I used to have a lot of love for Jennifer Love Hewitt. She just seemed like a goofy, sweet person who would tell you about her issues with men. Then it became clear that she wouldn’t spare any details. She went on to write a book about relationships, and she would make sure we knew about every guy she was dating, to the point where it was surely detrimental to her relationships. Now she’s tweeting a lot and seems somewhat up her own butt, but she’s still nice enough and comes across as genuine. One of the things that Hewitt is tweeting about is this recent rumor that she’s back with her ex-fiance, comic Jamie Kennedy, who was three or four boyfriends ago by my count. She’s vague about it, and just denies that it’s true. But come on, why would E! be reporting this unless she put the rumor out there somehow? It’s not like she’s followed by paps she doesn’t call. Here’s the story, thanks to E!:

Natural brunette Jennifer Love Hewitt —who is no stranger to changing up her hue—debuted some lighter locks over the weekend.

But is the 32-year-old actress pairing her new hair with an old flame?

It sure looks that way!

A source tells E! News exclusively that Hewitt has rekindled her romance with actor Jamie Kennedy. The Ghost Whisperer costars enjoyed a year-long romance that ended with a high-profile split in March 2010.

Late last year, Hewitt split with actor Jarod Einsohn. Fortunately for the star, her old beau was conveniently unattached as well.

“They are dating again,” the source tells us, adding that the reunited couple has been enjoying sleepovers at Kennedy’s L.A. condo.

Hewitt’s Twitter feed certainly has been lovey-dovey the past month. She’s retweeted Love Quotes and Megan Fox’s parody Twitter account’s uplifting messages about romance and choosing to “look beyond the imperfections” in order to be happy.

Hewitt’s rep had no comment.

[From E! Online]

Do you think they’re rebound friends with benefits? That’s the impression I’m getting from this story and her tweets, like this one “the rumors are not true, the day was good,and sweet dreams will be awesome!” These two did part on good terms a couple of years ago, and it seemed to be about the fact that Hewitt wanted to get married and Kennedy wasn’t ready to commit. (I remembered that they were engaged, but that was just a rumor.) I don’t think it will last. At least she’s being somewhat realistic about it, even if she’s putting it out there. She needs to get publicity for something I guess.

Also, here’s her new hair, which you can’t really see in this photo. It’s got blonde streaks in it. (Another photo is here.) I like her better as a brunette. In the header image her hair looks just like Kim Kardashian’s new ‘do, down to the color. So maybe it was a good idea to switch it up anyway.

This photo is from 11-6-09.

Header image from 1-4-12. Credit: LRR/FameFlynet Pictures

US Weekly has an amusing story this week about how Jennifer Love Hewitt’s ex, Jamie Kennedy, is trying to remain relevant after his split with the famous star. In terms of how their relationship ended, it’s hard to tell whether Hewitt or Kennedy broke it off, but Hewitt kept saying the split was “mutual” and not contentious. There were rumors before the breakup that Kennedy was cheating on Hewitt with one of his ex girlfriends, which he denied, but which Hewitt might have vaguely referred to while doing the press tour for her book. Then we heard that Hewitt was almost immediately coupled up with Jenny McCarthy’s ex, John Asher, who did a guest stint on her TV show, Ghost Whisperer. Maybe Hewitt is the one who dumped Kennedy when a better option came along.

Whatever happened, Kennedy is anxious to get back some of the fame he enjoyed as J-Love’s boyfriend. He had a date with a hot brunette set up and he called the paparazzi to make sure it was well documented. He even showed photographers pictures of the woman so that they could better spot her. That’s all rather pathetic. US says he’s doing it both to make Hewitt jealous and earn some press:

Jamie Kennedy, 40 – who split from his Ghost Whisperer costar Jennifer Love Hewitt, 31, in March after a year of dating – recently tipped off paparazzi to catch him with a buxom actress. Why? “He wants to make Jennifer jealous,” a source tells Hot Stuff. The insider adds that Kennedy even showed some snappers a picture of Deanna Russo, 30, who appeared on three episodes of Gossip Girl in 2009, before a planned meal with her May 6 – though the photo shoot didn’t pan out. Responds Kennedy’s rep, “There is no truth to this whatsoever.”

