Simpson Watch

Uh-Oh. Jessica Simpson has made yet another cringe-inspiring faux pas.

When she attended the release of her dad cum manager, Joe Simpson’s new artist, An-Ya’s single release celebration with her family, she was asked with by a paparazzo whether she would take back her gift to Tony Romo, a $100,000-dollar boat.

“I am not an Indian giver,” she quipped.

The context of her answer wasn’t racial by any means, but nonetheless, it has inspired the anger and indignation of the local Native American community.

And as we could expect, reaction from her comment was swift on TMZ’s website, and from members of an American-Indian watchdog group.

“I cringed when I heard Jessica Simpson comment about us Native Americans. Am I mad!?! I should be, but look at who the comment is coming from,” commented one member, and at the same time delivering a subtle slap on the face.

Jacqueline L. Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, tells Usmagazine.com that the concept of Indians “giving” and “sharing” with one another is where the term, “Indian-giver” originated, but it somehow morphed into an insensitive phrase that stereotypes native people as ones who give and then take back.

“Most people flippantly use the comment . . . without realizing its true meaning,” she said.

Oh well, I doubt that Jess really meant to hurt anyone’s feelings. I doubt that she really gave a thought to her comment. But just because she is the Jessica Simpson, the whole issue has blown well out of proportion.

Oh please! Not another one!

There is another celebrity dragged into the Jessica Simpson-Tony Romo split. And not, it’s Kenny Chesney being dragged into the muck.

For those who don’t know, Kenny Chesney is a popular country music singer. And with Jess’s stint in country music, the rumor mill got busy when they spotted her talking to the famous performer during a 4th of July party.

This prompted Kenny to blast a tabloid report that alleged that he and Jess flirted with each other in front of Tony Romo just a few days before the couple’s breakup.

“Tony’s a friend, and I wouldn’t flirt with a buddy’s girlfriend,” he told People. “More importantly, Jessica was just being sweet and there was nothing else to it.”

“It’s not funny,” he adamantly says, “There were no problems. Everybody got along great. After the party, everybody went their own way and nobody thought anything more about it. Period. End of story.”

The party was thrown by Kenny’s friend, Sean Payton, coach of pro football’s New Orleans Saints, Kenny says.

“If a girl and her boyfriend can’t go to someone’s house for a Fourth of July party and talk to the other guests without it turning into a big nightmare…then I feel really sorry for Jessica and Tony, who’re both really nice people,” Kenny says. “I wonder if I wasn’t famous if anyone would even care. But the fact of the matter is I talked to a bunch of guests, hung out, had a good time.”

Kenny, if you weren’t famous, then I really doubt that Jess would talk to you.

But he does have a point, if the three of them weren’t big names, then this article would not have been created in the first place.

For all the Fall Out Boy fans out there, the boys’ video, What a Catch, Donnie, is looking like it could be their swan song.

What is a swan song, you ask? Well, it is the last song before a group breaks up. Think Spice Girls and their swan song, Viva Forever (I still get sad when I think about that song).

Anyways, though Pete has already blasted rumors of FOB doing a fall out, some media and press people can’t seem to get it out of their heads that Catch is the band’s swan song video. Why? Simply because the song and its video have all the elements of being the swan song. Let’s take a look, shall we?

1. First, the song brings together famous members of the band’s extended Decaydance family – Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship, Brendon Urie from Panic! at the Disco, Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes, to name just a few — singing memorable lines from past Fall Out Boy hit songs. The song itself, is nostalgic and melancholic at turns, quite unlike the wild and pop-sounding tunes the band is famous for. Not swan song-y enough?

2. The video shows singer, Patrick Stump alone at the sea, steering a craft into the sunset while fishing out band memorabilia out of the sea, like those FOB dolls in 2006 and the striped jacket he wore in their Dance, Dance video.

So, of course, when MTV News visited the band on the set of the music video, they had to ask Pete if FOB really were saying goodbye.

“I think this video gives us the chance for this record to come full circle, and this song represents that as well,” he said. “It’s got a reprise in it, and it contains lyrics to a bunch of other songs that were important to Fall Out Boy. So I think this video is a project of passion rather than, ‘Oh, we’ve got to get this thing out for this’ timing or something.”

“We just always wanted to make a video for [the song]. I think Patrick, specifically, really wanted to make a video for this one,” Pete continued. “People might have expectations for what the video is going to be, but I hope it will be self-explanatory. It’s metaphorical.”

Lesson: Do not put a famous musician and an acclaimed designer in one room, and then leave them for more than a few hours. And oh, also, do not blast the music of said musician inside the room while you’re at it.

Why? Because then, you might have a comic book similar to Pete Wentz and Darren Romanelli’s “Fall Out Toy Works.” Which isn’t exactly a bad thing.

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When Fall Out Boy bassist/ songwriter Pete Wentz noticed that his wife, singer-actress Ashlee Simpson reached the one million followers mark on Twitter, he promised something special to his followers if he hit the same mark.

