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Romantic relations between Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo appear to be absolutely done and dusted, but according to insiders, the surprise break-up was largely a result of peer pressure from Romo’s pals and Jess’s love of adult beverages.

“Jessica would get really drunk and obnoxious, it was out of control. She would be sprawled everywhere with her head on his lap and the look on Tony’s face said it all,” an insider told Tarts. “He was so embarrassed in front of all the guys and his teammates were really harsh on him over it. Breaking up was a really hard decision for Tony to make.”

We’re also told that the Dallas Cowboy really did love the pop princess and “fought for her” with his skeptical friends, but in the end, it got to a point where it just didn’t make sense for him to stay in the relationship.

But in Simpson’s defense, a friend from her camp said that she doesn’t drink too much, and that there were numerous issues going on between them before Romo said his goodbyes.

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Jessica Simpson may have been dumped by Tony Romo, but her family has no hard feelings.

“We like all our exes,” her mom, Tina, told E! News at a Gap event in Hollywood Thursday.

How’s Jessica handling the split, which happened on the eve of her 29th birthday in July?

“Jessica is just a really strong girl,” says Tina. “She has her stuff together. She really does. She’s really solid.

“I’m very proud of her,” Tina went on, adding that Jessica is currently “awesome…she’s doing very good.”

Tina says she’s been spending the summer with Jessica and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz “working, hanging out by the pool, enjoying the grandson.”

Bronx, 8 months, “is a sweetheart,” Tina says. “He’s so cute. And getting so big…I’m a proud grandmother!”

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Did Jessica Simpson see it coming?

In an interview before her split from Tony Romo, she speaks about the process of moving on from a painful breakup – and even ponders how she’d cope with losing Romo.

“If this article comes out and we’re not together, I’d still love him, and he’d still be a huge part of who I am today,” Simpson, 29 tells Glamour in its September issue.

Simpson compared the end of a relationship to “a death in the family.”

“You go through the mourning stage, then the rebellion, and then all of a sudden you have to find life by yourself,” she says. “Once you do that, you feel complete – and that’s the only time you can truly fall in love again, and give yourself over completely to another person.”

Life for Simpson now is filled with projects. Her fashion design line, the Jessica Simpson Collection, is expected to reap hug earnings (Glamour estimates around $450 million). And she’s got a new VH1 show, The Price of Beauty, where she travels the world discovering what constitutes beauty in other cultures.

“Whether wearing rings to elongate your neck in Thailand or having plastic surgery in Brazil, women all over the world go to [great] lengths to feel beautiful,” she says. “It’s not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made them believe.”

That idea especially appeals to Simpson, who was criticized over a recent weight gain. “I absolutely, 100 percent do not agree with how the media has made everyone [body] obsessed,” she said. “And they do have the power to do it. Celebrities aren’t perfect. It’s amazing to me how much thought is put into a woman’s figure on tabloid covers.”

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Jessica Simpson is “bummed” about her split from quarterback Tony Romo, but “it’s the best thing for her,” according to a source close to the singer.

“[Tony] wanted her to be a house mom and be in Dallas, and he wants to go out and play – and not just football,” says the source.

Additionally, the source says Simpson and Romo’s relationship started to deteriorate toward the end of their time together. “It’s been tough for her. Tony had his eyes on everyone but her towards the end,” the source tells People. “But let’s not forget they lasted for a long time and he stuck with her even though the fans didn’t like her.”

Although Romo has been linked to another woman – Natalie Smith – in reports, Smith’s father John, the associate athletic director at Eastern Illinois University, has denied rumors that the pair are an item.

Reps for Romo did not return calls for comment.

In Love with Love
For Simpson, the breakup has meant letting go of her hopes for a future with the handsome football star. “I think when Jessica gets into a relationship, she thinks she is going to marry him and have babies,” the source says. “Every time she ends up with a boy, she is in the zone that it’s leading to marriage and babies. That’s how she’s programmed.”

And these feelings were not exclusive to Romo, says the source. “I guarantee when she was with John [Mayer] she thought she was going to marry John,” adds the source. “She’s in love with love.”

Another factor that makes relationships more tricky for Simpson is her family, says the source. “The closeness of her and her family – that takes a toll on the boys,” says source. “They are extremely close and when you date her, you date her family.”

For now the singer is hunkering down with her parents at their home in Encino. Calif., but the source says: “She will come back stronger. She’s working out and she’s focusing on herself.”

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Production on Jessica Simpson’s reality show is up in the air after her split from Tony Romo, the new issue of Us Weekly reports.

“The plan was to shoot most of it around Tony’s football schedule so she could support him through the season,” a show staffer on The Price of Beauty — which chronicles Simpson’s worldwide search for true beauty — tells Us.

“Now they’re busy redoing the whole shooting schedule,” continues the source. (It’s still set to premiere on VH1 March 2010.)

The new issue of Us also reports Romo had been sending “flirty texts” to a younger, skinner Simpson look-alike, Natalie Smith, while still dating the singer. He even introduced Smith to Simpson at one of her February concerts.

“We hung out for, like 10 to 15 minutes, backstage,” Smith tells Us. “She was cool and nice.”

A Smith source tells Us Romo, 29, and Smith, 22, “are not officially dating, but they are having an intimate relationship.”

Romo dumped Simpson on July 9, the eve of her 29th birthday.

Now, a sign hangs in the security booth of his Dallas gated community that reads: “RED ALERT!!! TONY ROMO HAS MADE SOME CHANGES TO HIS LIST OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN….JESSICA IS NO LONGER ON THE LIST AND NOT APPROVED FOR ACCESS.”

Simpson spent $19,000 to ship 37 boxes of her belongings overnight to Los Angeles on July 15.

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Jessica Simpson exuberantly announced “the man who loves [her]” was at a Feb. 6 concert — seemingly oblivious that Tony Romo was sitting with Natalie Smith, a younger, skinnier look-alike of the singer, that, according to the new issue of Us Weekly, he had been sending “flirty texts” to for months while still dating Simpson.

Backstage after the Champaign, Ill. show, Romo introduced Simpson to the 22-year-old, who is the daughter of the athletic director at Romo’s alma mater, Eastern Illinois University.

“We hung out for, like 10 to 15 minutes, backstage,” Smith tells Us Weekly. “She was cool and nice.”

But multiple sources tell Us that Simpson should have been more suspicious, as Romo was having an emotional affair with Smith months before dumping her on July 9, the eve of her 29th birthday.

“They are not officially dating, but they are having an intimate relationship,” a Smith source tells Us. Adds another pal of Smith, who typically dined with Romo when he’d visit his college town: “They’ve always flirted and texted each other. They had phone conversations one to two months before the breakup.”

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