Wasn’t it just yesterday we were talking about how sad it was that Jessica Simpsons ex husband and first time lover Nick Lachey was engaged to Vanessa DeMinnillo? Scrolling back, no, it wasn’t yesterday, but it was only last week. Well, to prove to him and the world that she’s not a pathetic divorcee waiting to find love again, Jessica Simpson went out and got engaged. That oughtta show that Nick Lachey! At least she waited a whole five minutes after the announcement of Nick’s engagement to do so. Anything sooner would have been just…well…mortifying. Sure, six months is a little speedy for Jessica Simpson to have gotten engaged to her retired football star, Eric Johnson. But by 30, you really know what kind of man you want: anyone. But since nothing can ever go smoothly for Jessica, much less a marriage proposal, the Jessica blabs at Us Weekly are raising their eyebrows over Eric’s true intentions. Our friend “Close Source” has the goods on this one.

“Eric doesn’t have a job, he just follows her around. Her friends do not trust him.”

It’s rumoured that Jessica’s hairdresser and best friend forever Ken Paves cut the forever short when she started dating Eric because he didn’t approve. “Ken is sick of her cycle of dumping friends when she’s with a guy,” Close Source told Us. Ken later insisted they’re still buds, but we’ll see where he winds up in the wedding hierarchy: bridal party or hair and makeup. Meanwhile, Jessica’s dad Joe has tweeted his congratulations to Jessica. “So very happy for Jess and Eric,” he wrote. “May they have a lifetime of joy and happiness.” A lifetime is a very admirable goal. I’m going a little more realistic with, “May you actually make it to the altar and then stay married for a bit afterwards.”

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Well, we have certainly seen Jessica Simpson in a lot of moods since her divorce from Nick Lachey, which was followed by about twelve breakups with Player Mayer, a heartbreak from heartthrob Tony Romo, and the list goes on. So, for some, it may be difficult to guess what exactly is causing the sad look on Jessica’s face this time. Here she is proving just how healthy her relationship with former husband Nick Lachey really is, as she was spotted here in the car after leaving Red O restaurant from a night of dining…with ex husband Nick Lachey and his new fiancée Vanessa Minnilo. While those of us in reality land have seen this coming for some time, for Jessica, it was quite the nail on the marriage coffin and her face says it all. And if you can’t guess what she is thinking, her “people” and our friend “Close Source” have all the juice. The official word is that Jessica is “deeply saddened” by ex-husband Nick Lachey’s engagement. The blonde beauty is said to be upset her former spouse – who she married in October 2002 – has proposed to current partner Vanessa Minnillo, who he started dating just months after his divorce from the ‘Dukes of Hazard’ star was finalized in 2006. A source close to Jessica – who famously vowed to stay a virgin until she got married – said:

“Even though Jessica wants to be happy for Nick, this is a very difficult time for her. Nick was the love of her life then and he was her first, so she will always have a very special place in her heart for him. She’s deeply saddened.”

According to friends of Nick – who briefly separated from Vanessa last summer before the pair reconciled – the singer had not planned to marry again after being hurt so badly from his union with Jessica, but finally feels secure in his relationship with the actress. One insider told gossip website PopEater: “Nick knows what it’s like to lose someone that you love and wasn’t going to let it happen again.

“He never thought he would ever get married again after Jessica broke his heart. He never thought he would ever allow himself to be vulnerable again, but after dating for a long time he trusts Vanessa and knows she’s the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with.”

We aren’t too sure how reputable this Close Source is, given this would be the first time we’ve ever heard Nick claiming a broken heart at the hands of Simpson, but hey, he has feelings too. For Vanessa apparently. We wish them nothing but the best, and a little hug for Jessica as she moves on. That’s right sweetie, not many people on this planet actually stay with “the first” so move on sweetheart, live life like the rest of us for a while.

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Here is the formerly happy couple seen in one of their last outings together while dining in New York and leaving the trendy Da Silvano restaurant in downtown Manhattan. Ah yes, for a while there this was a match made in heaven, and then, predictably, something went oh so horribly wrong. And though we haven’t heard too much…until now…about what happened between this seemingly star crossed couple, some word is leaking out that sheds some light on the blowup that was to be their last. And it was a doozy.

