Mar 4, 2008 1:06 pm US/Central
Simpson's Exes And New Guy Honored
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Singer Jessica Simpson attends the Just Cavalli flagship store launch party during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 on Sep. 7, 2007 in New York City.
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Jessica Simpson was the blonde elephant in the room when two of her
exes and her new guy — Dane Cook, John Mayer and Tony Romo — were
honored together at Cosmopolitan's Fun Fearless Male Awards.
But Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, broke the ice when he
joked about the situation while claiming his award at Monday's luncheon.
When musing about what made him qualify as one of Cosmo's Fun
Fearless Males, Romo said: "Dane Cook, John Mayer ... if you date
Jessica Simpson, I guess."
The Simpson trend began when her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, was
honored by the mag as 2007's Fun Fearless Male of the Year (Mayer got
the top award this year). But there were other honorees with
non-Simpson connections: John Krasinski (NBC's "The Office"), singer
Chris Brown, rapper Common, Peter Krause (ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money"),
Dave Annable (ABC's "Brothers and Sisters"), Animal Planet's Dave
Salmoni and MySpace.com co-founder Tom Anderson.
Romo told The Associated Press that football makes him fearless —
but so does being a celebrity athlete whose life off the field is
tabloid fodder. Romo's relationship with Simpson came under fire
earlier this year when fans blamed the couple's weekend trip to Mexico
for the Cowboys' defeat by the New York Giants (who ultimately won the
Super Bowl).
Romo said he tries to ignore the intense media glare into his personal life.
"You live life. I'm just trying to be a good person, trying to work
hard and do things the right way," said Romo, who has also been linked
to Carrie Underwood and actress Sophia Bush.
When asked about his off season plans, Romo said he'll "probably just
hang out with the guys, you know, get away a little bit and get back
home."
Will Simpson come too?
"Yeah," he said, grinning.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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