He's so slimy I think he did get the career and family he deserves.

more from Perez about the supposed split.

Exactly. I don't know why everyone is acting like he's some angel. They both suck. He sucks for always talking down to Jessica and trying to act like he's so superior. Yes, she's a dumbass, but he married her. I honestly believe he married her because he's one of those guys who have an old fashioned view on how his wife should be. "Hot", but completely dumb and inferior, who will do nothing but pop out some kids and bake him meals and cookies. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why they're divorcing. Her career took off, and he has none. At all. It probably kills him inside that someone he views as so inferior is not only making more money then him, but is also more famous, therefore he's only known as "Jessica Simpson's husband".

Now that is just sad.

It's a special form of what I shall scientifically label "assholisticness" to seek out a partner who YOU think is just generally dumber than you, so you can feel special and/or the voice of authority.

That whole smirking thing he does when she talks reeks. He married something to look at, not to talk to, dontchaknow. She's just a tchotchke.

Word to that. And don't forget, he married her with a five-year plan to help her "mature" into the woman he wanted to be married to. People who marry people with the idea they're going to change them into what they want get exactly what they deserve: the person they married.

But, did it? She had a minute-and-a-half in a lousy movie take off of a lousy tv show. Seems to me they are both news only if it has something to do with their relationship...

Gah!! Don't make me feel worse than I already do!! Kidding. It was a very fleeting thought. Ans during that first season they really did seem so cute and plus I was in a really crappy,crappy relationship. Cut me some slack. ; )

True. It took off from what she used to be. She was at the way, way bottom of the celebrity pool. I don't think her fame will last long, but she's a hell of a lot more famous now then she used to be. Before the show, she could have made a sex tape with Johnny Knoxville for all the world to see, and still, no one would have really cared.

ITA. They were both more famous as N&J than they used to be. They turned their fame from the reality show into some success -- the variety specials and so forth. But Jessica is far more famous individually. She's all over the Style Channel, and was recently voted America's Style Icon (Snerk!). She's on the cover of more magazines alone than they are together. But I also agree, that sort of tabloid-type fame can fizzle out pretty quickly. She needs an actual career to back it up.

Seriously? Jessica was voted America's Style Icon? Oh, my head.

Sadly, yes, US Weekly's Young Hot Hollywood Style Awards. Of course, it's a very silly award anyway, but it's the kind of thing that keeps people talking and career momentun going. And it was right after she received the award that she really started hanging out with her DoH costars and dressing like utter crap.

In my defense, I only know this because back in the Spring I had just gotten the Style Network and E! added to my cable system, and I was temporarily addicted to whatever crap they were showing. Eventually, of course, I came to my senses.

Making gay porno in my bedroom?

As long as I can direct.

People online has a pic of Jess from yesterday or today wearing her wedding band while leaving a doctor's office.

You know, if she showed up with Nick anywhere besides the red carpet, I'd believe it more.

On a more positive note, she looks like absolute shit in the picture.Nice hat

She looks like ET in that pic. Phone home, Jess, phone home!! (Before Nick changes the number)

She does look like E.T.! Weird. As someone posted earlier, what's up with her neck? Did all her vocalizing contortions elongate her neck?

Supposedly the 19-year-old who made out with Nick in a hotel room passed a polygraph test. She said when she said she felt uncomfortable (knowing he was "very married") he didn't pressure her and they never went into the bedroom. Could be true. I think the marriage is way over but unless Nick steps out with another privacy-conscious celebrity, it's likely to wind up in the news, so he's kinda hamstrung.

And why did this girl he made out with have to spill her guts to the media anyway? Geez, does no one just keep their mouth shut anymore?

This shot was obviously taken in a back alley somewhere...You know, while Jessica was trying to "avoid" the paparazzi while advertising that she still knows where her wedding ring is. I fear her leaving a medical building will start pregnancy rumors.

The picture published in People after Jessuka is of her lovely sister Asslee, who is seen exiting a car on her way to "rehearsals" for her second appearance on Saturday Night Live. She seems to feel the need to try to recreate Paris Hilton's hairstyle. I have no idea why.

ubi, you can do better.

