Let’s stop debating Jessica Simpson’s alleged pregnancy. There’s nothing alleged about it. Chica is super-preggo. She might even be further along than Beyonce! These are the latest photos of Jessica, from yesterday in NYC, where she went shopping in a clingy, stretchy top and didn’t care who saw her. Why so obvious? I mean, I think it’s great that she’s not all bump-whorey like Bey, obviously. But I think there’s something else at play. What could it be…?
Oh, right. Her ex-boyfriend and his new wife are expecting their first baby:
A top football star is about to have a little quarterback or cheerleader to add to the team. Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, announced that he and his wife, Candice Crawford, are having a baby!
The handsome NFL star revealed the good news on Tuesday at the Cedar Hill High School in Texas, telling the students: “I actually have one on the way. My wife is pregnant.”
He and Candice tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in May and have been pretty low key since their nuptials.
Romo famously dated Jessica Simpson, who seems to be showing off an ever growing baby bump of her own, although she has yet to announce the good news.
Did Jessica know? Is this all some kind of conspiracy for our vapid heroine, Farty McObvious? After all, she got engaged to Eric just days after Nick Lachey and Vanessa announced their engagement – and incidentally, Tony Romo and Candace got engaged just shortly after that too. So, did Jessica figure that she was always going to lose the wedding war, so she might as well get a head start on the baby war? You think I’m joking. I can feel you sitting there with your itchy fingers, just dying to tell me off. But remind yourself: this is Farty McObvious we’re talking about. I like her, I’m Team Farty and everything, but she totally thinks this way.
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Jessica Simpson Tofurky-flavored WAIL. Yet another one of Jessica’s exes has gotten engaged! Hahahahaha. This time the ex is Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboy who dumped Jessica on her birthday last year, after dating for less than two years. Joe Simpson had tried to pressure Tony into marrying Jessica… which is one of the big (alleged) reasons Tony ended up dumping Jessica. Plus, you know, she was a trainwreck in that relationship, as she is most of the time. Anyway, Tony got engaged to basically the only girl he seriously dated after Jessica, Chace Crawford’s little sister Candice. Candice works as a television reporter in Texas. She’s also very blonde and pretty, and there are some similarities, looks-wise, between Candice and Jessica. WAIL.
Jessica Simpson’s ex Tony Romo got engaged to girlfriend Candice Crawford on Thursday night.
The quarterback, 30, proposed to Crawford at Five Sixty in Dallas, according to KDAF TV, for whom Crawford works as a reporter.
The two were celebrating Crawford’s 24th birthday when she said yes. The couple have been going out officially since September 2009, though they were seen together a few months before that.
Crawford is also a former beauty queen, having won the Miss Missouri USA crown in 2008 and competed in the Miss USA pageant. She is also the sister of ‘Gossip Girl’ star Chase Crawford.
Romo was previously linked to singer Carrie Underwood as well as Jessica Simpson for two years. Simpson famously told PEOPLE Romo had broken up with her on July 9, 2009, the night before her 29th birthday.
Since this is only interesting within the context of gossiping about Jessica Simpson, let’s talk about that. Jessica has had a couple of awkward run-ins with Tony and Candice before, and she behaved slightly better than she did when she ran into Nick Lachey. Does Jessica view Tony as the one who got away? It was pretty clear that she wanted to marry Tony, in my opinion. So why didn’t he want to get married… to her? He obviously did want a deeper commitment… just not to Jessica. I wonder if she just pulled the bag of Doritos under the covers this morning.
Oh, and I will laugh and laugh if John Mayer announces his engagement next. That would be AMAZING.
Back during the awards season, there were a couple of rumors floating around about Jessica Simpson and Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. They ran into each other at a couple of parties, and some even claimed that he got Jess’s digits, although he later denied that specifically. Nothing really seemed to come out of it, other than a few people at the National Enquirer wondering aloud if Jeremy was/is gay. I’m not sure how “denying getting Jessica’s digits” = gay, but whatever. Anyway, Us Weekly is trying to start the Renner-Simpson rumor anew! They report (via Jezebel) this week that “Jessica Simpson and Jeremy Renner were seen entering the St. Regis hotel in D.C. at 2:35 am, ‘30 seconds apart.’ Jessica greeted and took pictures with fans while Jeremy waited just out of sight. Then they took an elevator upstairs.” Eh. NOW I think he’s gay.