Of course, this got us, his Twitter followers (yes, I follow him on Twitter, I follow the whole Simpsons clan, actually, with the exception of Papa Joe) in a speculating buzz as to what it is. However, he said that “p.s. the surprise isnt a gift or a song or a reveal. so if you want to unfollow thats ok. its something from my tiny black heart.” Ooohhh, intriguing, right?

Anyways, when he finally revealed what it was, I then guessed that maybe Pete’s heart isn’t so little, nor so black, after all. Why do I say that? Because in celebration of hitting his one millionth Twitter follower mark, Pete partnered with Invisible Children, to raise money to end war and displacement in Uganda.

He tweeted: When I started on here with twitter I had no idea a couple of weird jokes, that didn’t even make sense to me half the time, and funny links would end me up with a million followers. I realize I spend most of the time saying things that are only funny to me or directing you towards my friends songs or buying a t-shirt. I realize we can us Twitter as a social/philanthropic tool in new media too. So I figured my tweet for my millionth follower should be really special. I set up this site to make it easy for us to help our friends in East Africa.

Awwwww…don’t you just want to hug him? Because as Pete explains, “If even half of the million people following me donate a dollar to this it will mean a huge difference for these kids.”

Good point Pete. And as soon as I can, I’ll donate the $1 from my Paypal account to help Invisible Children, and of course, Pete Wentz, in their battle to help these poor kids.

Kudos to you, Pete!

Pete Wentz finally breaks his silence on the stir that he caused accidentally-on purpose, when he Tweeted that the band would not be making any new albums for a while. This put Fall Out Boy fans (and there are a considerable number) into a slight panic. Now, he insists that there wil be no fall out happening with the Fall Out Boys.

He says, “I think I fuelled that rumor accidentally. I think that when someone asked me if we were working on any new Fall Out Boy songs, I said, ‘No, not right now.’”

“We’re working on getting the Blink-182 tour. Then we’ll see where we’re standing,” he adds.

According to Pete, the band enjoys taking time “to breathe” between albums, but as of now, they have no definite plans on when to start working on their next one.

“We don’t make albums for the sake of making them. So, when the time is right, I’m sure we will,” he added to MTV News.

In spite the minor disruption he may have caused by saying the band wasn’t working on new music, Pete said to MTV when the caught him in the filming of their new music video for What A Catch, Donnie, that he doesn’t think that there’s an endless demand for FOB. “I don’t know that the world has to be all Fall Out Boy, all the time. When I see stuff like that with other bands, it sort of drives me crazy.”

Oh Pete, it’s a good thing when the world can’t get enough of you. It gets bad when they think that you aren’t worth scratch, so you need to be thankful and not be driven crazy.

Dedicated mommy, Ashlee Simpson has taken to toting her adorable son (who is looking slightly grumpy in this picture), Bronx Mowgli everywhere, is seen leaving a parenting class in Los Angeles last Thursday, July 23.

Anyways, rumor has it that Ash and hubby, Fall Out Boy bassist, Pete Wentz, are having a fal out (no pun intended) because of children. Erm, their own children, that is.

It seems that Pete is in a hurry to give Bronx a younger brother or sister, while Ash is more hesitant.

“Pete wants Ashlee pregnant NOW,” a source told the National Enquirer. “He wants a big family. And he’s adamant that the children should be close in age. But Ashlee is consumed with making it as a serious actress. Each time Pete brings up the idea of a new baby, Ashlee groans, ‘We just had one!’”

The insider adds, “While Ashlee does want more kids, she wants to wait a couple of years. It’s Pete who is getting antsy — and the baby issue is starting to create conflict. Ashlee worked hard to slim down and lose the baby weight after Bronx was born in November. She thinks another pregnancy now will slow her career momentum. And the last thing she wants is to jeopardize this new television gig because of morning sickness and dealing with the physical toll of a pregnancy.”

Hmmm, I think I would have to side with Ashlee on this one, if ever this is true of course. Why? Because it’s really hard to balance a career and being a mom. And besides, Bronx is too young now to have a younger sibling since he still needs looking after too. And with Ash’s career on the roll, it would have been kinda impractical if they go through with it. What do you guys think?

After a month of near obscurity, Ashlee Simpson’s latest project, Melrose Place, has come out of the ashes and released a promotional video! And at YouTube nonetheless! Sorry for regressing, but I noticed that nowadays, if you want publicity and want it fast, you go to YouTube.

But anyway, one thing that I noticed in the promotional video is that the longest time that Ash was featured is the one that features her screaming towards the end. Oh, and the fact that she looks alarmingly thin.

Mrs. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is hard at work at her new gig, which she’s been filming since April. The new CW Melrose Place new promos have no less than Britney Spears’s “Circus” as a soundtrack for the show. With the tagline, “No apartment building has ever been so complex,” the show will make audience see the acting prowess of our talented singer-actress.

