Papa Joe Simpson was out on Thursday, and he couldn’t help himself from talking about daughter Ashlee and the new baby about to enter their lives. He joked that he was too young to be a grand-dad and then gave the ultimate Simpson parenting advice, “Hold on for deal life! Because it’s a ride.”

You got that right. If Ashlee’s baby is anything like Jessica or her, she’ll be in for fun times! Music business! Boyfriends! Lip synching!

Aw… but on the other hand there you’ve got two talented kids who are unlike anyone else. I doubt Joe’s complaining.

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Well Papa Joe Simpson is getting all kinds of flack these days for getting in the way of Jessica Simpson and her boyfriend Tony Romo, but Ashlee’s ex Ryan Cabrera shrugs off any gossip about him interfering.

In a recent interview he said that “Joe Simpson is still his manager” and he “never had any problems with him” when he was dating Ashlee. He even went so far as to say he was “a cool guy.”

Cabrera just released The Moon Under Water, his third album. He’s grown up quite a bit and has been dating Riley Keough for the last couple years.

So this begs the question. If Pete Wentz doesn’t have a problem with Papa Joe and Ryan Cabrera obviously doesn’t…. who is really the one with the problem?

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Well Papa Joe Simpson is getting flack all over for causing problems with his daughter’s relationships. Or Jessica’s, to be specific. We told you a couple weeks ago that it was Papa Joe’s meddling that was driving Jessica and Tony apart.

Several sites, including MSN and the LA Times have now run stories on this issue as well.

Access Hollywood even ran a clip devoted to Papa Joe’s intrusive nature:

Here’s the part that I find interesting. Do you notice how Ashlee really isn’t a part of this story? Yeah, sure, they talk about the wedding pictures that ran in People, but really, that’s something every celeb manager pushes for. Besides that, it didn’t break Ashlee and Pete up.

There’s no doubt that Joe has gotten opportunities for both daughters, as any manager should. But it’s only Jessica’s love life that he’s really messed up. He’s made crude stage parent comments about her body (remember the “DD” dity?) and he pushed for her and Nick to have that reality show when they were married all of twelve minutes.

For Joe’s part, he’s said that he’s not , “They [Ashlee and Jessica] don’t call me and ask me. They call me and tell me.”

I think the question isn’t whether Joe Simpson is a buttinsky with the girls, but whether Jessica can stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life.

Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are apparently still trying to work things out. As we told ya, they had dinner together and seemed to be playing nice after Ashlee’s wedding (and after the two had a little time apart).

We also told ya that Joe Simpson’s constant meddling seemed to drive the two lovebirds apart. It’s not enough that he’s also “hanging around” but now is apparently giving unwanted advice to Tony.

Here’s a recent video from The Daily Ten with some more info on the twosome:

Photographers caught up with Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz as they were arriving at a downtown hotel in New York City. Check out Pete’s huge sunglasses:

Man, those two travel a lot! They were both just in Europe, now in New York. While in London Ashlee spoke to reporters about other young celebs who have been all over the news for their out of control behavior, and she says she’s not like that.

She said, “I’m almost 24, I’m pretty together and I’m getting married.”

True. I would agree with that, wouldn’t you? She also says Pete’s a great influence on her, supportive yet honest. Ashlee did claim that the folks in her life didn’t have control over her, which I think is an interesting statment given the fact that her dad is her manager. I think Ashlee has really been able to break out on her own, while her sister has fallen more under the influence of Papa Joe. Could this be because Jessica was so doted on when she was younger that she craves that attention now? While Ashlee learned early on to do her own thing? If so, it means Ashlee is probably in a stronger place in her life right now than her sister was at that age.

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