Jessica Simpson is pregnant, according to In Touch!

Eric Johnson totes probably knocked her up! Jessica recently attended Eric’s 32nd birthday party, where she sent back her glass of champagne for a birthday toast.

Turns out they had something even bigger to celebrate. A source close to the 31-year-old singer and her fiance says they are expecting their first child.

Jess has sorta looked pregnant for a while. Now she actually is!

“She’s already having kooky cravings!” a friend shares, especially nacho chips dipped in chocolate, “which satisfy her urge for salty and sweet.” Nice.

Despite the fact that there’s one more “guest” (and that “Jessica might have to take out her dress a bit”), their plans to marry haven’t changed … although they reportedly put the wedding on hold “indefinitely.” Wonder why.

While not everyone would consider the timing ideal, the pair considers the baby to be “the best wedding gift ever.” Jess is reportedly due in the spring.

Congrats again if it’s true, which seems fairly likely!

Jessica Simpson is considering breast reduction surgery that may push back her November wedding, according to notoriously unreliable tabloid In Touch.

“She thinks if she downsizes her breasts, she will look smaller,” a source tells the entertainment news magazine. “She’s never loved having a huge chest.”

An interesting quote, since it made her about $100 million.

Seriously. How does she not fall forward?

“If some weight doesn’t come off soon, she might call off the wedding or get surgery,” says the source who is obviously BFF CaCee Cobb (just kidding).

“If she does postpone, breast reduction is first on her to-do list.”

Simpson plans to marry fiance Eric Johnson in November. Regardless of how accurate it is, this amazing article accomplishes a handful of feats:

1. Reminding folks Jessica Simpson is still around (thank you)
2. That she’s getting married (we actually sort of forgot)
3. That she has large breasts (we recalled that part)

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Joining fellow fashionista Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie is set to offer up some of her design expertise as a celebrity mentor on NBC’s Fashion Star.

Nicole has her own clothing line, Winter Kate (her daughter Harlow’s two middle names), so she certainly brings experience to the program.

Elle MacPherson will handle hosting duties on Fashion Star.

Fashion Star is slated to debut later this year.

“Jessica, Nicole, John and Elle make the most exciting team we have ever worked with on a reality TV show and we are thrilled to feature such an extraordinary group of mentors and designers,” executive producer Ben Silverman said.

Although she helms a fashion empire of sorts, mom of two Richie says her own personal style is much less thought out than you’d think.

“I don’t think it’s as prepared as you’d think,” she recently told U.K.’s In Style magazine. “I just grab whatever’s around and put it on.”

She’s “pretty much a jeans and T-shirt type of girl and then I go from there,” she says, then adds that this is one of her favorite tricks:

“I collect a lot of vintage kimonos and jackets. I’ll throw those on, and a lot of the time it will appear that I’m wearing a different outfit, but I’m not.”

Jessica Simpson’s got a new fiance (Eric Johnson) and now a new job – as a celebrity mentor on NBC’s Fashion Star. Yep, that’s a real show.

The 30-year-old’s singing career has petered out and her acting career never really took off, but her fashion line is remarkably successful.

With a brand worth an estimated $750 million in 35 countries, Simpson will join Elle MacPherson in a search for the next big fashion brand.

“NBC is delighted to work with singer, designer, actress and pop culture icon Jessica Simpson,” the network said in a statement.

“With an almost billion dollar lifestyle brand under her belt she is sure to be an excellent mentor to our up-and-coming designers.”

“I’m in the workroom in [L.A.'s] Westwood a few times a week from 11 to 7 at night,” says Simpson of her chic but affordable line.

“Nothing goes out without me seeing it or my mom [Tina Simpson, Jess' co-creative director] seeing it,” says the former Nick Lachey spouse.

Fashion Star‘s premiere date is TBA.

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Jessica Simpson is teaming up with little sister Ashlee Simpson to create a line of ‘tween apparel. Stop now if you’re just too excited to continue this article.

As part of the Jessica Simpson Collection, according to WWD, the new products, available in stores in fall, will be geared to the fashion-forward “‘tween.”

Featuring sportswear, denim and activewear styled after Jess’ “girly, playful attitude,” the line will also feature knit tops, hoodies, pullovers, striped shrunken knits, graphic T-shirts, drawstring pants, footwear and outerwear.

Jessica and Ashlee will serve as co-creative directors for the line.

”Creating a tween apparel collection was a natural extension for the brand,” Jessica tells WWD. “I’m excited to bring my sister, Ashlee, along as co-creative director because she brings a savvy rocker edge that defines today’s tweens.”

This marks the first ever use of “Ashlee” and “savvy” in the same sentence.

“My goal as co-creative director will be to design clothes that will help inspire young girls to express their personalities and creativity through fashion,” adds Ash, who recently announced she is divorcing Pete Wentz.

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Jessica Simpson is not exactly one to shy away from attention. This is a woman who Tweets her prayers, after all.

But the washed-up singer tells Us Weekly she’s in no rush to marry Eric Johnsn and might even elope with her former football-playing fiance.

“We’ve both been married before. We’re enjoying our commitment to each other. We want to take our time,” Jessica said, adding: “I will be part of designing my own wedding gown. We might elope if it gets to that point.”

