Don’t ask me what Jessica Simpson is doing in these photos. I have no idea. I don’t know why she’s dressed like a goth hobo, and I have no idea what that thing is on her head, and I have no idea what she’s doing in Aspen. She’s apparently there with Eric Johnson. Poor dude. That’s what I think when I see him, although I actually feel sorry for both of them. I feel sorry for Jessica because she thinks she’s won some kind of prize with this guy, and I feel sorry for Eric because it must be embarrassing to date her. I’m not trying to be horrible, I’m really not. Jessica may be very sweet, and a very nice (and stupid) person. But she’s embarrassing.

Anyway, Star Magazine’s cover story this week is about how Jessica is a “homewrecker”. The tabloids have been trying to make this “Jessica home wrecked Eric’s marriage” story happen for a while, and while I will accuse Jessica of all kinds of things, I don’t really think this accusation is fair. Eric was separated from his wife when he and Jessica began dating, and he and estranged wife had some kind of quickie divorce when he and Jessica became more serious. Is it poorly timed? Yes. Is it sketchy? Sure. But Jessica thought she was starting something with a free agent, and I think she was. BUT – Star has “proof” that there’s more to the story:

Eric and Jessica first met in 2009 – not only was he still married at the time, but Star has learned exclusively that Eric’s wife was by his side on that fateful night when he first locked eyes with the bodacious blonde! That didn’t stop Jessica from pursuing a relationship behind the scenes with Eric shortly after he and his wife, Keri Johnson, agreed to “take a break” to try to fix a rough patch in their four-and-a-half year marriage, a friend tells Star.

“Keri told me, ‘I always hoped Eric and I could iron out our problems and make it work for good. Then I started hearing rumors that he and Jessica were spending time together!’ It was like a cold, hard slap in the face – and it’s really difficult for anyone close to Keri to see Jessica as anything but a man-stealer!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Those are the basics, although Star Mag fills another two pages with the same stuff, rehashed in different ways. Jessica and Eric first met when he and his wife were fine, then Eric and Keri separated, and Eric and Jessica began seeing each other. Oh, and they make a big deal about how Jessica claimed in a recent interview that she had never met Keri, which Keri’s “friends” are quick to jump on as LIE that proves everything, I guess. Maybe Keri really did think she and Eric were going to get back together, BUT they really were separated at the time. Whatever. Actually, I find the most interesting piece of news in the story is that Keri told friends that Eric was “plain out of money” towards the end of their marriage. Now THAT I’ll believe. Lucky for him, he found a rich, ditzy blonde full of raging need.

Photos courtesy of Fame.