Ashlee Simpson was trying to go the way of Ashley Tisdale, in selling the story of her nose job to the gossip tabloids. The only problem is, no one wants to buy it.

“She just should have come clean about it at the beginning, when she was an interesting story,” a magazine insider said.

“No one cares now — everyone knew Ashlee did it, it was obvious she had a new nose — but she thought being coy would pay off. That is until Ashley (Tisdale) proved that it’s okay to talk about it.”

Tisdale has survived the criticisms over her recent plastic surgery quite well, going as far as talking to People magazine about her cosmetic fears after the nose job.

“I was so swollen, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, is it going to stay like this?” Tisdale said as she explained how much she regretted performing only two weeks after the procedure.

Daddy’s little girl was beat to the punch!