Call us crazy, but we foresee tabloids competing over Jessica Simpson wedding photos long before we envision this couple actually ducking away from the media to tie the knot.

Still, Simpson insists she and Johnson are laid back individuals who spent more nights at home.

“We’re very relaxed,” she says. “It takes a lot to get us stressed out. We talk through everything. You’ll see him off in the corner, and what’s Eric doing? He’s just meditating.”

Give Jessica Simpson credit.  She’s become a mogul.

Sure, her career as a singer, actress and reality star has pretty much come and gone, but her growing stature in the fashion sphere is nothing to sneeze at.

“I never thought I’d be some fashion mogul!” she tells New York Magazine of her increasingly huge fashion line, for which successful is an understatement.

$1 BILLION: That’s the projected sales for Jess’ line this year. Really.

Simpson’s manager says the appeal of her clothing line is as simple as branding the star’s image at affordable price points and appealing to all ages:

“A girl could go to the shopping mall with her mom and she’d have a great new outfit and still have some money left for lunch at McDonald’s. She can look like Jessica Simpson, smell like Jessica Simpson, and she can afford it.”

“I put everything in the line and then it just blows out,” Simpson says.“When it comes to other celebrity brands, I think a lot of people do a great job, but it can’t be all about them. Everybody doesn’t want to just look like the celebrity, because they can’t. They just want one element of that style.”

Simpson also spills on fiance Eric Johnson: “Was it love at first sight?… No. I don’t know if I believe in that. But it was ‘I could love this man.’”

As previously reported, Johnson has helped Simpson tap her New Age side. Together, they write down their thoughts “free form” every morning.

“I just let it flow,” she says. “My fiance taught me that. He’ll get up in the morning and just write, so nothing blocks his emotional life.”

“It doesn’t even have to be in sentence form; he just gets everything out, and that way he can function without getting in the way of himself, without being aggressive or judgmental. We do that together. Sometimes he takes that hour just reading, we’ll get out of bed and just read aloud to each other. He has so many books.”

“Like, just books and books and books and books.”

No word if she had ever seen one when they first got together, but we’re glad she’s happy with her new man and wish her continued success.

Give Jessica Simpson credit.  She’s become a mogul.

Sure, her career as a singer, actress and reality star has pretty much come and gone, but her growing stature in the fashion sphere is nothing to sneeze at.

“I never thought I’d be some fashion mogul!” she tells New York Magazine of her increasingly huge fashion line, for which successful is an understatement.

$1 BILLION: That’s the projected sales for Jess’ line this year. Really.

Simpson’s manager says the appeal of her clothing line is as simple as branding the star’s image at affordable price points and appealing to all ages:

“A girl could go to the shopping mall with her mom and she’d have a great new outfit and still have some money left for lunch at McDonald’s. She can look like Jessica Simpson, smell like Jessica Simpson, and she can afford it.”

“I put everything in the line and then it just blows out,” Simpson says.“When it comes to other celebrity brands, I think a lot of people do a great job, but it can’t be all about them. Everybody doesn’t want to just look like the celebrity, because they can’t. They just want one element of that style.”

Simpson also spills on fiance Eric Johnson: “Was it love at first sight?… No. I don’t know if I believe in that. But it was ‘I could love this man.’”

As previously reported, Johnson has helped Simpson tap her New Age side. Together, they write down their thoughts “free form” every morning.

“I just let it flow,” she says. “My fiance taught me that. He’ll get up in the morning and just write, so nothing blocks his emotional life.”

“It doesn’t even have to be in sentence form; he just gets everything out, and that way he can function without getting in the way of himself, without being aggressive or judgmental. We do that together. Sometimes he takes that hour just reading, we’ll get out of bed and just read aloud to each other. He has so many books.”

“Like, just books and books and books and books.”

No word if she had ever seen one when they first got together, but we’re glad she’s happy with her new man and wish her continued success.

Did Jessica Simpson break up Eric Johnson’s first marriage before getting engaged to him? No, but why let that get in the way of a good headline.

Right, Star? The fact that Eric was still married, but getting divorced, when he started putting it to Jessica Simpson is old news … and non-news.

It happens all the time, and E-dawg didn’t cheat. Nobody cares. Nobody really cared when Jessica got engaged, either, but that’s another story.

Jessica Simpson actually didn’t steal anything.

Don’t ask us why Jessica continues to dominate tabloids at all, let alone when the “shocking” subject matter is the same old recycled non-stories.

Expect Star to run it back with the other popular angle – that she has been betrayed by Eric – next week, and for no one to care about that either.

Life & Style is turning back the clock to 2005.

Having built quite a reputation shredding Jessica Simpson and her ex-husband Nick Lachey back then, imagine how pumped this tabloid is to have her engaged again! Imagine what shocking betrayals they can have Eric Johnson commit!

If a star is betrayed, and no one buys the issue, is it even true?

Despite the dramatic headline that makes you think Eric cheated, the meat of the story (very lean meat at that) is that she’s just “discovered Eric’s secret past.” 

