In late September of last year MTV reality show star Bam Margera gave Howard Stern vague confirmation of his sex session with Jessica Simpson while she was still married to Nick Lachey. He said that they were drinking and it “went from there,” and that “she left at 8 in the morning.” He never denied sleeping with her, and said she had a great body at the time when he was asked.

Whether out of a need for more publicity or pressure from papa Joe, Margera is now recanting his claim in the latest issue of Penthouse Magazine. He claims his remarks were a joke or some shit and that he was just trying to give Howard Stern what he wanted.

If that’s true, why did it take him over three months to clear the air? Doesn’t he have a myspace?

In the February issue of Penthouse magazine, MTV Jackass Bam Margera tells celebrity interviewer Chaunce Hayden that he lied to Howard Stern when he said he had sex with Jessica Simpson!

When Hayden quizzed Bam about his comments on Stern regarding Simpson he replied:

“Everything is always misquoted. I never even said that [referring to having sex with Jessica Simpson]. I knew Howard [Stern] was going to pressure me into talking about it, and I dodged it as best I could.

But after an hour of the same question, you just have to make a comment to move the show along to a new topic. The comment was simply a pure joke turned into a serious quote. Total bullshit!

Chaunce Hayden: So, on the record, you never had sex with Jessica Simpson?

“Never. It was all a joke blown out of proportion. End of story.”

[via Pop on the Pop]

This rumor started way back in June, 2005 when Nick and Jessica were still married. Bam’s father Phil told a Philadelphia radio station that his son got with Jessica, and then Bam’s ex girlfriend called in to confirm the story. She said that Bam sent his friends an e-mail bragging about the encounter.

Maybe Jessica stayed over at Bam’s and nothing happened, but I doubt it.

Jessica is back to work after pissing off her dad by not taking a paid gig hosting a party on New Year’s eve. She was seen trying to look like she’s tripping on the red carpet while filming a Pizza Hut commercial. Simpson has been seen out with John Mayer several times in the past week, and he seems to be reluctantly accepting his role as her boyfriend. I don’t see those two lasting more than a few months.

Here are pictures of Jessica Simpson and John Mayer leaving Barneys on 12/30. Pictures found at TryJM via JJB.