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“Jessica Simpson has dropped out of school — Lamaze school, that is,” begins a piece from In Touch, which says the singer is now planning to have her baby via Caesarean section.

According to the mag, “She was taking the classes with her fiance, Eric Johnson, but after a few lessons, she decided to skip natural childbirth and schedule a C-section instead.”

In Touch claims Simpson made the decision after the Lamaze classes supposedly “reminded” her of sister Ashlee’s difficult birth to Bronx in 2008, quoting a so-called “friend” as saying, “She wants to skip the pain.”

“Jessica can’t wait to become a mother, but she quickly decided that giving birth the old-fashioned way just wasn’t for her,” the supposed pal explains, noting, “She is planning a C-section in late April.”

The insider adds that Simpson has “already booked a $2,800 suite at Cedars-Sinai hospital in L.A.”

OK…

Now, here’s what’s right about the tabloid’s story: Jessica Simpson is pregnant.

Here’s what’s wrong: EVERYTHING ELSE.

Simpson “was never in a Lamaze class!” a source close to the singer assures Gossip Cop, nor did she did reserve a suite at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

Moreover, additional sources tell us there’s NO scheduled C-section.

So In Touch managed to get three facts wrong within one story… impressive!

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1. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux

The pair hooked up on the set of Wanderlust, and went public with their relationship at the MTV Movie Awards after-party in June.

2. George Clooney and Stacy Keibler

Shortly after splitting from Elisabetta Canalis in June, Clooney began dating Keibler, a former WWE wrestler.

3. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes

The pair got together while shooting The Place Beyond the Pines, and showed off their new relationship at Disneyland in September.

4. Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield

The Amazing Spider-Man co-stars fell for each other while playing Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in the action flick.

5. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Lively moved on to her Green Lantern co-star after splitting from Leonardo DiCaprio in October.

6. Emma Roberts and Chord Overstreet

The young couple hooked up last spring, and Overstreet told Ryan Seacrest in December that they’re “having a blast” together.

7. Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart

After a quick fling with Bradley Cooper, Lopez began dating her 24-year-old backup dancer.

8. Ashlee Simpson and Vincent Piazza

Simpson was first spotted with the “Boardwalk Empire” star in June, and they’ve been going strong ever since.

9. Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis

After being wrongly linked to Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, Wilde hooked up with Sudeikis this winter.

10. Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler

Zac Efron‘s ex hooked up with Butler, a Disney star, in September.

11. Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman

The couple started hanging out in February, and became official shortly after.

Which new couples do you see making it through 2012?

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According to In Touch, Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Meagan Camper, are expecting a baby.

The magazine reports “exclusively” that Camper is “pregnant,” citing a so-called “music industry insider.”

“His divorce from Ashlee Simpson, 27, was just finalized, so Pete has been keeping the pregnancy under wraps, but he is very happy about it,” says the In Touch source (in excruciatingly unnatural language).

Wentz and Simpson have a three-year-old son, Bronx, together.

And for the time being, Bronx will remain Wentz’s only child.

A rep for the rocker tells Gossip Cop the report of Camper being pregnant is “absolutely not true.”

Yet another In Touch “insider” turns out to be woefully out of touch.

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“Jessica’s Wedding War!” blares a headline from Star magazine, which goes on to claim that Jessica Simpson’s father is ordering her to marry Eric Johnson before she gives birth.

An “insider” for the tabloid says Joe Simpson, a Baptist minister, is “very upset Jess would want to have a child out of wedlock,” and is “trying his best to convince her how important it is to him and her mother that she get married before bringing a child into the world.”

Simpson’s dad is allegedly “pleading with Jessica non-stop” to let him officiate a “small backyard ceremony” like he did for Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz in 2008, one week before the younger Simpson announced her pregnancy.

The mag’s so-called insider says Joe will “keep pushing Jess to let him marry her and Eric right up until the day she gives birth in the spring,” and that his interference in her wedding plans is putting an awful “damper” on Simpson’s baby joy.

Of course, this is the same publication that wrongly reported Simpson was starving herself to get thin for her nuptials; paying Johnson to marry her; and that she stole him from his previous wife, so it’s a bit difficult for Gossip Cop to believe anything they claim to know about the singer-actress.