In any case, that possible hookup with Jeremy didn’t stop Jessica from having an extremely awkward run-in with her ex, Tony Romo and his new girlfriend while all three of them were in Washington. Us Weekly reports that the three Texans chatted “for about five minutes” at a party at the French Embassy. Jessica sounds like she handled herself well, considering:
Awkward! Jessica Simpson encountered her ex Tony Romo — and his current girlfriend, Candice Crawford — at Saturday’s Bloomberg/Vanity Fair afterparty for the White House Association dinner.
During the fete, held at the French Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., Simpson, Romo and Crawford chatted for about five minutes on the balcony.
A witness tells UsMagazine.com that the trio’s chat was “tense.”
Adds another observer: “You could tell they were uncomfortable.”
“It wasn’t awkward,” another source counters. “Candice didn’t say much. Jessica and Tony are still friends and talk. It was the first time Jessica met Candice.”
After over a year-and-a-half of dating, Dallas Cowboys player Romo, 30, dumped Simpson last July on the eve of her 29th birthday. He and Simpson-lookalike Crawford — Chace Crawford’s 23-year-old little sis — began dating last fall.
But Simpson may have a new love in her life. Earlier in the evening, the Price of Beauty star told Us, “I have some [romantic] situations that I am feeling out.”
Indeed: the new Us Weekly reports of Simpson’s on-the-downlow romance with The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner. Find out about their top-secret tryst in D.C. in the new issue, on newsstands today!
Well, if it’s the first time she’s met Candice, I could see how it could be awkward. I mean, that’s never comfortable, and Tony did dump Jessica on her birthday and then took up with Candice two seconds later. Hopefully, Jess turned to Candice at one point and told her, “He’ll screw around on you too, just watch.” Oh, and Candice doesn’t really look like Jessica either. Sure, they’re both toothy blondes, but Candice doesn’t seem as over-the-top, you know? Jessica has got the big hair, the big boobs, the low-cut tops. Candice seems a bit classier.
Here’s Candice, Tony and Candice’s brother Chace. Also, an old-school photo of Jessica and Tony:
Last night after the Oscars and local news Jimmy Kimmel aired a funny skit called The Handsome Men’s Club featuring cameos by such attractive souls as Sting, Patrick Dempsey, a shirtless Gilles Marini (from Sex and The City), Rob Lowe, John Kraskinski, Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Taye Diggs, Tony Romo, Keith Urban, Lenny Kravitz, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The bit went on way too long and was just an excuse to add cameos by countless celebrities. Every time you turned around it seemed a new celebrity was shown sitting around the ever-expanding table. The premise was that Kimmel was the head of the self-obsessed Handsome Men’s Club and was being voted out by the members for not being handsome enough. Matthew McConaughey challenged Kimmel’s presidency and then Rob Lowe pointed out that Kimmel was wearing Spanx. Kimmel countered that he looked just like Taye Diggs, to which Taye and the members objected.
The whole thing was ridiculous and was capped off in true Kimmel style with his buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Affleck voted against Kimmel, shamefaced, and then Damon entered at the end and laughed maniacally, telling us we were out of time (a long running Kimmel gag). Next we saw Kimmel in bed spooning with his lover Affleck, realizing the whole thing was a bad dream. Affleck reassured Kimmel that he was attractive and was his “big daddy handsome,” at which point Ben’s wife, Jennifer Garner, popped out of bed and said “Ben, that’s enough, it’s getting weird.”
I didn’t think Kimmel could top his “f’ing Ben Affleck” response to then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman’s viral video, “I’m f’ing Matt Damon.” He did, though, sort of. It was more by sheer star power rather than hilarity, although I was pretty amused, particularly by Damon. He always manages to crack me up.
