Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey

You walk past any given news kiosk and you see dozens of magazine covers with competing claims about the couple. One says Jessica has turned into a Democrat, another says she wouldn't recognize a well-reasoned political argument if her eye-liner depended on it. One says Nick has been getting much closer to Jess's dad Joe, another says that Joe got angry and spit in Nick's coffee.

Star this week has sources saying that Nick has been sleeping far, far from Jessica and actually, in the apartment of one of his pro-football playing friends. No word on if he's a wide receiver or a tight end.

The lovely couple appeared together on October 7th in London; sources assure us that it is all a publicity sham, arranged by Joe. All the gossiping is excellent for Nick and Jessica; what would people be saying about them this week if they couldn't talk about the precarious state of their relationship? (By Scott Rose)