Regardless, we checked in with a source close to the family, who tells us no one is trying to interfere in Simpson’s wedding plans, which are still slated for after she gives birth.

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Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are officially divorced.

Their three-and-a-half year marriage ended on November 22, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.

Simpson filed for divorce from the rocker in February and, at the time, sought joint legal custody and primary physical custody of their son Bronx.

Since their split, Simpson has been dating “Boardwalk Empire” star Vincent Piazza, and Wentz has been linked to model Meagan Camper.

The couple, who wed in 2008, also reportedly settled their financials in secret.

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Of all the shameful things tabloids write – and it’s a long list – maybe nothing is as bad as fabricating danger to babies and children.

That’s exactly what OK! does this week.

The magazine’s cover story is all about Jessica Simpson‘s alleged “baby crisis,” including her “doctor’s shocking warning.”

According to OK!, “medical fears and emotional turmoil are spoiling what should be the happiest time” of Simpson’s life.

Wow, so what’s supposedly wrong?

The tab quotes a “friend” as saying Simpson has been “dizzy and nauseous” during her pregnancy, while an OK! “insider” contends, “She was totally unprepared for how hard it would be on her body.”

So… she has morning sickness?

What about the “crisis” that supposedly “could threaten her health – and her child”?

Well, the magazine claims Simpson’s been eating junk food.

“Everything she eats is highly processed with chemicals and preservatives, white flour and sugar,” alleges the “insider,” who adds that Simpson’s sister, Ashlee, and her doctor have both advised her to eat more healthfully.

So… she has cravings?

The OK! article gets even more ridiculous from there, mentioning that “everything on [Simpson] is swollen,” and that she’s “also sleep-deprived.”

In other words, OK! describes the typical experience of pregnancy and sensationalizes it as a medical emergency “baby crisis.”

Because the tabloid has nothing, it then discusses the “emotional angst” coming from Simpson’s purported “bitter conflict” with beau Eric Johnson over a prenup.

“Jessica said she was starting to think they’d never work it out,” explains a “source.”

On the financial stuff, OK! was wrong two weeks ago, and the tab is still wrong.

A source close to Simpson again tells Gossip Cop that it’s “totally ridiculous.”

And the magazine’s trumped-up tales of Simpson eating her way through a dangerous pregnancy are as baseless as they are sensationalized.

A source tells us, “She hired a chef who has been making healthy meals for everyone.”

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“Jessica Simpson Has A Star-Studded Baby Shower At Her Hollywood Hills Home,” reads a so-called “exclusive” from X17Online.

According to the news and photo agency, on Saturday “Jessica Simpson had a baby shower and everybody came!”

The blog notes, “Famous friends like Jessica Alba, Gwen Stefani and Ali Larter came out to celebrate, along with Jessica’s younger sister Ashlee.”

What other details you ask?

None.

X17Online has NO information about the gifts Simpson received or what the guests ate, discussed, etc…

Incredibly, the photo agency doesn’t even have any photos of the “famous friends” going in or leaving Simpson’s home.

That’s because, as a source close to Simpson tells Gossip Cop, there was “no baby shower.”

Once again, another X17Online story that’s as full of it as a baby’s diaper.

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“Jessica Simpson suffered a terrifying miscarriage scare that left her shaken and frightened that she was going to lose her child,” begins a breathless piece from the National Enquirer.

Quoting a so-called “close family friend,” the tabloid says the pregnant singer “nearly collapsed from a shooting pain in her abdomen” during a North Carolina business trip with her sister Ashlee on November 5.

After debuting their new teen clothing line at a local mall, Simpson returned to her hotel and supposedly “broke out in a sweat and started having trouble breathing,” details the source.

“She was petrified that she was miscarrying,” claims the insider, noting, “She collapsed in a chair and started screaming out for Ashlee.”

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And then Simpson got so alarmed that she “sobbed hysterically and prayed to God to keep her from losing the baby.”

Finally, Ashlee calmed her down, says the mag, and when Simpson spoke to her doctor later, it was determined that the baby was just “kicking and moving around.”

Umm, who is this so-called “insider” that witnessed every single moment of Simpson’s alleged crisis in a room where only the singer and her sister were situated?

And if Simpson really thought she was having a miscarriage, wouldn’t Ashlee have called 911?