[From Us Weekly, print edition, May 31, 2010]

So the why did the “photo shoot” not “pan out”? Did Kennedy’s would-be date ditch him at the last minute or did the paparazzi realize that it wasn’t worth waiting around for pictures of Jamie Kennedy with some random actress who once had a stint on Gossip Girl? Kennedy will soon have other things to worry about. The show he starred on with Love Hewitt, Ghost Whisperer, has been canceled by CBS after five seasons. There’s hope that ABC or another network might pick it up, but there’s no news yet. He can always fall back on his lame standup comedy.

Here’s the girl Jamie allegedly had a date scheduled with:

Here is Jennifer Love Hewitt showing off a new haircut, which she likely got immediately post-split from Jamie Kennedy. I really like the cut – I had my hair like this ten years ago, the only time I’ve ever had it short. It compliments Love’s face. The cut didn’t do that to mine. Sigh… I love my long hair.

Meanwhile, the tabloids are still pouring over Love’s breakup, and they’ve found who to blame: Jennifer Love. According to Life & Style’s sources, “There’s a pattern here… Jennifer’s relationships start out great, then she becomes jealous and insecure.” Apparently, Love was constantly checking on Jamie, to the point of going through his caller ID and his messages. A source says: “Jennifer will even call ex-girlfriends of the guys she’s dating.” Which seems weird until other sources chimed in with the idea that Jamie might have actually been cheating. Apparently, he “spent a little too much time with an ex-girlfriend” which is an allegation we’ve heard before, and one which Kennedy denied. Do I believe his denial? Meh. The Enquirer follows a similar thread, with other sources claiming that Love was obsessed with knowing where Jamie was at all times, and while Jamie was happy to be on a “short leash” at first, he soon grew “depressed” because of the emotional claustrophobia.

Star Magazine is taking a (not so) different tact, claiming that Jennifer was too self-centered to make a relationship work. Their sources claim: “With Jennifer, it’s all about her and her career. She wanted a guy who was focused on her… she wanted him to give up his comedy act. He was a comedian first and love it, but she didn’t like that it took him away a lot and that there were always groupies hanging around the clubs.” Um… let’s stop right there. Jamie has groupies? Seriously?!? Ladies, stop it. If you are a Jamie Kennedy groupie, you really need to aim higher. Beyond the groupie thing (which I still don’t buy), I could see Jennifer having a problem with Jamie going on stand-up tours. I mean, that’s a lot of time away. If she did complain, I don’t really blame her.

And finally, In Touch Weekly is the only tabloid that is running with the story that Jamie is actually “desperate” to get back with Love. Apparently, Jamie was really close to proposing when Love dumped him (because she was tired of waiting for him to propose, ironically), and now he’s in “shock”.

My take? I’m guessing parts of these reports are true. I think Jamie probably had some very friendly relationships with a couple of girls, but he probably wasn’t cheating. And yet, those relationships were enough to drive Love crazy, so she got all jealous and territorial, and she ended up driving him away. But now that he’s gone, she doesn’t really miss him. That’s just my guess!

Sidenote: Look at her shoes! I want them.

Jennifer Love on March 20 in LA, credit: RIV/Fame Pictures.

The Pear Ass speaks! By the way, E’s “The Daily Ten” totally name-checked the whole “Pear Ass” thing, so maybe they’re readers? I mean, we’re not the only ones to correctly identify The Pear Ass Chronicles, but if E staffers are reading, I love you Sal! Anyhoodle, it was back on Friday that rumors began heating up that Jennifer Love and Jamie Kennedy were no more. Then it was confirmed, and then people began speculating on the fate of Love’s relationship advice book, and whether it spelled DOOM. And late Tuesday, Love finally opened to People Magazine - in her first post-split interview. I hate to admit it, but she comes across really well here. I wanted her to be all “that a-hole called me Pear Ass, he can rot somewhere dark and dank.” But she’s not that person. Instead, we get to hear how she likes a “twosome” and how “Some people get excited about being single. I don’t.” I believe her.

Single ladies, take heart: Even Jennifer Love Hewitt is daunted by the idea of diving back into the dating pool after a breakup.

