
An obviously pregnant Jessica Simpson and her mom, Tina, spent the afternoon shopping at a high-end fashion store in NYC yesterday. Jessica kept her growing baby bump covered in yet another baggy black top.
Still no takers on the $500,000 baby pic price tag? When will her manager-father just allow her to announce she’s pregnant and move on with it?
For those of you unfamiliar with the celebrity photo-trafficking game, the idea of a star selling out her kid is not a new one. What is eye-opening is Simpson’s reported asking fee.
In recent years, we’ve seen Nicole Richie sell the first photos of baby Harlow for a reported $1 million, and Christina Aguilera raked in a reported $2 million for splashing baby Max on the cover of People. And of course, baby Shiloh Jolie-Pitt earned her parents an estimated $4 million, with the proceeds going to charity. But nowadays, in the current economic climate, most stars know better than to ask for six figures for a photo, unless both parents are ridiculously famous, and both of those parents work constantly, and the baby’s last name rhymes with Folie-Zitt.
In contrast, Simpson “doesn’t have anything super relevant going on right now,” points out 5W publicist Ronn Torossian, who is credited with negotiating photo sales on behalf of La Jolie. “And the father of the baby, Simpson’s fiancé, is a retired former football player; nobody knows who he is.
“It’s a badly kept secret that she’s pregnant, and I would be amazed if she got that much money.”
Do not confuse Simpson’s current B-list status with a dwindling bank account. According to Women’s Wear Daily, Simpson’s name is licensed to 22 different kinds of products — products that earned $750 million in retail sales in 2010.
So, to sum up what we know so far: Simpson is both sort-of famous and obscenely wealthy, and she apparently wants to use her maybe-pregnancy to make a half-million bucks.
There is one other possible explanation for Simpson’s reported asking price: She thinks she’s Beyoncé. Of the current crop of babymaking stars out there, we’re told, Mrs. Jay-Z is the one celebrity who could still command top dollar if she so desired. Or, more like a million top dollars.

Source, Photos: Fame
Posted Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 7:07am
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