Jessica Simpson has had a surprising week. We found out that she’s been quietly dating Billy Corgan for an unknown amount of time, and that her friends are really tired of each new boyfriend being “the one”. A day later, we learned that Jessica’s dad at been tweeting about Billy, writing “My friend, Billy Corgan, has a pure and enlightening outlook on faith.” So… yeah, my guess is that daddy set her up with his friend Billy. Much like a pimp would. Shiver. In any case, Jessica and Billy are “taking it slow”.
Perhaps one of the reasons Jessica isn’t eager to jump into a hardcore relationship with Billy is because she still has feeling for or about her ex Tony Romo. In Touch is reporting that Jessica recently found out that Romo’s new girlfriend, 33-year-old Candice Crawford, was seen wearing a ring:
Jessica Simpson “nearly fainted” when she found out Candice was wearing a diamond band, given to Candice by Romo. Although Jessica has “moved on with her life,” a pal says that she’s been following every detail about Candice and Tony’s romance. And Jessica fears the worst about Candice’s new bling.
“She doesn’t know what it means. Is it some sort of commitment ring that Tony gave to Candice? Jessica is bracing herself for the day that they get engaged. Jessica’s only hope is that she’ll have a boyfriend – or better yet, a husband – by then. But it really hurts, because she believed that she was the one who would be marrying Tony. It has to be breaking her heart.”
Gossip around Dallas is that “Candice really like Tony, but she has been very quiet about their relationship from the beginning. I’m sure he likes that, especially after how public things were between him and Jessica… Candice has kept her coworkers guessing about the ring too!”
[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, December 21, 2009]
Meh. Isn’t it pretty standard after a difficult breakup to spend some time obsessing over the new girlfriend? I’ve done my fair share of that. What does she have that I don’t? Does he love her? Does he love her more than he loved me? Et cetera. I mean, I get that the tabloids love to portray Jessica as a sad sack (which she very well may be), but I don’t really think there’s anything too scandalous about this. Plus, she’s got Billy now! Ugh.
Jessica Simpson, with Billy Corgan in the background on December 4, 2009. Also, Jessica with Tony Romo on April 11, 2009. Credit: INF
Sometimes I hate boys. Not men, mind you, boys. Boys that are all grown up with big-boy suits and big jobs at an advertising agency. Boys that think it’s hilarious to green light a cartoon ad mocking Jessica Simpson as fat. F-cking jock pr-cks. On Sunday’s Fox NFL Sunday, a cartoon sponsored by Burger King aired. According to Us Weekly, “In the clip, an animated version of Dallas Cowboys starter Marion Barber remarked, ‘Man, I still can’t believe Tony [Romo] dated Jessica Simpson, even AFTER she blew up bigger than Flozell Adams!’ Tight end Jason Witten says, ‘Unlike Tony, at least Jessica comes up big when it counts!’ Even Cowboys coach Wade Phillips chimed in: “Say Tony, is Jessica around? We could use a defensive tackle!’” Ugh. F-cking disgusting. God, I loathe this sort of jock-y, nasty humor where it just seems like men are bigger, snottier, bitchier, and nastier then the biggest Queen Bee high school girl.
Anyway, would you like some nicer Jessica Simpson news? She’s given a couple of interviews recently, and she’s seems to be in a good place considering her horrible year. Jessica spoke to People Magazine about getting back into the dating pool following her breakup with Tony Romo, and what she’s learning on her international adventure filming The Price of Beauty:
While the now-single Jessica Simpson may have had her fair share of heartache, don’t count her out when it comes to searching for Mr. Right on the Internet.
“I have to say I’ve never tried finding love online,” Simpson – who in July split with longtime boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo – told PEOPLE Tuesday at the QVC Presents FFANY Shoes on Sale event in New York City, to benefit breast cancer research and education.
Whether it’s building a relationship by emailing, chatting online or utilizing dating networks, the singer, 29, says she has no problems with finding romance and long-term friendships with the click of a computer mouse.
“I mean, anybody who can find love online, so be it,” says Simpson. As for getting her own feet wet in the online dating pool, she says, “Maybe. Who knows?”
Until such time, Simpson says she has learned the true meaning of beauty and love inspired by the women of Morocco, whom she recently met while filming her upcoming docu-series, The Price of Beauty, in the African country.
