We’ve heard conflicting stories as to whether Kat Von D and Jesse James are still on. US Weekly reported in their feel-good piece on Sandra Bullock’s vacation that Kat and Jesse were still dating, and that Kat was “just friends” with the other men she’s been spotted out with, like Bam Margera and her ex, Nikki Sixx. People Magazine also has a new piece about how Kat and Jesse were spotted out in LA over the weekend sharing an enchilada and looking very couple-y. Jesse recently shut down his West Coast Choppers customizing shop in Long Beach, CA, although TMZ reports that his other business there, Cisco Burger, is doing well and will continue to operate. Jesse of course moved to Austin, Texas, to concentrate on his business there and make sure that he haunts Sandra Bullock forever Sandra can see his kids.

TMZ has several stories that claim that tattoo artist Kat is back with Nikki Sixx and has deep sixed her relationship with Jesse. She supposedly demanded that scenes in which she trash talked Sixx be cut from her reality show, LA Ink, and that scenes where she’s shown going out with Jesse similarly be cut. That’s got to be expensive for producers to re-edit and reshoot to try and keep up with her love life.

More drama behind the scenes at “L.A. Ink” — where sources tell us Kat Von D went nuclear over the way her ex-boyfriend Jesse James was portrayed in an upcoming episode.

Multiple sources tell us the recent drama began in the last few days … after Kat viewed screeners of some upcoming episodes which spotlight her relationships with Jesse and her on-again BF Nikki Sixx.

We’re told Kat — who was dating Jesse when the show was being taped — has decided that she no longer wants any traces of him on the TLC show … and demanded that producers pull him from all future episodes.

Now, producers are desperately trying to rip Jesse from the show — but we’re told there’s so much content to remove … they’re worried they may to pack the show with extra commercials to fill out the time before the show airs Wednesday night.

---

Kat Von D just went nuclear on the producers of her reality show “L.A. Ink” — threatening a legal war over several scenes that feature Kat trash-talking her on-again boyfriend Nikki Sixx.

Sources close to the production tell us … Kat went ballistic on producers earlier this week when she viewed screeners for upcoming episodes of “Ink” which air on TLC starting Wednesday night … which contained several scenes featuring Kat going off about her then ex-boyfriend Nikki Sixx.

Here’s the problem — the footage was shot a while ago, while Kat was dating Jesse James … and back then, she still harbored some ill-feelings toward Nikki.

But now, Kat and Nikki are back together — and when Kat previewed the footage from the upcoming episodes, which contained the anti-Nikki smack talk, we’re told Kat “freaked out.”

We’re told Kat demanded producers re-edit the show ASAP — removing all negative Nikki references and killing a storyline involving a “Nikki vs. Jesse” theme … or else she would file legal papers in an attempt to stop the show dead in its tracks.

In the end — we’re told producers begrudgingly obliged and Kat’s comments will never see the light of day.

[From two stories on TMZ]

I’m getting the impression that if she keeps this up she won’t have a reality show for much longer. The market is crowded and there’s plenty of competition. Kat has a new book out, The Tattoo Chronicles, and is about to go on a two month book tour. She’s been tweeting a lot back and forth with Nikki Sixx, which makes it look like she’s at least still “friends” with the guy. It’s likely that Kat and Jesse are off-again and that someone in Sandra’s camp wants to make it seem like they’re still together. Or maybe Kat is willing to sleep with Jesse occasionally in exchange for the publicity.

Kat and Jesse are shown out together on 9/3 and 9/4/10. Credit: Fame She’s also shown at the Jackass 3D premiere on 10/13/10. Credit: WENN.com