For those of you interested in what finally pushed Tony over the edge, you may be intrigued to find out that the last minutes of their coupled bliss occurred in the parking lot of an International House of Pancakes. That’s right. Now Jessica can write a song about how she got dumped at an IHOP. It’s every country western star’s dream, really. So no, it wasn’t a total vat of pig’s blood tipped over her head moment when Tony Romo dumped Jessica Simpson the night before her birthday. There had been signs of trouble in paradise for weeks. Before Tony sent Jessica floundering into a dark Hope Floats-fuelled mope, Tony abandoned her in the parking lot of an International House of Pancakes. This cruel and unusual family restaurant visit was spurred by a three hour fight the couple had while driving across Texas.

Jessica was left to cry her smokey eyes out for two hours until someone came to get her. It’s suspicious that it would take Jessica that long to get help, considering she is the Queen of Texas. Maybe that was just a nice way of saying “ate complimentary pancakes for two hours.” But there is more to this story, as Player Mayer rises again in the gossip columns, this time without Jennifer Aniston. It sounds like Tony Romo was turned off marrying Jessica because she kept in touch with her ex-boyfriend, John Mayer.

Of course John is too busy checking himself out in the tabloids at the grocery store to comment, but it sounds like being dumped 12 times by him wasn’t enough for Jessica as she is now considering hooking up with John. But this time, things are going to be different. A source says she is refusing to be treated like “a sex object” because “she wants a real boyfriend who will commit.” Although Jessica could probably be bargained down to a free John Mayer T-shirt and thanks in his next liner notes under the pseudonym “that special girl–you know who you all are!” And yes, I think we’ve officially had enough of this story, as you know you can only kick a dead horse for so long before your foot gets really annoyed.

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Ah yes, we have seen this one coming for some time, and yet still we remain shocked over the whole thing. Why should we be shocked that yet another man got tired of Jessica Simpson? Who knows. She has been on much more than a downhill spiral since her split with former hubby Nick Lachey, and we have seen her Daisy Duke appearance crumble before our eyes. Her style icon status has whittled down to a screeching halt, while her waistline seems to be moving in the opposite direction. And the hair? Let’s not even get started. But here she is seen in a god awful mini dress that is too small for her, and a handbag that is not big enough to hide her flaws. This shot was taken after a lovely night out with her now former boyfriend Tony Romo. And what is the story behind the former BF debacle? Sounds like he just had enough, as he is the one that did the walking in this situation. And on the night before her 29th birthday no less. Cold? Well, he had to have had a reason one must assume. And as always, the celebrity icon hereafter referred to as Close Source told People magazine:

She is heartbroken. She loves Tony. But it’s been difficult lately. He’s busy with his career and she’s getting ready to shoot her show (The Price of Beauty). They decided to part ways.

The Dallas Cowboys quarterback fueled breakup rumors when he showed up with about 14 friends at the Hollywood hotspot MyHouse last Friday night without the birthday girl. During the night several pretty thangs much smaller than Ms Simpson were stopping by his dance floor table. He had some fun with his boys all the while sipping some Grey Goose and, more than likely, contemplating his breakup speech. Could this have anything to do with her sudden impromptu switches to her birthday theme? Seems that Jessica had planned to throw a Barbie and Ken-themed party for her birthday, but it fell through, according to a message she wrote on her Twitter page Saturday.

“Barbie party didn’t happen, but I turned 29 and feel like I am on top of the world yelling I LOVE GETTING OLDER!” she tweeted.

Yeah. Right. Because we all know exactly why she would plan a Barbie and Ken party, and one can’t have that when Ken has dropped the axe, can we? When did she think she was Barbie, anyway? At any rate, though the split is public knowledge, the reps as per usual are keeping mum. But Tony is not being so subtle, as while she was crying if she wanted to at her own b-day bash, Tony was speaking to the press. That same Saturday, he spoke to a group of well-heeled sports memorabilia collectors at the Los Angeles Sports Museum of Los Angeles. He “blushed” when a woman asked about his relationship with Jessica Simpson, according to the L.A. Daily News. Although Simpson’s heart might be broken, she seems to remain hopeful about love. The next Sunday, she kept her Tweeter addiction alive by saying, “Everyone needs to know that hope floats … grab the strings and pull it back to you.” Three hours later, she wrote, “Falling asleep with my mom and the dogs. Please lord give all of my beautiful fans, friends, enemies, and family rest. Bring all of us peace.” Question . Who does Jessica think actually cares that she is sleeping with her dogs?