“Morocco is extremely empowering, and the women there are incredible,” Simpson says. “There was nothing repressed about the women … they carry themselves completely confidant, sexy, all-knowing, while completely covered. It’s all about what’s inside of them, and they really studied themselves. To me that is what beauty is.”
She adds, “It’s not anything about what anybody else says about you that can define what is beautiful. It’s what you define as beautiful. And that to me is pure love and beauty.”
She should try online dating – she might meet someone really nice. I’ve been thinking for a little while that she might make a pretty good political wife. Like, a congressman’s wife, or the wife of a mayor in Texas or something. But maybe she’ll find someone decent and out of the public eye, like a doctor, or an engineer or something. Fingers crossed.
Jessica told Us Weekly that she thinks Daisy, her Malti-poo that was killed by coyotes, would want her to move on. Jessica said: “Daisy meant the world to me… I hold her memory very, very close. It was an unfortunate thing what happened. That I don’t have her every day… It’s a very hard thing to talk about. I haven’t really thought about another dog yet, but maybe sometime… she would want that.” Aw. Poor Jessica. But she sounds okay, doesn’t she? Like she’s going to get through this.
UPDATE: Early Wednesday evening, a Fox spokesperson released a statement and a general apology to “anyone who might have been offended”. That would be me, I guess. The spokesperson said: “Burger King Corp. did not have any editorial input in the creation of the animation that ran last Sunday, and no one from Burger King Corp. approved it before it aired. Upon reflection, our poor attempt at humor was insensitive and we deeply apologize to anyone who might have been offended.” A spokesperson for BK adds: “Burger King Corp. has a long-standing relationship with FOX Sports, as well as an extensive media partnership with the network. The specific content for this sketch involving Jessica Simpson was not developed or aired by BKC or any of its agencies.” So… I guess no one is going to issue a specific apology to Jessica. Whatever. Jock pr-cks.
Here’s Jessica at QVC Presents FFANY Shoes On Sale event in NYC last night. Images thanks to WENN.com .
So, was there anything that could reunite Tony and Jessica, however temporarily? It seems so – the Enquirer is reporting that Tony called Jessica after Daisy was taken by coyotes. Tony actually seems sweet in this story – he was even close to tears!
After Tony Romo learned that Jessica’s malti-poo Daisy had been dragged off by a coyote in Los Angeles, he immediately called Jessica to offer his support.
“Tony loved that dog, and he knows better than anyone the pain Jessica is feeling right now. He actually broke down and almost cried with her,” an insider told the Enquirer. “Tony told Jessica, ‘Call me anytime – no matter what you need.’”
Tony dumped Jessica on July 9, ending their nearly 2-year romance. After the split, Jessica turned to Daisy for comfort.
“Jessica says Daisy is her best friend,” said the insider. “After she and Tony fizzled, Jessica relied on Daisy to help keep her spirits up.”
While Jessica was touched by Tony’s kindness, the insider says it doesn’t appear the two will be reuniting anytime soon.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, October 12 2009]
Well, at least they’re not going to revisit their relationship. That’s good. It shows Jessica might be growing up a little bit. In Touch Weekly also has a small story denying all of those rumors that Jessica is drowning her sorrows in the bottle. ITW’s source says, “Of course she is sad about Daisy, but she’s not spiraling out of control… It’s so blown out of proportion. She’s not drinking excessively… she lost a member of her family but she’s moving on and working hard.” Yeah, I’ll buy that. Jessica doesn’t seem like a lush – she seems like the kind of girl who would get all giggly and happy after one beer, then be ready to go to bed. I’ll also buy that Jessica is doing fine after Daisy’s death – obviously, she’s devastated, but she’s not suicidal or anything.
Well, no one ever claimed that Tony Romo did not have a type. He likes them with “the bigger the hair, the closer to God” blonde hair, he likes them busty, he likes them with a lacquered-on, beauty-queen smile and he likes them with some kind of Southern twang. Oh, did I mention? Tony Romo has a new girlfriend. Second verse, same as the first!