Anyway, the show will premiere on the CW on September 8. And for all of you who have been living under a rock for the past decade, this Melrose Place is a remake of the way popular TV show in the 90s of the same name. Ash plays Violet Foster, who, according to People, is a “a small-town girl trying her luck in L.A., who has a “disarming naiveté [that] masks the calculating, shrewd sex kitten within.”

Wow, kinda hard to imagine Bronx-toting Mommy Ashlee being a shrewd sex kitten. But I have to admit that this will be quite interesting to see if she can pull it off. Oh, and by the way, while you’re looking at the promo video, watch out for the hot guys that Ash is lucky enough to co-star with.

If there’s one thing that Jessica Simpson has shown during this new public debacle that she is undergoing, it is that she is one strong lady.

The first time that she was seen by the public eye in lieu of her unexpected break-up with American footballer, Tony Romo, was when she was leaving the gym. Good for her! In bad times, head to the gym and work out.

However, the paparazzo who so graciously gifted us with this picture also made a damper of a caption: Jessica Simpson can’t hide her emotions…Her eyes glazed over with sadness and her head turned down as she saw photographers approaching…her body language in these pictures reveal that Simpson is still struggling to cope with the aftermath of being dumped…

Harsh much?

But Miss Simpson proves that she’s made of sterner stuff than other women who, after a break-up, binge on chocolate, ice-cream, and every sinful indulgence they can think of, or drink themselves into a serious stupor that will last for days. We haven’t seen Jess doing any of those things.

On the contrary, she is setting her eyes on making Tony eat his heart out by gaining back her old figure and seating off the pounds in the gym and going on a diet.

“Right after Tony ended things, Jessica said, ‘I want my old body back’,” a friend of the singer told US OK!

“Jess is serious about getting her body back into fighting shape. Working out is helping to give her focus and clear her head. It’s better than sitting around moping or throwing pity parties with ice cream sundaes.”

The friend added: “She doesn’t want to give anyone more reason to not take her seriously. She’s tired of weight being a talking point”

The plot thickens…

There has emerged another angle in the Jessica Simpson-Tony Romo split. A new name has emerged in the event. Who? John Mayer! Jessica’s ex-boyfriend.

Tony is assumed to have broken-up with Jessica on the eve of her 29th birthday after discovering text messages from her ex-boyfriend, John Mayer.

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So Jessica Simpson has just been dumped by her cowboy, Tony Romo. And so this gives us a reason to go back in time where everything seem to be a fairytale.

Let’s go reminiscing the times when Jessica and Tony are still okay. Enjoy the photos!

For those of you who have lived under a rock for the past two weeks: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have broken up. Yes, yes, though it’s just rumors because the parties concerned really didn’t say anything about it, I guess that the grapevine can be trustworthy at times. Remember, when there’s smoke, there’s fire? And there’s surely a lot of smoke billowing about.

Anyway, while Jess and Tony broke up just last week, Nick Lachey and his girlfriend of three years, Vanessa Minnillo have also called it quits. Smell something?

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There is trouble in Paradise.

Hollywood couple, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have broken up the night before her 29th birthday. Well, we knew that already.

Last week, Jess, presumably nursing a broken heart, canceled her 29th Barbi-themed birthday party. On her birthday night, Tony was out clubbing with male pals in LA. The next day, he was poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel, without Jessica.

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Ever since Jessica Simpson hooked up with Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys fans, non-fans, players, and management have been blaming her for the far-from-stellar performance of their quarterback, and the team in general.

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When Jessica Simpson revealed to Pop tarts that she has dreams like “every normal person” which is to male records and babies, she also said that she will “hopefully get married soon.” No doubt that she was thinking of then-beau, Tony Romo to be the one waiting for her as she walks down the aisle. But it looks like that scenario will not be happening anytime soon.

Jess cancelled her Barbie-themed birthday party after Tony unscrupulously broke up with her the eve of her birthday.

“Jess was too heartbroken to have a big bash. She knows that she and Tony are broken up for good. They were heading in different directions,” says an unnamed source.

To which, Jess Tweeted: Barbie party didn’t happen, but i turned 29 and feel like i am on top of the world yelling I LOVE GETTING OLDER.

That’s the attitude, Jess!

But what do you think caused the rift?

“Jessica was ready to settle down, and Tony was not. He travels a lot for his games, and having a full-time girlfriend is a big commitment,” says one source.

“It was a long time coming, he hasn’t really been into her and the relationship for awhile, but stayed together because he didn’t want to look like a jerk for not having a better reason to break it off,” says another source. “And she’s trying to save face by saying that it’s because of their busy schedules.”

“At one point Joe was even giving Tony football advice which doesn’t go down well,” suggests another insider. “Tony was a football superstar before he got mixed up in Hollywood, this move will be probably be good at least for his career.”

So, which is which? What do you guys think?