Not only is this story complete and utter b.s., but it’s also just disgusting.

A source extremely close to the singer tells Gossip Cop there’s absolutely no truth to the mag’s tale, and that Simpson is doing just fine in her pregnancy.

The Enquirer continues to sink lower and lower.

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Pete Wentz has a new lady in his life.

The musician is dating model Meagan Camper, Gossip Cop has learned.

They reportedly met just about a month ago.

Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, with whom he has a two-year-old son named Bronx, are in the process of divorcing.

Simpson’s been dating Vincent Piazza of “Boardwalk Empire.”

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“Mixing business and family has blown up big-time for Jessica Simpson and her sister Ashlee!” begins a piece from the National Enquirer, which claims the sisters’ new teen clothing venture is tearing them apart.

A so-called “insider” for the tabloid reveals, “Jessica and Ashlee are butting heads over the direction of the clothes,” explaining, “Jess prefers girly frills like lace and flowers,” while her younger sister “wants a more punk rock look.”

According to the mag’s supposed source, “Their disagreements have set off a virtual World War III with them screaming at each other in front of underlings.”

“Jessica constantly throws her fashion success in Ashlee’s face,” continues the “source,” who says things have gotten so bad that Ashlee is “threatening to boycott” her sister’s wedding to Eric Johnson.

Whoa!

As in whoa, the mag couldn’t be any further off on this story.

A source close to the Simpson family calls the Enquirer piece “a joke,” and tells Gossip Cop the sisters’ new fashion line is “going amazingly well,” and that “they are having so much fun.”

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Ashlee Simpson has a new guy in Vincent Piazza, but the National Enquirer insists it was actually Jessica Simpson who pushed her younger sister toward the actor and away from a reconciliation with ex Pete Wentz.

According to the magazine’s so-called “insider,” Ashlee considered getting back together with Wentz until Jessica “quickly stepped in and said NO WAY!”

The Enquirer says Jessica “convinced her little sis that it would be a big mistake” to reunite with the father of her son Bronx.

Supposedly using her own bounce back from her heartbreak over Tony Romo as a model, Jessica “told [Ashlee] she needed to dump Pete and move on” to Piazza, claims the Enquirer insider.

Hmm.

Were Wentz and Ashlee really on the verge of getting back together until Jessica interfered?

No.

A source close to Jessica calls the Enquirer article “silly” and tells Gossip Cop she had absolutely nothing to do with hooking up Ashlee and Piazza.

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“Jessica’s Mission: Save Ashlee!” blares a headline from Star magazine, which claims Jessica Simpson “has staged an intervention for her troubled 26-year-old sister Ashlee.”

The mag’s “sources” say the younger Simpson, who last February filed for divorce from Pete Wentz, “is not handling [the breakup] well,” and is “downing eight to 10 bottles of wine a week” to cope with the “painful split.”

According to another so-called “insider” for the tabloid, “Jessica is on a mission to save Ashlee from self-destructing, and told her to funnel her angst into songwriting.”

So, is the “Pieces of Me” singer really on the verge of cracking?

Not at all.

A source close to the Simpson family tells Gossip Cop there was never an intervention, and the allegations about Ashlee drinking too much are absolutely “not true.”

As for the assertion that Ashlee is “not handling [the breakup] well,” just yesterday Gossip Cop reported that she was spotted kissing and holding hands with “Boardwalk Empire” star Vincent Piazza.

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Ashlee Simpson, who filed for divorce four months ago from husband Pete Wentz, appears to have found a new man.

The singer-actress was spotted in New York kissing actor Vincent Piazza, who plays gangster Lucky Luciano on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.”

The couple didn’t seem to hide their affection for each other while the paparazzi snapped photos of them holding hands and kissing.

Simpson remains on good terms with Wentz since their split.

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Ashlee Simpson and her estranged husband Pete Wentz were spotted grabbing fast food two days in a row this weekend.

On Saturday, they were photographed picking up grub at In-n-Out Burger in L.A., and then on Sunday they were spotted at a Taco Bell.

Last month, Simpson filed for divorce and just days ago Wentz sought joint custody of their son Bronx.

In light of this weekend’s two outings, Us Weekly asks, “Maybe this marriage can be saved . . . by burgers and burritos?”