This runs counter to the main headline, but whatever. The details of what he did that’s so bad? He studied how to snag a rich woman. He’s a freeloader. Snooze.

Also, she’s hot if nothing else, and this is one of the worst Jessica Simpson pictures ever. Why not show some cleave? Or a picture with the betrayer himself?

After they tried to make Jessica pregnant last week, this is two straight bombs, L&S. Do us a favor and step it up next week. Third time’s the charm, baby.

Blake Lively and Jessica Simpson both sported a similar style trend recently. Analyze these photos below and tell us who you think wore it best!

As you can see, the Gossip Girl star and the newly-engaged singer gave their long sleeves some serious sex appeal with peekaboo openings.

Usually, they are known for showing skin in other areas, so you can respect leaving something to the imagination. Who looked better? Vote:

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Can’t people give Jessica Simpson some credit?

From the moment she got engaged to Eric Johnson, rumors began flying that she bought her own ring and is only trying to keep up with Nick Lachey.

Then, peeps assumed she must be knocked up, a story gaining traction today when she appeared on The Early Show and admitted booting earlier.

Jessica Simpson is not with child. Just with the flu.

Talking to CBS’ Harry Smith, she admitted throwing up right before the interview: “I’ve had better mornings, I admit. I won’t let you smell my breath.”

It turns out it was just the flu, however. A source close to the newly engaged singer says “She’s not pregnant.” Explains the insider: “She was just sick.”

So, there you go. Her breath is awful, but she’s very happy and can’t stop gushing over the proposal by Eric Johnson, who loves her anyway. The end.

Divorce is a painful process for couples, so there are going to be mixed emotions if a former spouse gets re-married. Just the same, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson appear nothing but happy for each other.

Much as the tabloids wish he’d give a better sound bite, Nick wishes nothing but the best for Jess, who got engaged to Eric Johnson over the weekend.

“I will say the same thing I always say: I wish her the very best,” said Lachey, who just got engaged to Vanessa Minnillo himself after years of dating.

NICK AND JESSICA: Past and future newlyweds.

Asked how she felt about Lachey’s engagement, Simpson is equally mature, telling Ryan Seacrest “Our relationship was over a really long time ago, and it would be nice if everyone could move on and celebrate the love between him and Vanessa.”

Like Jessica, Nick says he’s “basking in the glow” of the news and “enjoying that. I’m sure we’ll get on the other planning shortly. We are just enjoying this experience.” 

Simpson and Lachey famously wed in 2002 and infamously split in 2005. Even then, it wasn’t bitter. “This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other,” they said in a statement.

Here’s wishing couples the best. Which do you think will last longer?

Nearly five years after Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey divorced, both stars got engaged this month and are totally ready for their second marriages.

Nick and Vanessa Minnillo announced their news November 1. Then, this Sunday, we learned that Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson will wed as well.

The way marriages go nowadays, particularly in Hollywood, you can’t help but wonder if either will make it. Who do you think stands the better chance? 

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson are getting hitched. To other people.

As for the obligatory rumor that Jessica got engaged just to “keep up” with Nick (you know someone will report this), a source says Johnson “had been planning the engagement for awhile and the date was very special to them.”

Bottom line: We wish both couples the best and hope they both last forever. But it’s far from a given. Which union do you think will last longer?

Nearly five years after Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey divorced, both stars got engaged this month and are totally ready for their second marriages.

Nick and Vanessa Minnillo announced their news November 1. Then, this Sunday, we learned that Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson will wed as well.

The way marriages go nowadays, particularly in Hollywood, you can’t help but wonder if either will make it. Who do you think stands the better chance? 

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson are getting hitched. To other people.

As for the obligatory rumor that Jessica got engaged just to “keep up” with Nick (you know someone will report this), a source says Johnson “had been planning the engagement for awhile and the date was very special to them.”

Bottom line: We wish both couples the best and hope they both last forever. But it’s far from a given. Which union do you think will last longer?

Not to be outdone by Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson is getting married again. Congrats to the alleged singer and former mediocre NFL player Eric Johnson!

We kid, of course. Truly, we are so happy for Jess, whose rep confirmed the news earlier today, saying: “Yes, we are excited to confirm they are engaged!”

The couple began dating in May, after being introduced by friends. Ever since, Eric and Jessica have been seen getting cozy across the U.S. and beyond.

The future Mr. and Mrs. Jessica Simpson, everyone!

Explaining how well their relationship was going, Simpson told People last month she is just so inspired by Eric Johnson: “This is just normal, thank God. He’s very, very supportive. [I] couldn’t ask for a better man in my life right now.”

Asked if Johnson were the one, she replied: “I never go to that because I already went there, so, I’m not gonna jinx myself. He’s the one for me right now! I’m very happy, I’m in a great place and if right now could last forever, I’d take it.”

She already went there, of course, with Nick Lachey, who also just got engaged to Vanessa Minnillo this month. Guess she didn’t want to be outdone!

Congratulations to the soon-to-be-spouses. We can’t wait for the MTV reality series chronicling the lead-up to the wedding and their life as newlyweds.

Jessica Simpson might be pregnant.

That’s the brilliant deduction of the National Enquirer, after one of the star’s friends came to them  and told them Simpson and her BF are about to become parents.