Dear Nick and Jessica;

Just shut up already about how happy you both are and just admit it.........................you're getting a divorce and can't stand each other. No one fucking cares about how happy you both are....not that anyone cares if you split either but JUST ADMIT IT. It's okay...people do it ALL THE TIME.

Thank You! It's not the like they are the first people in the world to get a divorce! Just come out with it. We'll move on, I promise. (eyeroll)

Oh, what's that? You're embarassed because of the whole pimping out your "perfect" marriage thing? Well, that sounds like a YP. (Your problem.)

Her hair has become such an unnatural shade of blond. In mean sure, it was always fake blond, but now it's a color that doesn't actually exist in nature. I've always thought the blond never really went well with her brown eyes anyway. Someone else could pull it off but IMO she never has.

What I hate about the media's reaction to this wedding band nonsense is that today, on a New York radio show, the on-air personality said, with all seriousness, "Well, forget what you heard about Nick and Jessica splitting up - the ring is back on."

As though you can only wear a ring when you're married, lest Satan follow behind you with a pitchfork. I mean, am I alone in thinking that any fool can take a ring on and off, depending on the convenience?

I think shit has hit the fan in the relationship, and today, when all magazine headlines read "It's Over," she suddenly has her ring on. And they're going on vacation. In bad hats. Blech. At least Britney doesn't try to hide the fact that she's trash. These two postulate like nobody's business.

One morning I forgot to put my wedding band on and a friend of mine mentioned it in the elevator at work. I joked that I guess I wasn't married that day, and a man in the elevator said if not wearing your ring was all it took he could have saved himself a lot of $$!

If they are headed toward divorce they just need to 'fess up. They're going to look like big(ger) idiots when the split is confirmed. Of course then they'll blame it on all the stress caused by the media speculating about the end of their marriage. What.ev.ah.

I once went 6 months without wearing my wedding ring. No one noticed, not even my husband!

If they really wanted to put an end to the rumors and speculation, they could just go to Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer or someone and do an interview together. I'm sure an interview with both of them together would be a major coup for any interviewer.

And put an end to the endless stream of media coverage? I would doubt it.

I know! I agree. Don't they get paid to do those things anyway? Surely that would be enough motivation for these two. That seems to be why they do everything. Money.

I flipped through the Us Weekly story today. For a magazine who used to worship Jessica, she came off in a bad light. Jessica and her dad are blamed for the collapse of the marriage; Nick is pretty much painted as an innocent victim.

It'll be interesting to see what'll happen post-divorce (since it seems inevitable). Sadly, I think Jessica will still be quite popular regardless. Papa Perv is an evil PR machine, and he's probably in contract negotiations for Jessica's new, famous "beau" as we speak. As much as I would love the schadenfreude of her career going nowhere as a result of a divorce, I don't think we'd be so lucky. But here's hoping I'm wrong.

And as for Nick, I'm not going to be so quick as to jump on the "it's Nick's fault for marrying her" bandwagon. At the time they were married and beforehand, Jessica was once a decent, Christian girl and as was her family (I think). Albeit lacking in the common sense department and spoiled, she still had endearing qualities about her, which ultimately made Newlyweds a success. Fast forward a few months to a year or two later, and her family has turned into a bunch of money-hungry, famewhore vultures. She's partying a lot, screwing Johnny Knoxville (and word has it Adam Levine as well), doing coke, and often drunk. She's a far cry from the Jessica Simpson who just came to the music scene about five or six years ago.

Sadly, this goes to show how fame affects people, which is why I don't blame Nick for anything. Money and fame has done a number on the Simpson family, and turned them into a bunch of nutjobs. I admire the hell out of Nick for staying grounded regardless, because Papa Perv with his holier-than-thou attitude and his family sure didn't. I'm sure he never imagined Jessica to become what she has due to their rise in popularity. I know I wouldn't have. And to think, I even admired her back then for not being oversexed and having a pretty decent moral upbringing.