Her name is Candice Crawford. She’s Chace “Man Bangs” Crawford’s little sister. Candice was also the 2008 Miss Missouri. Apparently, Candice and Tony have been friends for a while, even hanging out together while Tony and Jessica Simpson were dating. For all we know, Candice may even be one of Jessica Simpson’s “friends” who admitted to hooking up with Tony.
Tony Romo has another hot new blonde.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 29, is dating Chace Crawford’s little sister, Candice, a 22-year-old beauty queen who looks strikingly similar to Romo’s ex Jessica Simpson, a source close to Romo confirms to Usmagazine.com.
“She’s not happy that it’s out [in the media], but they weren’t trying to hide,” a source close to Candice tells Us the day after CelebTV.com first reported the coupling. “They’ve gone out to dinner in Dallas a bunch.”
Candice, who was Miss Missouri 2008, isn’t the first younger, skinnier version of Simpson that Romo has hooked up with.
Months before he dumped Simpson on the eve of her 29th birthday in July, Us Weekly reported he was sending flirty texts to 22-year-old Natalie Smith, the daughter of the associate athletic director at Romo’s alma mater, Eastern Illinois University.
He even brought Smith to one of Simpson’s concerts.
“They’re not officially dating, but they are having an intimate relationship,” a source told Us at the time.
Candice has a website too! Candice tells us: “I am currently completing my senior year at the University of Missouri in Columbia. I have a broadcast journalism major and a minor in business. My goal is to establish a career as a reputatable journalist upon graduation in May.” Emphasis mine – I’m leaving the spelling error there, just to show all of the other aspiring professionals out there how easily it is lose “reputatability”. I’m not trying to put myself out there as the most professional person or anything – my filthy dog is leaning on my sweatpant-clad legs as I type, but you know what? At least I’m wearing a bra. That’s my stab at professionalism, because I’m not a great speller either, or a beauty queen who created my own glossy website to promote my “reputatable journalist” career. Spell-check, please, at least for the important stuff.
Candice Crawford is shown on 4/3/08, 4/5/08, 4/10/08, and with her brother, Chace, on 9/18/07. Tony Romo is shown on 3/3/08. Credit: WENN.com
Poor Jessica Simpson. We haven’t thrown a pity party for her in a while, but I just found a good enough reason for one. The National Enquirer is reporting (in Mike Walker’s gossip column) that no fewer than three of Jessica’s friends have admitted that Tony Romo hit on them and kissed them… while Tony and Jessica were still together. Oh… poor Jess. Apparently, it was like Tony’s “thing” to hit on all of Jess’s friends at parties – but it doesn’t sound any of them slept with Tony. Maybe they just kissed and drunkenly groped each other? Ew. That could not have been pleasant.
Girlfriends trying to “comfort” JESSICA SIMPSON post-breakup helpfully divulged that dog TONY ROMO hit on not one…not two…but THREE of them while he and Jess were still together!
One friend told her: “We were at a party when you were out of town and I ran into Tony. We were friendly, just talking. But the more he drank, the more friendly he got. Finally, he said, ‘You know, you and I should get together – Jessica doesn’t need to find out!’”
Others said Tony would get “all grabby and kissy-face,” but they’d push him away.
The girls never told Jessica, knowing she’d “kill the messenger…or confront Tony, who’d swear the girls were hitting on him, and a stupid war would start,” said the friend.
“This is tearing Jessica apart. Every guy she’s been with lately, like JOHN MAYER and Tony, have had womanizing issues. She’s picking ‘em worse, not better.”
I was totally in love with a guy like this once. I mean, this guy was like my soul mate (in my mind) but he had a thing about flirting with my friends, and he even crossed the line with one of my roommates. It totally sucked – it destroyed both the friendship and the quasi-relationship I had with the guy. It’s devastating enough when a guy cheats on you – but when it’s with one of your friends, the anger and betrayal is intense. I tend to think Jessica already has horrible friends (just because good girlfriends would have told her to act differently a long time ago), but this should be Jess’s dealbreaker for friendship. Yes, Tony was a douche for cheating and trying to cheat… but good girlfriends don’t keep quiet about that stuff, and they definitely don’t kiss your boyfriend. They all need to go too.