“Jessica is crazy in love with [Eric Johnson], so they’ve decided to make a baby. She always said she wanted to be pregnant by the time she was 30,” said this pal.

Is Jessica Simpson pregnant? Or just gaining weight again?

The compelling testimony continues: “Her priorities have changed. All she can think of is motherhood. She’s happily eating for two and not the least embarrassed.”

Simpson’s pregnancy would certainly explain her putting on some weight in the last couple of months, however she’s been through that cycle naturally in the past.

Still, another friend said: “A pregnancy explains her sudden weight gain. Two months ago, she bragged she was in the best shape of her life on Eric’s vegan diet.”

Coincidence? The friend also notes that “the biggest tipoff is that Jess has been hinting to friends that there will be some big news any day from her and Eric.”

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson, a former NFL player, have been dating since May, and recently, the couple went to Italy to celebrate Jessica’s 30th birthday.

They seem to spend a lot of their time together and give the impression of a healthy and happy relationship. She gushes about him at every opportunity.

Then, at the beginning of this month, Simpson vomited during a show, which led everyone to the conclusion that rumors about her pregnancy might be true.

A few days ago she stated that she is eager to start a family with her boyfriend Eric and would want to give birth to a baby. Could it be happening next year?

We doubt it, highly. But it makes for fun speculation.

Eric Johnson is just too good to be true.

That’s Jessica Simpson’s take on her former NFL player beau. “I’ve never really been in such a healthy relationship. I’m like, ‘Something’s going to go wrong. Is he going to trip me or something?’” the alleged singer said Tuesday.

Eric Johnson used to play for the 49ers. Now he plays with Jessica Simpson.

“I’m waiting for something bad to happen,” she said during a panel discussion at Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday., “but then I have realized that I actually do deserve an understanding relationship.”

Simpson, who refers to her boyfriend of six months “a hottie,” said that Eric Johnson “has been a true inspiration. He really knows himself.”

The same can be said of Jess … in a manner of speaking.

More than four years since her divorce from Nick Lachey in 2006, she’s not only found love with Eric, but also a new level of hard-fought confidence.

She can thank little sister Ashlee Simpson-Wentz for that.

“My sister and I, through my divorce, became so much closer than we’d ever been growing up,” Simpson said during yesterday’s panel discussion.

“She would always give me music to get me through.”

The sisters often cranked up the Sister Act soundtrack and Lauryn Hill’s “His Eyes on a Sparrow” as well as Patty Griffin’s “Let Him Fly”, Simpson said.

“‘Fly’ is about that moment where you learn to fly and live on your own and that’s what I was doing through my divorce, learning to live on my own.”

While Jess cherishes being an aunt to Ashlee’s son, Bronx, she said, “I always thought I would have children before her since I was married first.”

But Simpson has taken away life lessons from hard times.

“Another thing that can strip you of your self-esteem is a divorce and you have to start over and find out who you are all over again,” she said.

“I was on a little bit of a detour but I finally went back on the path that I was supposed to be on,” she said, “I grew from that experience and it made me a better lover, and hopefully a better wife one day and an incredible mother someday.”

Eric Johnson, you’re on notice man.

Katherine Heigl vs. Jessica Simpson. It’s a battle of the bags … and celebrities with considerable baggage, as well. One’s mouthy and the other clingy. Just saying.

Both are drop-dead gorgeous and have great style, though. Recently, each blonde showed off a functional tote bag a wild twist – bold leopard prints. Rawwr!

Whose style do you like better? Vote in our survey below!

Which star has the better style sense?

Between traveling to Middle East to meet troops and performing songs for a PBS special to air Thanksgiving, Jessica Simpson has been a busy girl lately.

Where would she be without the support of Eric Johnson?

“He went and got a sweater and a bowtie to try to lift my spirits because I’ve been working extremely hard,” Simpson said. “I laughed my butt off!”

“We’re just best friends. He’s my dude! I love him.” – Jessica on Eric

The couple began dating in May, and ever since have been spotted getting cozy across the U.S. and overseas – even celebrating her birthday together in Italy.

If the relationship seems like it’s serious, that’s because it is.

“We’re all gonna be in New York [for Thanksgiving],” she says. “I’m gonna be on a [Macy's parade] float. Not always the best way to spend a Thanksgiving, but it’s a great way to celebrate. So, maybe I’ll just have all families on the float.”

For now, they’re simply enjoying spending time together.

“Tomorrow we’re having a long day off,” she says. “He loves art. So, we go to art galleries, and he loves photography. It’s cool. This [relationship] is just normal, thank God. He’s very, very supportive. [I] couldn’t ask for a better man.”

Does that mean he’s the one … for all time?

“I never go to that because I already went there, so, I’m not gonna jinx my own self,” she says. “He’s the one for me right now! I’m very happy!”

Is Jessica Simpson being used solely for money by new boyfriend Eric Johnson? That’s what sources reportedly close to the star say, but we highly doubt it.

Having sex with her probably plays a role in his thinking as well.

In any case, Jessica has been involved in some crash-and-burn love affairs since divorcing Nick Lachey, and pals fear she’s headed down that path again.