“I don’t like to go out to clubs and party. I’m not into ‘Let’s go out with one guy on a Monday and another guy on a Wednesday’ – that’s just not me,” Hewitt, 31, tells PEOPLE. “I’m a relationship kind of girl. I like a twosome. Some people get excited about being single. I don’t.”

Hewitt and her Ghost Whisperer costar Jamie Kennedy, 39, quietly split recently after a year together.

It was “a mutual decision, and we’ve parted as friends,” says Hewitt. “There’s no anger, there’s no upset, there’s no enemies.” Hewitt adds that the pair’s pre-existing friendship has made it easy to transition to working together as exes: “It’s been totally fine. It’s really a testament to who he is and to who I am. We’re both grown-ups.”

New Book
Ironically, the split comes just as The Day I Shot Cupid, Hewitt’s new book offering advice and wisdom on dating and relationship hits bookstores. Subtitled Hello, My Name is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I’m a Love-aholic, the book, out March 23, includes Hewitt’s own dating horror stories, admissions about her fantasy engagement rings (she’s been visiting the same store since age 12 to try them on) and advice on everything from getting over breakups to dieting and cellulite.

It also includes a chapter written by her then-boyfriend Kennedy in which he rhapsodizes about women’s curves – derrieres in particular, saying he prefers “junko in the trunko” and calling big butts “sexy, strong and yummy.”

Hewitt says she has “no idea” when she’ll be ready to date again, though she plans to re-read her own book for advice (and is already at work penning a follow-up).

Independent Working Woman
“Back in the shark tank!” she jokes. “I never said in the book that I knew how to be in the perfect relationship. I say in my book I want to be the readers’ kind spirit out in the dating world. And now, more than ever, I am.”

So for now is Hewitt content to be an independent working woman, or does the self-described “hopeless romantic” still yearn to find true love?

“Both,” she says. “I want to be an independent woman who falls in love, finds a great partner for her lifetime, has kids and kind of does it all. I’d like to have it all.”

[From People]

“Junko in the trunko” is both disgusting and hilarious. I mean, this is a grown man saying/writing this sh-t. I could just shake my head if a 15-year-old was saying “junko in the trunko”. But Jamie will be 40 years old in May. Seriously. I looked it up. Can he just sack up and say “I’m an ass man, deal with it, haters.”

As for when Love will start dating again… well, I give it a few weeks. Before she’s engaged.

“Junko in the Trunko” 4 Eva!!!

The initial reports began circulating Friday, and then it was confirmed early Saturday: the dashed dreams of everyone, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy were no more! My first instinct, as I admitted, was that Love got dumped. Not because I think she’s a bad person, but I’ve just noticed her modus operandi. Anyway, the initial confirmation didn’t indicate who did the dumping, but People Magazine did organize a very special “How Everything Went Wrong” story:

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have split, but the Ghost Whisperer costars are saving the drama for the small screen.

A source close to the couple insists there was no infidelity or other smoking gun behind their breakup, and says it was a mutual decision by two people who remain friends.

“It wasn’t contentious,” the source tells PEOPLE. “It had kind of just run its course … They just sort of looked at each other and said, ‘We like each other and we make each other laugh, but this isn’t for the long-term.’ ”

Hectic schedules may have also contributed to the split. In addition to starring in and producing Ghost Whisperer, Hewitt is preparing for an upcoming Lifetime movie, and getting ready for a tour to promote her first book, The Day I Shot Cupid, due out March 23. In the book, the star – quite fittingly – offers advice on relationships, love and weathering, among other things, breakups.

“She’s working constantly, and Jamie’s working on the show and touring [with his stand-up comedy act],” says the source. “It just isn’t conducive to a relationship.”

Still, the source says the former couple’s on-set relationship remains drama free and professional.

[From People]

Yeah, how are they going to work together? My guess is that Love will either get him fired or force him to get back together with her so he can keep his job. How badly does he need the work? Pretty badly, right? So, well done for sexual harassment/bargaining! If I was Jamie, I’d be hiring the lawyers right about now.

