OK! Magazine takes great pleasure in the fact that pop star turned country singer Jessica Simpson recently played a bingo hall at a casino in which her accommodations were less than luxurious. Her dressing room didn’t even have a refrigerator or an ironing board, for goodness sakes!
From stadiums to bingo halls, Jessica Simpson’s performance venues have apparently slid towards the less-than-glamorous: Bingo regulars at the 2,500-capacity San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in Highland, Calif., had to go elsewhere for their game on Nov. 13 when she performed there.
The hall’s florescent lighting, dirty carpet and fried-food odor is a far cry from the venues J-Simp played back when her album In This Skin sold 7 million copies.
“Jessica’s dressing room at the bingo hall was a little larger than a broom closet,” an insider tells OK!.
“There’s an iron, but no ironing board. There’s not even a fridge!”
[From OK! Magazine]
It could be true that Simpson accepted an inferior venue as she’s not as much in demand lately, but OK! Magazine has good reason to emphasize her downfall. It’s rumored that relations between OK! and Jessica’s dadager, Joe Simpson, soured after he promised them exclusive access to his daughter in 2005 for over six figures but then turned around and gave other magazines stories.
This January, Jessica Simpson’s people sent OK! the most poorly worded cease and desist I’ve ever read in response to a their report that Tony Romo dumped her, which he subsequently did only to take her back before her sister’s wedding in May. There are plenty of other outlets that are rejoicing in Simpson’s lack of success in film, music and her personal life. While it’s easy to see that Jessica can’t act, she can still sing when she’s not ruining it by talking. It seems people are taking offense at her poor management, which is as much to blame for her downfall as for the media backlash against her.
Jessica Simpson is shown performing on Good Morning America on 9/9/08. Credit: Bauergriffin
Eeeesh…
Why should devoted lovers of bingo have to be punished?
So many take such pleasure in bashing a girl who’s basically as harmless as a mentally challenged kitten.
But playing bingo halls? That *is* rough.
“Under the ‘I’…IRRELEVANT”
she needs to ditch her father as manager. he’s steering her career in the wrong direction.
What’s up with that dress?
I sort of feel sorry for her, she’s got a sweet vapid look on her face and seems nice enough. Like the kind of girl who really just wants to stay home, have babies and bake Toll House cookies.
I know you go where the money is but da-hamn that’s a step below county fairs.
isn’t it all for the love of performing?!
that’s cause the county fair tour is over!!
she was out here in la la land (los angeles) playing the fair about a month and a half ago!!
it wasn’t pretty!
She should take up being a game show host. Or better yet, Vanessa’s letter turning job may be available someday.
She is so chubby. And the dress is gross. I can’t say I am the least bit surprised about this. Tony Romo needs to wake up and see that everything she touches she ruins. Run Romo Run!
comment at header picture : “one too much injection of restilane” !
That is one bad dress. She looks like the hostess at a psychedelic Oktoberfest.
Syko, I am in complete agreement with your assessment. She looks like her main goal was/is to simply be a good looking wife and be appreciated for that. And well she should – her entire persona is that of just wanting to be someone’s pride and joy, and a musical career will never provide her with that kind of satisfaction. Papa Joe has pushed her into this singing bullshit, and it’s just not for her. I realize the benefits of fame are enticing, what with the constant attention from the press, but maybe this bingo hall fiasco will finally open her eyes and give her the balls to inform Joe that his vision for her is simply not her vision for herself.
To Jessica:
Go be a happy trophy wife, Jessica. You’ll be great at it and all the People coverage of your new lifestyle will give you the publicity you think you need.
I don’t think she can sing.
The only success she’s had lately are the endorsement deals. I’m sure the Simpsons want to keep those coming in, but companies usually don’t want people who are famous for being famous…they want an actual celebrity, so the Simpsons are trying to salvage her “singing career” to fool companies into thinking she is famous for something other than being in the tabloids (and failing at everything she tries…country music included).
That dress is just awful. I heard a dress line will bear her name soon. I suspect that the dress is from the Jessica Simpson line, since it is a failure like Simpson herself.
Syko and Boomchakab, both your comments seem spot on (at least in this girl’s opinion).
To me, Jessica Simpson looks like someone who could have had a family life and career similar to that of Faith Hill’s family life and career.
Then again, Jessica’s still young. 27 right?
All things considered I don’t think she’s done too bad for herself, whether playing in a bingo hall means her career is coming to an end shouldn’t really bother her too much.
It’s kind of stupid to get of the house for bingo nowadays, with everything being available online. It’s also ridiculous to pay for Jessica Simpson concerts, but if you have to see her, why not just do it online for free.
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