She been dating Eric Johnson for only two months, but sources say that’s been plenty of time for the former tight end to swoop in, move in and cash in!

Jess’ friends fear that her unemployed new boyfriend, who hasn’t held  a steady gig since he was cut by the New Orleans Saints in 2008, is using her.

Eric Johnson can’t wait to tackle Jessica Simpson … but is he motivated only by dollar signs? The photo above hints at some other sources of interest, most likely.

On top of living in her $5 million Redwood, Calif., mansion, he accompanied her to Italy for her 30th birthday where he lived it up in a $3,000-a-night suite.

The pair lounged aboard her $5,000-a-day chartered yacht and dined at only the finest restaurants, including Monzù in Capri’s five-star hotel Punta Tragara.

Not a bad life, although he is a Yale graduate and former NFL player, not some deadbeat with no money or potential job prospects … in theory anyway.

“Jessica is so starved for love, she just doesn’t see any of Eric’s faults,” an insider reports. “She’s totally been paying for everything in their relationship.”

“It doesn’t seem like Eric intends to stop that anytime soon.”

Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood both have some great hair.

Both stars recently made a French connection of sorts, with plaiting just at the hairline to keep their waves beachy. It’s a look that works best on both Jessica, who recently started dating Eric Johnson, and Carrie, who just married Mike Fisher.

Which Tony Romo ex-girlfriend looked best, though? Vote below!

Who has better hair?

Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood both have some great hair.

Both stars recently made a French connection of sorts, with plaiting just at the hairline to keep their waves beachy. It’s a look that works best on both Jessica, who recently started dating Eric Johnson, and Carrie, who just married Mike Fisher.

Which Tony Romo ex-girlfriend looked best, though? Vote below!

Who has better hair?

Jessica Simpson is 30 today. Happy birthday, baby!

The singer-actress’s career is definitely on a downward trajectory – there was a time when she produced multi-platinum pop albums, now we get The Price of Beauty.

But at the very least, it’s unlikely she’ll get dumped on her birthday two straight years. Unless Eric Johnson takes his cues from Tony Romo. You better not, Eric!

In any case, we salute you, Jessica Simpson. We can’t wait to cover you for another year, provided you find new ways of staying relevant enough. Good luck!!

Here are some of our favorite Jessica Simpson pictures, past and present …

Jessica Simpson and boyfriend Eric Johnson are hitting it off. Too bad he’s a former NFL player, which she hasn’t had much luck with … and still legally married!

He also went to Yale, which is far more surprising to us given who he’s dating. Anyway, he’s separated from his wife, which we’re positive Jessica is aware of.

As such, the magazine cover below may be slightly misleading when it implies it has uncovered some sort of scandal. The guy is technically married, however.

Jessica began dating Eric Johnson, who filed for divorce from his wife of five years, Keri, in January, around five weeks ago. They met at her Beverly Hills’ home.

Friends introduced the tight ends at a party she had.

RISKY NEW ROMANCE: Really, what romance isn’t for Jessica?

“Jess is definitely rushing into this,” an insider says, noting they recently went to Jacksonville, Fla., to celebrate Eric’s grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary!

When not hanging out with his entire family, Simpson and Johnson made time for some serious PDA at the modest, family-friendly Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

“Her hand was on his butt, and they walked slowly just to enjoy the moment. They looked cute,” says an insider, who saw a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door.

Shocking news there … they didn’t want a maid barging in.

Friends fear Jessica Simpson has already altered her lifestyle for her New Age-leaning, yoga-loving fella: “Just shocked my system with a vegan diet, special Pu-erh tea from China and cupping since Friday,” she Twittered on June 27.

Sitting in on an OK! Magazine staff meeting would be so awesome.

There’s an element to celebrity gossip that is always, well, gossip. You take what you read with a grain of salt. But there’s gossip, and there’s deliberately and wholly inventing stories, misleading us with vague text and exclamation points.

Either Jessica Simpson’s name came up in the lottery this week, or the darts all landed on her, because she is apparently having a baby! Would you believe that the same bombshell was dropped almost verbatim last week, only about Jennifer Aniston?

It’s true! Doubly joyful news!

CONFIRMED! REVEALED! What is? That OK! wrote a cover story? Consider it official!

According to this fine publication, as Jessica nears her 30th birthday this week, she has a new man (Eric Johnson) and a new plan – to become a mother!

The first part of that is true, at least. But then there’s this line:

“Enjoying an early birthday celebration at the Greenbrier Casino Club gala opening in West Virginia on July 4, Jess caused a stir with her visible bump!”

No word if they mean a visible bump on her head or knee.

Seriously, time to get a little more creative with your made-up nonsense, guys. You’re going to be labeled the magazine that cried fake-pregnant wolf.

Tony Romo he’s not. But Eric Johnson isn’t too shabby himself.

“He’s one of the nicest guys around,” says an NFL insider who has worked with the ex-San Francisco 49ers player and current Jessica Simpson plaything.

The source notes, later stating the obvious a bit by adding, “I’m surprised he is dating Jessica Simpson. She is such a big star and he is so reserved.”

The guy also went to Yale … go figure!