Anyway, I’d just thought I’d remind everyone that Jennifer Love’s relationship/dating advice book will be published in less than two weeks (exciting!). It’s called The Day I Shot Cupid, and it’s full of little gems of advice to women-children who want to get dumped by their very own douchey Pear-Ass-calling d-ckface boyfriend. Do you want to be like Love? Just try these helpful tips, courtesy of Star Magazine’s book excerpts:

* “Remember: Cleavage isn’t cheap, it’s gorgeous! Show it off!”

*“Before a date, vagazzle ‘it’! (Not for him, for you!)”

*“Take a bath every night with a tiara on. It really does make you feel like a queen!”

*“Don’t take a diuretic before a date; you will pee all night long!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 22, 2010]

Oh. My. God. The vagazzling thing isn’t shocking, because we already heard about Love’s nasty habit of gluing rhinestones on her mons pubis before. But do we really need the piece of advice about not taking a diuretic before going out somewhere? Isn’t that one kind of obvious? Like, here’s my dating advice: “Don’t chug Nyquil and drive a tractor.” Or “You may get muddy (or worse) if your first date involves cow-tipping.” Shocking, I know. As far as the tiara stuff… just, no. I mean, sure, every woman can and should wear a tiara at some point, just because it’s fun, especially if you’re a birthday girl or something. But this whole “we are all pretty princesses” movement is part of the larger problem of the infantilizing of grown women. Enough already.

Jennifer Love Hewitt in LA on March 14, 2010, alone, and on February 21, 2010. Credit: Fame Pictures & RIV/Fame.

How the hell did I miss this? Reports are now running rampant that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have split, after dating for a very long, pear-assed year. Apparently this gossip has been circulating quietly most of the day, and all sources seem to be using this piece from Extra. Now, Extra is not even close to being a reliable source in the vein of People Magazine or something. But they make an interesting case:

Rumors have been circling for weeks that the “Ghost Whisperer” and her comic BF have called it quits — and “Extra” sources are saying it is true.

A source close to the pair says that Hewitt and Kennedy were supposed to attend an event together last week, but Kennedy arrived solo. He was also not present at Hewitt’s 31st birthday celebration last month. Lisa Stanley broke the news on KEarth 101, and “Extra” confirmed.

The two started dating at the beginning of 2009. No comment from their reps at this time.

[From Extra]

Eh. I’ve been wondering this whole time why Jennifer Love Hewitt would stay with a dude who calls her Pear-Ass on a semi-regular basis, but I have no idea if Love was the one to do the dumping. She’s usually the one to get dumped, isn’t she? I mean, that’s her deal, right? She starts dating someone strange, they get engaged after a few dates, they stay engaged forever and then the dude dumps her. That didn’t really happen (allegedly) here, because Jamie seemed to avoid engagement like the plague. Way to break the cycle, Jamie!

UPDATE: Oh, People Magazine is confirming this sh-t! From People: “After a year-long romance, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have broken up, a rep has confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE. No further details were available.” So, no word on who did the dumping, but I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about it in the days to come. My money is on the Pear-Ass being dumped, even though I think Love was really dating down with Jamie. Oh, well. Stay strong, Love! And don’t go back to John Mayer, please, for the love of God.

First, let me just say for the record: I am not calling Jennifer Love Hewitt “Pear Ass” because I’m a nasty person – Love has told the story (twice now) as to how Jamie Kennedy referred to her as a “pear ass” the first time he saw her naked, and how she and Jamie have “embraced the pear”. So, with that embracing of the Pear Ass in mind, I bring this lovely update – Jennifer Love Hewitt has lost some weight, and she looks amazing. I didn’t really see a problem with her (slightly heavier) Pear Ass before, I just thought it was funny that she was always trying to convince us that she was a size two when she clearly wasn’t.

So, anyway, this is Jennifer Love and the cast of The Ghost Whisperer celebrating their 100th episode on Monday night in LA. Love seems to be wearing one of those Herve Leger dresses that every startlet has in a million colors. This look is working for me on Love – I think she looks really pretty, and it’s obviously her night. One hundred episodes on a hit television show is nothing to sniff at. Good for her.

