She falls hard and fast for a guy again, only to find herself dumped in a hurry.
- JoAnna Zulli,
BettyConfidential.com
Jessica Simpson
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Girl meets boy. Girl falls hard for boy. Boy dumps girl. It’s a classic tale. But in the case of Jessica Simpson it’s more like a broken record. Ever since she split with husband Nick Lachey in 2005, the singer has been looking for love in all the wrong places – and with all the wrong guys.
The latest Mr. Wrong? Gerard Butler. The pair were spotted out with Jessica’s BFF, hairdresser Ken Paves, in NYC at the end of October, but just two weeks later Gerard was reportedly swapping spit with another lovelorn blonde — Lindsay Lohan.
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Gerard Butler
“Jessica has a habit of getting too needy too soon, and she scares men away,” the pal tells BettyConfidential. “She’s desperate to not be alone and every guy she's dated since Nick complains about the same thing — she’s too needy.”
While Gerard left the country and went to Morocco (where he was spotted with Lindsay), some of her exes have been more honest about telling her to back off.
When John Mayer posted a mean letter to an ex-lover on his blog last year, most people assumed he was telling his former flame Jessica, 29, to get lost.
"Perhaps you didn't understand the last time I told you to stop contacting me, so I'll do my best to spell it out for you,” John wrote. “I do not wish to have you in my life anymore. I don't know how much more clear I can be about it. It would serve you best to move on with your life and find someone who can put up with you, because I'm done trying. I hope this is enough closure for you. Goodbye.”
Ouch.
And when Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo split with Jessica earlier this year and banned her from setting foot on his property, she didn’t just move on quietly. Instead, she reportedly tried to make Tony jealous by hooking up with one of his NFL rivals Colt Brennan of the Washington Redskins.
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It didn’t work. And rather than learning from past mistakes and moving slowly with playboy Gerard, Jessica followed the same pattern and jumped in feet first.
“After just three dates with Gerard, she was acting like a high school girl who was so into her boyfriend, while Gerard was treating it like a fling and telling pals how hot and sexy she was,” the insider says. “Jessica knew what he was saying about her, but didn’t care.”
And even her dad, Joe, was telling her not to get involved with Gerard, who was fresh off a flirtation with his The Bounty co-star, Jennifer Aniston. “Joe was livid!” the source reveals. “He knew she was headed for heartbreak. She’s always attracted to bad boys.”
Jessica turned to her girlfriends for advice but it was too late; Gerard, 39, had already moved on. “It’s typical for Jess,” the source says. “She whines about being alone and being dumped constantly, but then she falls instantly for another guy who has a bad track record.”
JoAnna Zulli is a New York-based writer who has worked for Star, Soap Opera Magazine, Woman's World and In Touch.
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