Gossip Cop looked into this, and despite their back-to-back fast food dates, Simpson and Wentz are not getting back together.

A source close to Wentz tells us there’s “no reconciliation. They are just really committed to keeping it amicable and as normal as possible for Bronx.”

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Pete Wentz is taking his soon-to-be ex-wife Ashlee Simpson to court for joint custody of their two-year-old son Bronx.

When Simpson filed for divorce from Wentz on February 9, Simpson requested primary physical custody and joint legal custody of their son, but now Wentz wants joint physical custody, according to papers filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Gossip Cop will continue to keep you updated on all the twists and turns and legal wrangling.

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“Guess what? Another man did get between Ashlee & Pete,” writes Perez Hilton, who adds, “And his name is Joe Simpson.”

Recalling how there was “talk of Joe interfering” when Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey split up, Perez alleges “Joe’s pulling the same thing with his youngest daughter, Ashlee Simpson.”

The blogger goes on to say that sources claim, “Joe doesn’t have anything against Pete Wentz personally, but he wants to be the “only man in his daughters’ lives.”

Really?

Nope.

Gossip Cop looked into this, and a mutual friend of ours and Joe’s says it’s simply “not true” the Simpson patriarch wants to interfere in his daughters’ romantic lives.

Our impeccable insider explains, “Joe wants [Ashlee] to be happy,” and supports “whatever she needs to be happy.”

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Ashlee Simpson has filed for divorce from Pete Wentz.

She is citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason.

The couple married in 2008.

They have a two-year-old son named Bronx.

Simpson is asking for joint legal custody and primary physical custody.

“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” the couple says in a statement.

“We remain friends and deeply committed and loving parents to our son Bronx, whose happiness and well-being remains our number one priority. We ask that everyone honor our privacy as we navigate this next phase of our lives.”

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“Whether it be a new hairstyle or a plastic-surgery procedure, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has a reputation for constantly changing her appearance. But her latest transformation – to waifishly thin – has friends and family worried,” begins a piece in In Touch.

One of these so-called “friends” tells the mag that the 5’7” singer “looks emaciated” and “weighs less than 100 pounds.”

According to this same individual, Simpson’s “weight loss-obsession” began when she started taking an exercise class once a week called Cardio Barre, which combines ballet and weight-lifting. “Now, she’s there practically every day,” the “friend” says.

What most concerns this “pal” is that the singer is now supposedly consuming “less than 800 calories a day,” and is “thinking about losing more [weight].”

Is Simpson really “starving” herself to look thin?

Absolutely not.

“This story is just ridiculous,” her rep tells Gossip Cop, adding, “must be a slow news day during the holidays.”

It seems like In Touch is “starving”…for content.

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Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson had an engagement party last night at her parents’ home in Encino, CA.

Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz and CaCee Cobb were among the 50 or so guests at the casual get together on Thursday.

The bride-to-be arrived an hour late, but Gossip Cop hears everyone had a good time while dining on pizza and tapas.

Simpson and Johnson announced their engagement last weekend.

No wedding date has been set.

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“Ashlee & Pete Growing Apart,” declares a headline in this week’s In Touch, which goes on to claim there’s “trouble” between Ashlee Simpson and husband Pete Wentz.

What sort of “trouble”?

According to one of the mag’s sources, Simpson is “jealous”of Wentz’s career and his new, pretty and young bandmate Bebe Rexha. In Touch‘s source says “they fight about it all the time.”

What’s more, the tab claims Simpson “isn’t happy with her career,” causing a strain in her relationship with Wentz, and she’s taken to partying wildly, which is also “putting her at odds with her husband.”

So, is the pair really having marital problems?

Absolutely not.

A spokesperson for Simpson tells Gossip Cop that the story “is completely inaccurate. Ashlee is happy writing songs and she is incredibly supportive of Pete, as he is of her. They’re in love and remain committed to one another and their son.”

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We’d love to know where the National Enquirer finds the so-called celebrity “friends” it often quotes.

This week the supermarket tab reports that “pals” of Jessica Simpson insist she’s “jealous of her younger sister Ashlee‘s super-slender figure” despite the star’s repeated public declarations of happiness with her body.