Oh, I mentioned this in the links yesterday, but it bears repeating: Love is writing a book! A book about relationships, described (by Barnes & Noble via Wonderwall) as: “Jennifer Love Hewitt is a self-proclaimed ‘love-aholic’ and hopeless romantic (her middle name is Love, after all!). She has been lucky and unlucky in love, and lived to tell — and she’s done it all in the spotlight… Hewitt offers her hard-won wisdom and tells us how to embrace love with both feet on the ground. First, we have to shoot Cupid. We have to believe that happily-ever-after is hard work—it’s not all flowers and symphonies and floating hearts.” This makes me like Love less. As Wonderwall says, who is going to buy this crap?

This is one of my favorite photos from the group – I love the cute face Jamie Kennedy is making to Love. It makes me like him a lot. Sidenote: Did Love get a boob reduction?

Jennifer Love Hewitt and the cast of ‘The Ghost Whisperer’ in LA on March 1, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Jennifer Love Hewitt accompanied her boyfriend, Jamie Kennedy, to a gig he had hosting a go-go dancing contest in Vegas. Unsurprisingly, Hewitt was none too pleased with the event, which had her man ogling scantily clad women working their stuff. The two were seen and photographed arguing, although Hewitt did stick around to see to it that Kennedy behaved himself:

Upset that Jamie… took a “demeaning” job hosting [a] Jan. 28 event [the TAO a Go Go party in Las Vegas], “Jennifer was seething the entire time,” a source tells Star. “She can’t stand the type of girls in these contests – they’re all in their underwear – but she had to be there to make sure they stayed away from her man!”

Another eyewitness says that Jennifer, 30, sulked the entire time Jamie, 39, hosted the event at the Venetian hotel and that she repeatedly complained she was unhappy and wanted to leave.

Jennifer and Jamie, who shot down breakup whispers last September when Internet rumors claimed Jamie was still sleeping with an ex-girlfriend, have been fighting constantly over their future, adds another insider. “She wants marriage and kids immediately, while he is really hesitant and wants to wait” – especially since Jennifer ended her engagement to Ross McCall only a year ago.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, February 15, 2010]

Who wouldn’t be annoyed with their partner judging a go-go dancing contest? There are plenty of women that are secure enough to be ok with it, but I know I wouldn’t want to be there. Hewitt deserves some credit for even sticking around. I wouldn’t make much of Hewitt getting pissy, but there’s something to the rumors that she’s pressing Kennedy for a commitment while he’s stalling. Last June, she said during a live radio interview with Kennedy that he needed to propose soon. “By this time next year, if we’re not planning something, then there’s a situation.” Later, Hewitt admitted that Kennedy called her “pear ass” as a term of endearment and that she was ok with it. I just get the impression that Hewitt isn’t playing it cool and is pressuring Kennedy. That type of dynamic rarely plays out well.

Oh and yesterday photos came out of a nude full frontal Kennedy (link NSFW) from a new straight-to-DVD comedy in which he plays a porn star. I wouldn’t say the guy is packing exactly, but he’s not lacking either. There’s some speculation that he’s using a stunt dick, but it’s hard to tell. Now I have a slightly different opinion of him, like he’s not the unfunny dork I thought he was. He’s the unfunny guy with a high enough estimation of himself to move on from Jennifer Love Hewitt if he feels stifled – maybe.

Last year, In Touch Weekly ran a little story about Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy. During Kennedy’s improv act, he brought Love on stage and had her talk. She told a funny/sad story about the first time Jamie saw her naked and made a reference to, in his words, her “pear-ass”. Embarrassing, yes? I mean, if a guy called me “pear-ass” he would be out the door and we would never hear about anything involving a pear or an ass ever, ever again. But Jennifer told the story and continues to keep Kennedy around, so whatever. But now she’s bringing up the pear-ass again!

Jennifer Love Hewitt — who was famously mocked for looking fuller-figured in a bikini in 2007 — says she almost dumped her boyfriend Jamie Kennedy when he called her “pear ass.”

“We had a rough patch in the beginning because the first time we went on vacation, I was going to be in a bikini, and I was very nervous,” she said Tuesday on the late-night TBS talk show Lopez Tonight.

“I heard him coming down the hall, so I got in the cute bikini position.

“And he goes, ‘Hey, my little pear ass.’ “I said, ‘I’m sorry, what did you say?’”

