Rumors were flying around the interweb last week that Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson were going to get married this past weekend. I would have found it deliciously ironic if the pair wed on Mother’s Day, considering all the rumors of her possible impending pregnancy. But supposedly the gossip was off by a week, and now they’re supposed to get married this weekend.

Despite their coy efforts to keep it a secret, In Touch can confirm that Ashee [sic] Simpson and Pete Wentz will tie the knot on May 17. “It’s going to be a small, intimate gathering,” an insider says. On May 8, at a performance for troops at California’s Camp Pendleton, Jessica Simpson announced that she will be her little sister’s maid of honor.

In Touch was the first to break the story of Pete and Ashlee’s engagement, after Pete popped the question in Colorado. Then the couple announced it on friendsorenemies.com: “Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged. Thank you for all of your support and well-wishes — it means the world to us.” And although Ashlee remains mum about a possible pregnancy, insiders insist that she’s expecting. “They’re keeping it quiet because they want to get married first,” another insider reveals.

[From In Touch]

I’m 99% pretty sure Ashlee is doing all of this to get free publicity for her new album. I’m guessing she’ll be in a constant state of “getting married this coming weekend” for at least another six months. If she’s rumored to be pregnant for another year or so, I’m going to find her and snap her CD in half over her head. I’m sooooo on to you Ashlee Simpson.

I have two unarguable reasons for this belief. Number one: she is Joe Simpson’s daughter, and therefore biologically commanded to try to abuse the media for free press. Number two: who in the world could commit to spend the rest of their life with Pete Wentz? Do you really want to give birth to babies that come with their own eyeliner? Even as a Simpson girl, I should think the answer is no.

Despite my bitchery, Ashlee and Pete may really be getting married this weekend. Us Weekly is all over the story as well.

Note by Celebitchy: Jenna Bush got married last weekend, and I think papa Joe Simpson made the executive decision to postpone his daughter’s nuptials for a time when they wouldn’t be overshadowed by the marriage of a sitting duck president.

The last time we reported this story, we checked on the sales figures for Ashlee’s new album, Bittersweet World, which has about a quarter of the sales of her last CD. It debuted as number 4 on the Billboard 200 and has since sunk all the way down to 31. A wedding isn’t goind to do much for her waning popularity. She’ll have to wait until she has that maybe-baby and lands the cover of a magazine. At least it will earn her some cash.

Ashlee is shown in the header on 5/7/08 outside her hotel in NY. She is shown with Pete Wentz below in Paris the day before, 5/6/08. Thanks to Splash.