I look every few minutes hangs head in shame. When the first season came out I was going through a bad relationship and subsequent break-up. I remember watching that show and thinking "oh what a fabulous and cute couple. I wish we could be more like them. OMG I still remember thinking that and look at them now! sigh

I'm site surfing too, and by all accounts their reps are denying the rumor. Guess that's their story, and they're sticking to it.

yes untill OK! magizine comes up with enough money to make Jessica talk.

I do hope the rumor is not true. I love Nick and Jess. But I have to admit my love for Jess is fading as fast the pounds are melting off her.

I'm so pathetic that I'll admit I thought that too. Until I saw Carmen and Dave on "Til Death Do Us Part" and realized they were a much better couple than Jess and Nick. But Jessica used to want to be a good wife and I think she really cared about Nick. On the other hand, she basically ran back to him and wanted to get married after 9/11 scared her. She was probably right in her idea (or PapaJoe's) to break up and grow up first, but then, would she be nearly as famous as she is now? I hope PapaJoe at least realizes that her marriage made her the famous, not her music. If the show hadn't taken off, the record label would never have re-released her CD.