“Jessica wants everyone to believe she’s learned to embrace her shape,” one “friend” tells the Enquirer. “But the truth is she’d give the world to have a skinny body like Ashlee’s.”

And what about Simpson’s new show “The Price of Beauty,” which, after all, celebrates physical diversity and self-empowerment? It’s all a cover, according to the tab’s source, who says, “She’s more insecure than ever about her looks.”

The item goes on to describe Simpson’s frenzied efforts to lose weight to match her younger sister’s size 0 frame.

Well, it is true that the “Beauty” star boxes to stay in shape and tries to live a healthy lifestyle, but a source close to Simpson assures Gossip Cop she’s also embraced her body type and likes it. When she says she likes her curves, she means it.

That said, it’s really classy of the Enquirer to do its best to make Simpson and other celebs insecure by pitting their so-called “friends” (and family) against them.

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Us Weekly is reporting that Ashlee Simpson-Wentz‘s marriage to Pete Wentz is in trouble because her ”splurging habits are out of control.” 

According to the mag’s unnamed source, “Things are getting strained” between the parents of Bronx, because the “Chicago” star supposedly “keeps spending all his money.” In fact, the tab claims Simpson-Wentz recently “spent over $20,000 on his credit cards and acted like it was nothing. He’s over it!”

A few questions: Where was the shopping spree? When? What did she buy? 

Us doesn’t have any of those answers, just allegations.

When pressed, a rep for both of them unequivocally told Gossip Cop that Us‘ “piece is a fabrication,” adding that the so-called “strained” couple “just celebrated their son’s first birthday together.”

Any questions?

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Gossip Cop can confirm that Ashlee Simpson will be reprising the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of “Chicago.”

Simpson, whose character recently wrapped on the TV show “Melrose Place,” starred in “Chicago” in 2006 in London’s West End, where she received good notices.

According to an inside source, Simpson will begin her Broadway run in December and perform for six weeks.

That same insider tells Gossip Cop that Fran and Barry Weissler, the show’s producers, were really pleased with Simpson’s performance in London, and had wanted her for some time to reprise the role.

This will mark Simpson’s Broadway debut.

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Maybe this is why Perez Hilton blocked Gossip Cop on Twitter?

Perez just pulled off one of his patented late-and-wrong combos, posting an item that repeats the rumor Heather Locklear had Ashlee Simpson-Wentz fired from “Melrose Place.”

Of course, Gossip Cop busted this nonsense early yesterday morning, and revealed – thanks to show insiders – that Locklear had NOTHING to do with Simpson-Wentz’s departure.

It’s noteworthy, though, that “Scoop” Hilton seems to be evolving as a cut-and-paste artist! He now more frequently attributes his bad tips to their original sources, in this case citing the facts-challenged Star article that spoon fed him this bad dish.

Like a Dream Team of Sloppy Speculation, Perez and Star keep fueling wrong rumors.

Gossip Cop will keep fighting for facts.

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Amazing! It took four Star magazine reporters to come up with a single page of text, and still it’s so riddled with inaccuracies that it seems more a work of fiction than an article.

In a piece titled, “Ashlee Forced Out! By Heather,” the Star claims, “Heather Locklear was gunning for Ashlee Simpson-Wentz from the moment she set foot on the Melrose Place set. Now Ash is history – and the prime-time diva couldn’t be more thrilled!”

According to a so-called “source,” Locklear “was jealous of Ashlee immediately… She knew Ashlee was one of the bigger names on the set, and she wanted her gone so she could make it her show. Heather is very political and calculating.” Adds the “source” in what is clearly a made-up quote about Locklear: “For a sunshiny California girl, she sure has ice running through her veins.”

The cutting dialogue, the intrigue… this fabricated story is almost as dramatic as an episode of “Melrose Place.”

The article also goes way off base when it states how Simpson-Wentz and her onscreen love interest Colin Egglesfield were informed their characters were off the show: “Producers told them by e-mail they were being let go!”

Well, Gossip Cop spoke to sources involved in the production, and here is what we learned. For starters, Star violated Journalism 101, says a source, who related that the magazine “never called to fact-check.”

