'No baby' for Ashlee
2008-04-15 12:05
Los Angeles - Rocker Pete Wentz
on Monday denied that his fiancee, pop star Ashlee Simpson, is
pregnant as reported in celebrity magazines days after they
announced their engagement, according to a story on MTV.com.
Earlier in the day, Us and OK! magazines published stories
on their websites claiming Simpson was pregnant. OK! went so
far as to say the baby was due in October.
But Wentz, the bassist for rock band Fall Out Boy, told MTV
News in an e-mail: "There is a witch hunt for people to be
pregnant whenever they get engaged in Hollywood ... I mean
we're engaged, that's true, and happy about it."
In a separate e-mail, MTV News said it asked Wentz if he
was denying the reports of Simpson's pregnancy, and Wentz
answered "yeah".
A representative for 23-year-old Simpson, the younger
sister of actress and singer Jessica Simpson, issued a
statement confirming the engagement and adding "beyond that,
there is nothing to add".
Ashlee Simpson has been romantically linked to Wentz, 28,
since 2006. On Thursday, the couple posted a statement at the
social networking website friendsorenemies.com in which they
announced they would be getting married.
In addition to her career as a singer, Simpson had a role
in the US television show Seventh Heaven. Her new album,
Bittersweet World, is to be released this month.
Wentz co-founded Fall Out Boy in 2001, and the band has
built a loyal following with albums like 2005's popular From Under the Cork Tree.