Johnson, who also played briefly for the New Orleans Saints, definitely has experience with the limelight, however, having excelled in sports all his life.

Former NFL star Eric Johnson couldn’t catch on with a pro team for that long … but he’s got quite a catch in Jessica Simpson. Here’s hoping he doesn’t fumble it away.

The 6′ 3″ Needham, Mass., native broke 11 school records while playing wide receiver for Yale University. He’s also a former academic All-American.

Called “The Big Nerd” by Yale friends, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, “He’s very smart, and one of the most down-to-earth athletes I know.”

Simpson began dating Johnson in May after friends introduced them. He’s currently separated from his wife, Keri, who filed for divorce earlier this year.

“He is the polar opposite of what you think of when you say ‘player,’ ” says the source who knows him well. “When I met him, he was driving a Prius.”

Having officially cursed the Dallas Cowboys via her two-year relationship with quarterback Tony Romo, Jessica Simpson is moving on to the San Francisco 49ers.

A source close to the singer confirms that she’s dating former NFL tight end Eric Johnson, telling People the pair have been together for about a month and: “She is happy that she found a great guy. She’s really happy.”

Johnson last played professional football in 2007 and retired with nine career touchdown receptions. He’s a graduate of Yale University, causing many to wonder what the heck he talks about with Simpson.

Simpson isn’t the only large-breasted celebrity to nab herself a receiver this season. Kim Kardashian has been spotted out with Miles Austin, while Lindsay Lohan is reportedly dating Eilat Anschel.

She’s never played in the NFL, but is on the receiving end of a Lohan meltdown every night.

Proving she is her own best model, and that you never know what you’re going to get from the Jessica Simpson pictures you find on a given day, the alleged singer and actress showed off vintage New Kids on the Block T-shirt.

The occasion was her promoting her new line of jeans in N.Y.C., and the soon-to-be 30-year-old cutie paired the items with a slick black blazer.

What do you think of her latest fashion statement? Vote below!

Jessica Simpson’s New Kids on the Block shirt is …

more Jessica and Jeremy after the hop…
According to Us Weekly [...]

Jessica Simpson has landed a gig on Entourage. As herself. Not sure if she can handle that kind of acting pressure, but we’re very happy for her!

The singer will appear on an upcoming episode, her rep confirmed.

According to reports, the cast will sit around ogling Jessica Simpson pictures. Just kidding. She’ll be “caught between Ari [Jeremy Piven] and another agent.”

Seems filming went well.

“I have the utmost respect for the entire cast and crew of Entourage!” Simpson Twittered. “Thank you for making the past 2 days memorable

What’s left of Jessica Simpson’s career is at least nice to look at.

More pictures of Jessica after the brush…
I don’t think Jess has been alone this long in…forever. Who do you think she should date [...]

Are Jessica Simpson and Jeremy Renner an item?

Appearing at Operation Smile’s annual gala Thursday at Cipriani Wall Street, rumors of an alleged hookup with Renner were not addressed by Simpson.

That doesn’t mean peeps didn’t attempt to pry.

Us Weekly reports that the two were spotted entering Washington D.C.’s St. Regis Hotel at 2:45 a.m. 30 seconds apart. So they’re practically married.

The publication claims she and The Hurt Locker star, an Oscar nominee, have been seeing each other the sly for months, but neither has confirmed it.

Would these two make a cute couple?

When asked about Renner, the singer remained tight-lipped as a publicist quickly led her away. Before that, Jessica Simpson was reflective on her life thus far.

“I know that I’m pushing 30 and it’s happening,” she told Us. “It’s happening, and I feel it. I think that 30 is going to be a good year for me. I think that I experienced a lot in my 20s – a lot more than a lot of people in their 20s would experience.”

“I feel old in a lot of ways, and I feel naïve in ways that I can’t wait to see what happens next.”‘ As for love in her 30s? “Oh, I can find love anywhere!”

“I’m just a normal girl. I’m just like everyone else. I have a heart. I have feelings. I have emotions. I’m just like everybody else. I might happen to take pictures or walk a red carpet, but that doesn’t mean that I’m no different than you.”

So profound.

Last week, THG readers were given the task of writing the best caption for this picture of Ellen DeGeneres, Jessica Simpson and whatever came to mind.

Your winner for this edition of our Caption Contest is Caitlin.

Congratulations! The winning caption appears below. Honorable mentions go to nowingsnow and Miranda Brown. Follow the above link for all entries.

Thank you to everyone for playing and good luck next time!

“Hmm, cheese graters and various cheeses? Sure, I’ll lend my name to that.”

Welcome, readers, to The Hollywood Gossip Caption Contest, where you all try to think and post the funniest caption(s) for the celebrity photo below!

Today’s subject? The legendary Jessica Simpson on the talk show circuit. What could she and Ellen be saying / doing? What would make a great caption?

You tell us! Just click “Comments” and send in your caption(s) – as many as you like. We will announce the winner on Monday. Best of luck … go to it:

Jessica Simpson left JFK airport earlier this week, attempting to trick a pack of celebrity gossip photographers by leaving via the secret exit … to no avail!