Hewitt, 30, then explained to Lopez that the remark wasn’t a compliment. “Have you ever seen a pear?” she asked. “It starts thin, it gets fat and it never gets thin again. It’s not cute. It’s not a cute fruit.”

She said they’ve since “worked it out” and now “we’ve embraced the pear.”

Kennedy “didn’t mean” the remark in a mean way, she added. Said Hewitt, “He thought it was a compliment, I think.”

[From Us Weekly]

“We’ve embraced the pear”? Oh, honey, no. Just no. By the way, isn’t it interesting that the story keeps changing? As if Jamie Kennedy has called her a “pear-ass” on multiple occasions. I said at the time of the original story that I would freak out and dump the guy, and I stand by that. But Jennifer is determined to fulfill her lifelong destiny of The Girl Who Always Gets Engaged But Never Married. New reports have Jennifer trying to talk Jamie into getting engaged. That poor bastard.

Jennifer and Jamie in LA on December 12, 2009. Credit: WENN. Also, at the ‘New Moon’ premiere on November 16, 2009. Credit: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.

It looks like yesterday’s report about Jamie Kennedy was false, according to Jamie himself. Fox News 411 ran with the continuing rumors that Jamie is cheating on girlfriend Jennifer Love Hewitt with his ex-girlfriend Shannon Funk. Jamie’s rep denied the initial rumors when Perez Hilton started them, but Fox News 411 had additional sources who claimed that Jennifer Jamie were pretty much done, and that he was about ten seconds away from dumping her pear ass. People obviously carried the new denial, which isn’t really that resounding. When People asked Jamie if he and Jennifer were happy, he replied “Yes.” Thundering silence. Crickets.

Is Jamie Kennedy about to pull the plug on his relationship with Jennifer Love Hewitt – and reconcile with his former flame, Shannon Funk?

While a new report suggests that Kennedy, 39 – who began dating Hewitt, 30, last winter – is no longer smitten with his Ghost Whisperer costar and is instead still hung up on Funk (a former assistant of Britney Spears), a rep for Kennedy told PEOPLE on Thursday: “There’s no truth to this report.”

And at the Oct. 3 Tao/Lavo Anniversary party in Las Vegas, Kennedy told PEOPLE, “People just keep going on [with the rumor-mongering]. We know what we are.”

So, is the couple happy? “Yes,” replied Kennedy.

In the past week alone, the couple – who denied engagement rumors in July – have been spotted together on several occasions.

On Tuesday, they had a romantic dinner in Los Angeles. A few days earlier, on Saturday, Kennedy performed at the Laugh Factory in Long Beach, Calif., and brought Hewitt up on stage. A Laugh Factory rep tells PEOPLE that Kennedy announced that “his eyes had stopped roaming and that he had no plans of ruining a good thing.”

[From People]

Whatever. I bet they are still together, but I also think Jamie is totally over Jennifer’s bullsh-t. Now, I know I’ve been saying that she seems to have traded down with Jamie, but that doesn’t mean that Jennifer’s not one massive, annoying handfull. This report from Star Magazine (which, yes, could be crap, but it totally sounds like Hewitt) makes it seem like Jamie has to put up with a lot of small, dumb little things from her:

Jennifer Love Hewitt thinks that boyfriend Jamie Kennedy has great taste: She made him take the first bite of each course of her dinner at Tao’s four-year anniversary bash on Oct. 3!

“The Chilean sea bass came out, and she made him test it to see if it was too salty,” an insider says. “Then she wanted him to check if the spicy tuna roles were too spicy!”

But when dessert came around, it was everyone for themselves. “She didn’t wait for him. She dove right in!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 24 2009]

Christ, I would shoot myself in the head if I had to go out with someone like that. It would be annoying if I was friends with someone like that. “Oh, it might be salty! Taste this!” Taste it yourself, moron. Or don’t order something you think might be salty or spicy if you can’t handle it. It’s not cute. By the way, it seems like all of these stories are revolving around Jamie and Jennifer’s appearance at Tao. Where People seems to be the only source running a story about how they’re fine, everyone else is running stories about how they’re annoying each other. I really don’t think this relationship has too much life in it.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is shown out on 10/15/09 and with Jamie on 9/21/09. Credit: WENN.com