Remember when the Smashing Pumpkins were HUGE? Billy Corgan was our odd-looking bald Grunge god with a voice that cracked into our souls. He made depression seem cool. He earned his street cred by writing haunting lyrics and dating Courtney Love before she married Kurt Cobain. Now it seems that he has grown tired of contemplation and quiet desperation, and has decided that his new thing is…a busty blonde with a questionable IQ. Really, Billy? Jessica Simpson? It seems that the fates conspired to bring this very odd couple together. They have evidently been friends for years, but it is only in the last few months that they have moved their relationship to the next level.
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If Billy wants to maintain any of his integrity in the music business, he had best be careful of the line he is walking here. Living out his fantasy of dating a walking blow-up doll is one thing, but this blow-up doll has marriage on the brain. She’s already got a list of Tiffany engagement rings on her blackberry, china patterns picked out, and the names of their future tiny dogs arranged.
The 42-year-old Corgan has kept quiet about the dating rumors, but has openly admitted that the two are recording a song together. What musical genre will THAT fall into, one has to wonder. While Corgan remains mum, Simpson gushes with her normal schoolgirl enthusiasm, tweeting: “I am blessed. Going over a song with Billy”, and captioning a photo of the two of them with: “Fun to be lost in laughter”. She also said: “He braids my prayers”, but no one has any idea what that means.
Jessica’s family has yet to warm up to the brooding singer who is 12 years older than their little girl. No big surprise there. A big ol’ NFL star like Tony Romo was considered a good match for her because he is young and handsome and all-American. A bald, kinda creepy looking musician who has stayed as far away from pop music as possible and probably has no interest in playing golf with Papa Joe is another story altogether.
But Jessica is undeterred. A source told E! News that, “She has fallen hard and is smitten”. But with Jessica Simpson, every man is her next husband, whether he likes it or not. Run, Billy! Run!