Perhaps she was trying to evade being seen dressed like a hobo (with an extremely expensive bag, no doubt)? Just kidding. Well, mostly. What is that top?

We’ve seen more stylish Jessica Simpson pictures, that’s all we’re saying. What do you think, though? Fashion hit or fashion miss? Vote in our survey below:

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Jessica Simpson used to be so fly.

Just a few days ago, she was rocking some awesome hair on Twitter and The Price of Beauty. But boy, did she lay a serious egg at Good Housekeeping‘s 125th anniversary party with the dullest, most lifeless locks in a long time.

WTH, girl. You and Ken in a fight?

Maybe our standards are a little too high, but we expect cute and/or chic styles in Jessica Simpson pictures, not run of the mill stuff like this.

As for the Matthew Williamson gown she rocked, maybe he should stick to Gossip Girl fashion designing. But the hair is the worst offender …

Jessica Simpson’s hairstyle is …

Jessica Simpson used to be so fly.

Just a few days ago, she was rocking some awesome hair on Twitter and The Price of Beauty. But boy, did she lay a serious egg at Good Housekeeping‘s 125th anniversary party with the dullest, most lifeless locks in a long time.

WTH, girl. You and Ken in a fight?

Maybe our standards are a little too high, but we expect cute and/or chic styles in Jessica Simpson pictures, not run of the mill stuff like this.

As for the Matthew Williamson gown she rocked, maybe he should stick to Gossip Girl fashion designing. But the hair is the worst offender …

Jessica Simpson’s hairstyle is …

Courtney Love is insane. Still, being bat$h!t crazy doesn’t make one heartless.

Taking a break from berating estranged daughter Frances Bean Cobain on Facebook, Love Tweeted some love in the direction of a new gal pal: Jessica Simpson.

Sure, they seem like an odd tandem as far as celebrity BFFs are concerned. But riddie us this – who paired with Courtney Love would not form an odd tandem?

Just some food for thought. Anyway, she had to dish out props “hawt as hell” gal-pal, who she declares “‘SExual Napam’ BONDED!” Seriously she wrote this.

Should John Mayer be worried that Love is moving in on his turf?

Hot piece, hot mess. [Photos: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

“Hopefully I won’t say anything stupid but I have a serious ?,” Love said in a direct tweet. You knew things were about to get weirder from there, and they did.

“1 your really hot and ive always thought you were a very hardworking pop singer who deserved success. thats primary,” the nutty Hole front-woman gushed.

It may be primary, but it’s also insane. Hot? Sure. We know she’s sexual napalm. But a hard-working pop singer who deserved success? Who’s she referring to?

It gets better, don’t worry. Court asks …

“Your deaf friend used to live downtown and have really loud sex with my friend btw he was cute ! but but but why the HE:LL do you chew Nicorette gum and are addicted to it yet have never smoked in yr life? Dude i do blonde things too.”

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. There you have it.

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The busty blonde whose name has become synonymous with stupidity has turned a new page. Her new Vh1 show Price Of Beauty, which explores standards of beauty around the world, falls in line perfectly with Marie Claire’s natural theme that they are doing for the month of May. The always glam Miss Simpson is seemingly ready for her close-up, even without her glam squad on standby!

Just when we thought Mo’Nique was crazy for going the au naturel route, Jessica made it okay. o_0 This issue of Marie Claire will be available on news stands April 13! Check out Jessica in glam mode:

Sidenote: They could have at least made sure her lip gloss was poppin’!

Jessica Simpson set out to challenge the concept of beauty ever since she ran out of other career options endured that chili cookoff mom jeans debacle last year.

Her boldest step yet? Going makeup-free in Marie Claire.

“I don’t have anything to prove anymore,” she said, and not because we know she’s sexual napalm in the bedroom. “What other people think is not my business.”

The Price of Beauty star says what prompted her to show “the real her,” wearing no makeup at all and even air-drying her hair for the shoots, is a simple desire.

Inspired by her very own A Beautiful Me initiative, which encourages women to be comfortable in their skins, Jessica Simpson wants to prove real beauty lies within.

That’s totally what made her a celebrity, and what she’s promoted in music, TV and film vehicles throughout her career too. The importance of inner beauty.

No retouching. No regrets. Still low cut.

Not that she’s done mixing things up. “If I’m in a mood to go out and feel hot and sexy, I want long hair I can feel on my back. But I also like bed head,” she says.

What do you think of her Marie Clarie photo shoot? Do you like seeing Jessica Simpson pictures with no makeup, or do you prefer the “enhanced” version? Vote!

Jessica Simpson looks best with …

Jessica Simpson set out to challenge the concept of beauty ever since she ran out of other career options endured that chili cookoff mom jeans debacle last year.

Her boldest step yet? Going makeup-free in Marie Claire.

“I don’t have anything to prove anymore,” she said, and not because we know she’s sexual napalm in the bedroom. “What other people think is not my business.”

The Price of Beauty star says what prompted her to show “the real her,” wearing no makeup at all and even air-drying her hair for the shoots, is a simple desire.

Inspired by her very own A Beautiful Me initiative, which encourages women to be comfortable in their skins, Jessica Simpson wants to prove real beauty lies within.