For those of you that care what is going on in the life of Jessica Simpson, there is not much new to report. As you can see here, she hasn’t fussed too much about her weight issues, which is fine, but when you HAVE weight issues, one of the first rules of thumbs in fashion is to stay away from the Daisy Duke style ensembles. Yes, Jessica definitely had her days of glory when donning a pair of Daisy Dukes would leave men all over the world panting, but in these days, one can only wonder the reaction that her and her Daisy Dukes inspire today. This time, men more than likely aren’t exactly panting after her, but perhaps wincing at the sight of Jessica hitting the stage in her Daisy Duke wear.

The really sad thing is that she thought she looked good, while performing for fans at Sea World she was seen strutting the stage and working the crowd. And while there are many opportunities for slams on her looking like this….and performing at Sea World…we will just leave those to your imagination today. And it seems that it is not just all of America that is a little tired of her, but also her own friends.

We have heard some rumors that Jessica is so man-desperate that she decided to hook up with her long time hairdresser Ken Paves. Seemed he was the only man that would look at her twice, and this may only be because she was paying him to do just that, look at her long enough to style her hair. And so she took this relationship a little further in order to keep her hair looking beautiful for the odd cover shoot. But it sounds like a little rift has cropped up between the two, and that there may have even been some cheating on Jessica’s part, and not so well timed when it comes to Vanity Fair. She’s recently appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, but the word is that *gasp* Ken was not the man that styled her hair for this shoot.

One can’t help but wonder at this point, what happened to Jessica’s hair-extension business partner so we could all stop wondering (it was just me, wasn’t it?). For Jessica’s photo shoot with Mario Testino, he brought his own team, and so Jessica was styled by one-named-wonder Oribe, a Miami-based hair guy who’s worked on every magazine with every model, including AlphaModel Cindy Crawford. While a magazine that pretends to follow high society has no problem putting Proactiv spokesmodel Jessica Simpson on their cover, Vanity Fair thinks they’re too good for Ken, whose client roster includes Eva Longoria and Jennifer Lopez. Jessica was supposed to be in Vanity Fair in 2006, but they wouldn’t let her use Ken for her hair, so she passed. But it sounds like it wasn’t Jessica’s decision to “cheat” on her hair stylist.

Vanity Fair says that most fashion photographers use their own people–and they certainly don’t use Ken Paves, who is considered ‘tacky and amateurish for high-fashion shoots’ some absolute beam of sunshine told the New York Post at the time. I think the term “Texas pageant hair” was even used which should be of no surprise considering we ARE dealing with Jessica Simpson who has sadly turned into a Texas pageant herself with very little class to back it up. What is to become of Ken Paves and his relationship with Jessica Simpson? And will her hair suffer in the process? Who knows…or cares.

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Ah yes, Jessica Simpson has had a rough week, in case you haven’t heard. And just in case you hadn’t heard, she made it well known to everyone that she’s just having a rough week. Yes, what we know is that she has spent more than a whole week battling the fashion bully after she appeared in public in high (but not thin) waisted pants. And she retaliated to those fashion bullies by showing off in a tiny pair of Daisy Duke style shorts onstage in Michigan Thursday night. YIKES! I hope nobody had eaten beforehand. And it was here where Jessica felt the need to woe is me and explain to all of Michigan that she’s had a rough week, so, we’re just passing on the word to those that AREN’T in Michigan. But she says, you have to confront what you go through, and by THAT she is referring to her public meltdown the other night when she performed as the opening act for Rascal Flats. During THIS meltdown, she stopped singing during one of her songs and asked to start it over. Quite a few times. She was also seen sipping a mug frequently during a 40 minute set, forgot her words a few times, and left the stage thanking the band for ‘having her back’. But she says she was just nervous because her voice was feeling weak, and that she just had an off night. Her reps chalk it up to her being a ‘perfectionist’, but didn’t mention what Jessica may have been sipping onstage in front of her fans. And if it’s just the weight gain she is melting down about, she really needs to get over it. Meaning, if what people think of her bothers that much, maybe she should diet back to her former size of Daisy Dukes…but if she’s strong enough to not give a crap, then she should just deal. But you know, if she is forgetting songs and having public meltdowns, my guess is she’s not going to do the Pink ‘just don’t care’ thing. But she can’t say that it’s not happening, the weight gain I mean, which has been her defense since the pregnancy rumor subsided. Even her youngest fans have noticed.

Ellen Simons, 16, of Grand Rapids, said at the concert, “She looked very healthy. I think she is more of a healthy skinny now, rather than skinny-skinny.

Pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Let’s give her a break. This week…she’s had a rough week, you know!