Had Star done the basics, the magazine would have found out what Gossip Cop did which, according to a highly placed source, is that their story is “100 percent not true.” That same impeccable insider said, “Ashlee is a total pro, and Heather is a total pro,” but emphatically stressed, that Simpson-Wentz’s departure had “nothing to do with Heather, but was part of the original plan [for her character].”

Additionally, that whole thing about her finding out she was gone via e-mail… the insider said that, too, was “completely false,” and told Gossip Cop she was personally informed by producers.

Gossip Cop has said it before and we’ll say it again: We think we’re developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from having to repeatedly type the words “Star magazine” and “not true.”

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“Scary Skinny Ashlee Simpson” is the title of a National Enquirer article that claims she’s dropping pounds to compete with the other stars of “Melrose Place.”

According to the supermarket tab, Ashlee Simpson “has been crash-dieting and stressing over how she measures up to her gorgeous co-stars on the CW series.” The rag quotes a so-called source saying, “She substitutes Red Bull for some meals, and snacks on nuts and other small things instead of having a decent lunch or dinner.”

OK, here’s the real deal. “She eats,” says a source close to the singer-actress, who acknowledges that Simpson’s “burning calories by the truckload, but it’s not because she’s not eating” to compete with co-workers. 

Gossip Cop‘s insider assures us that Simpson is healthy, but has lost a little weight because she’s putting in “14-17 hour days on set and running after a rambunctious 11 month old.”

Nice job, Enquirer, with exaggerating the legitimate weight loss of a hard-working mom.

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There’s been lot of misinformation recently about Jessica Simpson and her love life. Some reports have her turning to online dating to find a new man. Not true.

And now comes a story from OK! magazine — known for putting words in other people’s mouth (See “Twilight” story below) — that Simpson is begging: “Help Me Find a Man!” 

According to OK!, “Jessica Simpson is turning to brother-in-law Pete Wentz to jump-start her dating life.” Not surprisingly, the mag even has one of its ever-ready unnamed sources saying that she’s hoping her sister Ashlee‘s husband “will hook her up with one of his hot, single friends.” 

Uh, no she’s not. Her rep tells Gossip Cop that rumors of online dating and Wentz wrangling “aren’t true.’

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Apparently, Star magazine isn’t satisfied with the romantic intrigue actually ON “Melrose Place,” because it’s fueling rumors of behind-the-scenes flirtations between co-stars Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield.

According to the tab’s piece titled, “Ashlee Crushing on Melrose Costar,” “an overly flirty” Simpson-Wentz “got touchy-feely with Colin between scenes on Sept. 23.” An ‘eyewitness’ tells Star the actress “kept grabbing Colin’s hand and hugging him repeatedly,” “giggled nonstop and did the whole hair-filp thing.”

Star then reports that husband Pete Wentz is aware of Ashlee’s “crush” and is very jealous. According to an ‘insider,’ “He recently caught Ashlee online Googling Colin and flipped,” and “they got into a huge fight over it and didn’t speak for days, and then he went on tour.” At which point, a different ‘insider’ tells Star, Ashlee invited Colin to join her for drinks after a day of filming.

We hate to “crush” this crush story, but a source close to Simpson-Wentz tells Gossip Cop, “It’s not true.”

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In the latest Paparazzi Patrol:

Photogs surround Ashlee Simpson-Wentz when she goes to Nobu in New York . . . and then again the next day when she arrives at LAX airport.

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The Star, which has had a bad week when it comes to accuracy, is touting a story on its cover, “Ashlee Kicks Pete Out!” which claims that Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is contemplating divorce after having “discovered what she believed to be evidence of her husband Pete Wentz cheating on her.”

The article quotes a source stating that when Wentz called his wife at one point while recently on tour, she yelled, “Don’t even bother coming home! I don’t want to look at you!” That supposed insider also told the supermarket tabloid, “They fight all the time and sometimes don’t speak for days.”

According to the weekly’s source, Ashlee’s been talking to divorce lawyers: “She wants to know how she and Pete would split their money and share custody of [9-month-old son] Bronx.”

Wow!

Of course, this sounds a little less dire — and accurate — when you read Ashlee’s Tweet from earlier today. She wrote that she’s excited to get back home because she “CAN’T wait to see @petewentz and bx!!!!”

Additionally, a rep for the couple told Gossip Cop the Star story is “absolutely not true.”