Jessica and Tony are shown on 4/11/09. Credit: PRJ/Fame Pictures
Earlier this week, we covered the report from Star Magazine about a possible Jessica Simpson tell-all autobiography. Allegedly, Jessica could be dishing the dirt on all of her boyfriends and hook-ups. At the time, we heard a little about what Jessica could possibly say about Tony Romo, John Mayer and her brief hook-ups with Jude Law and Dane Cook. I wondered if Johnny Knoxville and Adam Levine were included in this little tabloid story, and they are!
The new issue of Star has information on Knoxville, Levine and… wait for it… Bam Margera. On Johnny Knoxville: “She and Johnny hung out together a lot during the movie. Johnny was the strangest guy…. He believed in space aliens and talked to his muscles, encouraging them to grow. He also liked to be spanked and give spankings!” Dude… I’m so sorry I asked. On Bam Margera: “They drank a lot together, and Jessica will recount a number of wild times.” Christ. Does Jessica even remember enough of her “relationship” with Bam to write about it? On Adam Levine (lead singer of Maroon 5): “[He was] incredibly sweet…They used to stay together at the Chateau Marmont together, drinking and laughing. But Adam couldn’t handle the attention that came with dating Jessica.” Haha, Adam Levine couldn’t “handle” Jessica. That’s hilarious. As for Tony Romo? Well, it seems Star has a hot tip about Romo and a full-length mirror:
“Tony liked Jessica to dress up as a cheerleader but with garter belts and stockings and high heels,” says the source. “He also liked bringing food into lovemaking, like in the movie 9 ½ Weeks. He would feed her grapes and strawberries in bed.”
“[Tony] always wanted her to tell him how manly he was,” said a source.
But both Tony and Jessica liked to party hard – and for Jessica, all that drinking packed on the pounds. So insiders say she’ll dish about how self-conscious the excess weight made her feel.
“Tony is extremely vain,” says another source. “I’m sure Jess will spill about how he’d sometimes stand in front of the mirror, analyzing his naked body. Eventually, Jess became extremely sensitive about her own ballooning figure. She thinks that was the beginning of the end.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 24 2009]
Again with the neverending debate about exactly how and why Tony Romo dumped poor Jessica. I’ve never been a fan of explaining their split on Jessica’s yo-yo weight, probably because I didn’t really think she gained that much. She put on an extra 10 or 15 pounds for a few months, and then lost it. It wasn’t the end of the world, and she was by no means “fat”.
Now Fox News Pop Tarts has another explanation – Jessica Simpson is a big lush, and Tony couldn’t handle her “out of control” drinking and behavior. Also: when Jessica got hammered, she “embarrassed” Tony in front of his friends:
Romantic relations between Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo appear to be absolutely done and dusted, but according to insiders, the surprise break-up was largely a result of peer pressure from Romo’s pals and Jess’s love of adult beverages.
“Jessica would get really drunk and obnoxious, it was out of control. She would be sprawled everywhere with he head on his lap and the look on Tony’s face said it all,” an insider told Tarts. “He was so embarrassed in front of all the guys and his teammates were really harsh on him over it. Breaking up was a really hard decision for Tony to make.”
We’re also told that the Dallas Cowboy really did love the pop princess and “fought for her” with his skeptical friends, but in the end, it got to a point where it just didn’t make sense for him to stay in the relationship.
But in Simpson’s defense, a friend from her camp told Tarts that she doesn’t drink too much, and that there were numerous issues going on between them before Romo said his goodbyes.
“She was devastated and it did come as a shock, however,” added the source.
While I’ll buy that Jessica gets “loud and obnoxious” when drunk, I don’t really think Jessica has a problem. Of course, she looked utterly wasted at Ken Paves’ party last week, but I kind of think that was an isolated incident. I wouldn’t mind getting drunk with Jessica, actually. I bet she’s a pretty fun drunk. You know alcohol would make her say even dumber, crazier things.
Jessica Simpson is shown outside Katsuya with Ken Paves and her sister, Ashlee on 8/1/09. Credit: Fame Pictures and WENN.com