That’s totally what made her a celebrity, and what she’s promoted in music, TV and film vehicles throughout her career too. The importance of inner beauty.

No retouching. No regrets. Still low cut.

Not that she’s done mixing things up. “If I’m in a mood to go out and feel hot and sexy, I want long hair I can feel on my back. But I also like bed head,” she says.

What do you think of her Marie Clarie photo shoot? Do you like seeing Jessica Simpson pictures with no makeup, or do you prefer the “enhanced” version? Vote!

Jessica Simpson looks best with …

Jessica Simpson recently turned red when some douchebag relayed stories of tapping that to Playboy, sending shock waves across the celeb gossip landscape.

Here she’s just wearing a red dress and looking sexy as all getout. She says she loves her body, and we can certainly see why. Damn, girl. Great selection.

Meanwhile, actress and famed Reese Witherspoon home wrecker Abbie Cornish rocked a similar frock and turned heads with that brilliant tomato red color.

Who looked better, though? That’s your call. Vote below!

Who looked hotter in their red dress?

When it comes to self-love, Jessica Simpson is all about it. No, we don’t mean that in a dirty way, just a high self-esteem way. She’s comfortable in her own skin!

If she were to pick one favorite feature, though, what would it be?

“I like my nose, that’s my favorite body part,” she tells FOX News.

We’d have chosen these two body parts in a virtual dead heat.

“I do have a bump, but I like my profile,” she continues. “But I don’t think anyone else has my exact same nose, which I think is unique and just a little flawed.”

Jessica Simpson’s favorite body part on full display.

The alleged singer / actress says she “needed” last year’s scrutiny on her appearance, which reached a fever pitch following those fat Jessica Simpson pics in mom jeans.

“I needed to find some light in the dark place I was in. People’s judgments about me and my weight are none of my business. I found something that will help me deal.”

What that is, we can’t say. But she adds: “You really have to know who you are before you can truly fall in love and give your all. I don’t think a man can define you.”

Okay then. Her new reality show The Price of Beauty has redefined terrible, even by VH1 standards, and has been floundering since its forgettable debut last month.

Its March 15 premiere netted just 1 million viewers, losing out to a rerun of NCIS, a TruTV series called Operation Repo and the History Channel’s Pawn Stars.

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Jessica Simpson’s career has hit a new low with The Price of Beauty, which premiered last night, and that is really saying something considering recent years.

The show, which chronicles Simpson and BFFs CaCee Cobb and Ken Paves traveling around learning what people consider beautiful, was worse than expected.

A lot worse. And again, that’s saying something!

What resulted is boring at best, and embarrassing at worst, a pathetic display of rude Americans uncomfortable in foreign cultures and making tasteless jokes.

When Jessica Simpson burst out laughing while meditating with monks in a Buddhist temple, that about sums it up. Bad TV has pretty much been redefined.

This line was also indicative of the night: “I thought Thai massages had happy endings. I’m wondering where mine is.” Yep, Jess apparently wants a hand job.

That’s half an hour of our lives we’ll never get back.

Later, they meet the host of Thailand’s Next Top Model and visit an outdoor market where he insists they sample fried bugs. The Price of Beauty meets Survivor.

Then it was time for the “serious” portion of the program. Jessica, Ken and CaCee meet young women who lost all their facial skin when creams burned it off.

In Thai culture, lighter skin is considered a sign that you aren’t lower-class. Another tribe wraps rings around their necks to elongate them, signifying wealth.

There was probably a point to this in there somewhere, but if so, it was lost by the fact this show is hosted by Sexual Napalm, a.k.a. Jessica freaking Simpson.

The fact that she hosts a show about beauty standards around the world is absurd in itself, given what a shill she is for so many superficial cosmetic products.

Let’s be clear, Jessica Simpson is no Heidi Montag. At the same time, is a girl famous only for looking like a stereotypical blonde pinup a positive role model?

Next thing you know, Tiger Woods will host The Price of Marriage.

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Jessica Simpson is all self-conscious thanks to that douchebag John Mayer.

After the singer told Playboy that she was “sexual napalm” and that he wanted to “snort her like crack,” Jess is concerned about guys checking her out 24/7.

Monday on The View, Simpson said Mayer’s revealing Playboy interview was “embarrassing. I’ll walk into a restaurant and I feel like men are looking at me.”

“I feel like they’re undressing me.”

Yeah, John Mayer’s interview is when that all started. No one goes to a Jessica Simpson concert or watches her movies because of her charisma. Just sayin’.

As she’s said before, the star said Mayer’s apology “doesn’t really matter.” Will she ever take him back? “He’ll never have this napalm again!” she declared.

Amen, sister.

Simpson also shot down her rumored romance with Billy Corgan. “I can’t meet anyone without being married the next week,” Simpson said of Corgan, who helped produce theme song for The Price of Beauty, which premieres tonight.

“He is one of my dear friends … he understands my heart.” Deep.

Also a clothing designer, Jess told The View panel about a new product: “I’m actually about to put out a denim line: sexy mom jeans!” Sure to be a hot seller.

Check out a clip of Sexual Napalm on The View below …

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