On a somewhat related note, I'm curious as to what people from Jessica's hometown and/or congregation think of her now. Hopefully they've broken out of the denial stage like people in Kentwood eventually did (at least quite a significant number of them) about Britney Spears and stopped defending her.

The information that the previous editor of Us Weekly was BFF with Jessica explains why they were so far up her ass. Not an issue went by without her being featured in some manner, all with glowing praise. The coverage was always slanted against Nick when the subject of possible marital discord came up because they were getting fed their information from Jessica's camp. But now that the editor is gone and Ol' Perv signed an exclusive deal with OK! they can't dump on her fast enough. I expect there will be lots of positive coverage of Nick in the future.

Nick does have to share some of the blame. They created this situation between the two of them, and they both had unrealistic expectations going into the marraige. That said, I do she's the one who changed while he really didn't, and he'll be better off without her.

I'm actually pretty torn on what I think about Nick and his expectations. They were both definetly delusional going into marriage - she thought it was going to be a fairy tale, while he had his 5-year plan to "unspoil" her. However, they really did seem like a cute couple in love, with the same kind of problems as any young newly-wed couple. She was annoying and whiney, but he seemed to find it kind of cute. He was a little "fatherly" and slightly controlling, but she seemed to need that. They were both C, even D-list celebs at that point, with the height of their careers behind them. They seemed like a good match, IMO.

Then came the fame. Jessica made a couple of genuine but ditzy comments, and started to be branded as a blonde bimbo. Jessica's career skyrocketed, while Nick couldn't even get a good budget for his video. She seemed to love this, and frequently threw it in his face. She started playing up the bimbo image to the extreme. You could tell it was getting on Nick's nerves. The second season you could see a major difference in their interaction; by the third season it was just painful to watch.

So while I think Nick knew who he was marrying, I don't think he realized the level of fame she was going to reach, and how it was going to affect her. He had plans to change her, so that was wrong of him in the first place, but I don't think he had unrealisistic expectations. He just wanted her to be less spoiled. Instead she ended up changing on her own, and into a monster.

See, this pisses me off. If her camp was feeding US Weekly news, and she supposedly loves Nick so much, wouldn't her "people" try to spin them both in a positive light, rather than blame him and excuse her?

My thoughts exactly. Only you reiterated it better than I did! Nick had his moments, but he didn't go overboard with trying to "unspoil" her. He wasn't as bad as others can be when it comes to being condescending. And I'm fairly sure that he didn't know their fame would take off that much and would affect her that way. I mean, who did? I'm sure it could have come as some bit of a surprise. She had a pretty decent background and was pretty wholesome compared to those other female pop singers. The fact alone that she went from being pretty decent and likeable to a monster is pretty disturbing in itself.

I would agree. That "plan to unspoil her" line gets brought up quite a bit as evidence. Personally, I always thought it was Nick's way of expressing his plan to lure her away from the clutches of her lunatic father. His statement of "unspoil" has always been synonymous with "make her more independent" to me.

Exactly. I don't think Nick had plans to necessarily "change" her - he just wanted to encourage her to stop being such a brat!! I do honestly think he loved her and even thought her ditziness was cute and endearing. He knew exactly who he was marrying, and while I'm sure she was annoying to him at times, he accepted that (which is what mature love really is - not expecting the other to be perfect and embracing their flaws, IMO). This new Jessica is NOT the woman he married.

I only sat through maybe 2 episodes of Newlyweds and my initial thought was there was no way in God's green earth these two would make it. First off, it was odd that being a newlywed Nick already has signs of contempt for his wife. That usually comes after kids and being married a long time. Definitely not in the first years. It was like watching an adult and a child being man and wife. They were so far off being on the same team without any common goals and life experiences. Not being able to talk to your spouse about the war or any current events is like living with a kid. Not healthy for a relationship. That crap gets old and quick. I remember the Valentine's show where she went to great lenghts to cook a nice dinner and then she went to bed. Any man would rather have a pizza and then some sex instead of a fancy meal and an exhausted wife. The whole notion of cameras and crews following you around your house is just asking for trouble. Have some privacy and keep your marriage sacred. They got fame, but always with a price. I won't even go into her family because I really don't know anything about that situation. Now, whether or not they have broke up, who knows? I do beleive it is enevitable and this is coming from an outsider. I just always scratched my head when I read how in love they are and so on. Stranger things have happened, but I don't see a happily ever after without years of therapy.

She didn't even cook it- she HIRED a chef & watched him make it.

I wonder if Nick ever got that Xmas present she never gave him for their first Xmas together. I'm guessing no....

Back with your weekly box office update. Get ready for the sweet smell of schaudenfraud, folks. Number 41! DoH now down to playing in 311 theaters with a per-screen average of $336. That's barely more than one person per theater. It finally ticked over to $80 million, foreign total still hovering around $20 million. One thing is for sure, this is not the movie that will propel her to leading woman status. If we're lucky it will kill her acting career altogether.

I do think there were more attempts at unspoiling that we saw, that were often thwarted by her parents. I would argue that going into a marraige with a 5 year plan to change her was indeed an unrealistic expectation, as he was not then marrying her for the woman she actually was. I also remember the episode where they went camping and his answer to something was "I get to fuck Jessica Simpson!" which seems to have been a large part of his reason for going through with the marraige, but not conducive to longevity.

Maybe Nick has come to his senses....Matt Leinert and Nick Lachey. Though there's been now some Backtracking.

Nick, it's National Coming-Out Day.

"this is not the movie that will propel her to leading woman status. If we're lucky it will kill her acting career altogether."

This movie will clearly get her additional acting roles. A $100 Million Dollar+ BO is quite good for her and her career.

She has about 10 minutes of screentime total. Only $80 million in the States in not considered a big hit for a commercial movie, the magic number is $100 million which they only reach with the foreign take added. $20 million worldwide outside the US is terrible. A movie is considered to break even if it reaches twice the costs. DoH had $50 million in production costs, $17 million that had to be paid to the people who owned the rights, and probably $5-$10 million in advertising. It would have to get around $140 million to be considered worth the money paid out.

Also remember this money was not necessarily attributable to her in particular as a box office draw. She received largely bland to negative reviews. She was thrown in as the cheesecake factor on top of car chases and things getting blown up. So, in sum, no this not an unqualified success for her 'acting' career.

This week's In Touch has N&J on the cover. Inside story says all is well, as they were spotted have a "normal" dinner at Chili's with Pa Simp.

Oh yes. A happy threesome. If having Pa Simp along for a date is normal, then my total sympathies to Nick a million times over.

Like post-Newlyweds Jessica would be caught dead at Chili's (ok, I wouldn't be eating there either - the food sux, but I'm also not a total snob raised w/ and overinflated ego vs. reality problem). This marriage is so over.

Har, my friends and I eat at Chili's once a week... because we're broke.

At least its not Stuckeys, Shoney's, or Krispy Kreme.

Here is some more crap from the usual magazines.

intouchweekly.com

usmagazine.com

lifeandstyleweekly.com

If Nick, aka "Mr. Jessica Simpson" wants to get his diginity back (if that feasibily possible), he will end this sham of a marriage.

Don't hire your father-in-law as your agent, if he has two other clients the same age and genre who are blood relatives.

I notice Nick is trying sportscasting. I think he would be more convincing in Mission Impossible than a twink midget who thinks a science fiction novel is The Bible.

I had completely forgotten she was planning a workout video. And her clothing line is apparently already out there.

I just spoke to my sister and she had just gotten off the phone with a friend who goes to Duke University. Her friend informed her that Jessica's cousin goes to school there. This counsin was in the wedding and everything. She even had pictures to prove it. Well, the cousin told my sister's friend that Nick and Jessica hadn't been living together for a while now. They also officially decided to separte a couple of months ago. She said she was just informed of this the night before by her mother (Jessica's aunt). So either A) My sister's friend is lying. B) The cousin is a loud-mouth. C) They are about to annouce the separation/divorce anyday now. Hence, the reason the cousin didn't mind blabbing the info. to her classmates.