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Tony Romo’s Guide to Breaking Up

There are certain situations in which you have to put your sports rivalry hatred aside, sit back, and enjoy a funny story. This is one of those times. As you know, I am no fan of Tony Romo’s or the Dallas Cowboys. I hate both of them very, very much. But I heard about this story and had a hell of a laugh because it is so ridiculous.

As everyone on earth knows, Tony Romo has been dating Jessica Simpson. They went off to Mexico before NFC Divisional round, a round in which Romo’s Cowboys lost. Recently however, rumors had been circulating that Romo is trying to break it off with Simpson. Before I continue, let me give you a flashback story:

When Tony Romo tried to break up with Carrie Underwood (his previous girlfriend), she was upset and intent on making it work. He called her over for dinner one night. She came to his house expecting some sort of romantic ordeal. Instead, Romo had a microwave dinner while sitting on his couch infront of the TV. That was the end of Romo-Underwood.

Now back to today. So Romo apparently called Simpson while she was in LA around the 17^th or 18^th of January. He tried to break up with her. She knew it’d be a PR disaster for her to be dumped by the star quarterback from Texas. She wasn’t having that.

Fine. Tony Romo asked her to come to his house in Texas. He told her they’d be going on a trip. Now, if you’re Simpson, you’ve got to be thinking the trip is going to be somewhere like the Bahamas, Jamaica, or some exotic island.

False.

Tony Romo took Jessica Simpson on a HUNTING TRIP! Yes. A hunting trip. Now, for those who don’t know, when you hunt down a deer for example, you go up to its dead body, cut its belly open and take out all the guts. Then you carry the gutted carcass back to your truck and then to your cabin. You rip off all the skin and then you hang the meat so that all the blood drains off of it. After that, you cut it up and freeze it. There’s no television, no paparazzi, no masseuse, no fancy restaurants. Try and imagine the uncomfortable feelings Simpson must have been feeling.

So now, reportedly, Romo and Simpson are no more. Chalk up a win for Romo. Hilarious.

Jessica Simpson + Hunting = ???

Romo’s Growing Pains

I have to admit, I am a little surprised at the press the TO-Jessica Simpson “feud” is getting. When Owens first made the comments, I laughed and said, “He just summed up what everyone was thinking,” but little did I know that it would be a topic of discussion on every sports and entertainment radio station. It’s also the leading story on television shows. I flipped from Sportscenter to ESPN News and then scrolled down my guide, only to find that this was a story on the E entertainment channel. In the words of my buddy Colin, “Are you… are you freakin kidding me?!?!”

This story, if you want to call it that, has been debated with a lot more emotion than I would have ever imagined. More people have an opinion on this than they do on Clinton-Obama.

How do you feel about the recent comments made by Senator Clinton about Obama’s lack of experience in the public eye?

I…I don’t know.

How do you feel about Terrell Owens recent comments on Tony Romo’s celebrity girlfriend, Jessica Simpson?

That son of a bitch! Let me tell you… First of all…

I have heard people bashing Romo saying that he brought this on himself by making the decision to bring Simpson to the game. I heard people taking the opportunity to bash TO and talk about how he is ruining yet another team. I’ve heard people defend TO and saying he is a leader on that team and speaking for the players. What made the most sense, however, was a comment about the decision Romo faced. Tony Romo should have known that if he brought Jessica Simpson to the game, he was going to have one of two scenarios play out:

Scenario 1: He plays extremely well and Jessica Simpson is the new good luck charm in the eyes of Dallas fans.

Scenario 2: He plays bad and Jessica Simpson is seen and hated for being bad luck.

Well, scenario 2 has definitely played out the way it would have been anticipated, if not worse. Romo should have known this ahead of time and it was a risk he was willing to take. Now he will suffer the media and fan backlash. I don’t feel bad for him. You want to know why he’s beneath Tom Brady both as a ball player and as a celebrity? Because Tom Brady knows how to handle different facets of his life, despite when people try to make him lean one way or the other. You don’t see Brady’s personal life EVER become a distraction, even when the media tries its very hardest to make it so. The lovechild he had was talked about so much, but never by Brady. Situation diffused. The Victoria’s Secret girlfriend was talked about constantly by the media at first. Never by Brady. Situation diffused. Tony Romo comes off as a good guy but he needs to learn how to handle his new celebrity status and make wiser decisions when he’s in the public eye. He could take a cue from the guy in New England.

(Two separate videos showing Tony Romo coverage…)

Owens to Jessica Simpson: Stay Away

Terrell Owens has gone on the record about how he feels about Jessica Simpson, and he didn’t hold back.

“Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favorite — in this locker room or in Texas Stadium,” Owens said Wednesday.

“With everything that has happened, obviously with the way Tony played and the comparison between her and Carrie Underwood, I think a lot of people feel she has taken his focus away, other than that, she was high on my list until last week.

“Oh, I got a message for her when we make the playoffs. Just stay tuned,” he added. 

Not a Terrell Owens fan myself, but I’m glad he said what was on everyone’s mind.  It’ll be interesting to find out how Romo reacts to these comments, but they are true.  It’s simple…keep people who know nothing about football out of Texas Stadium; or any stadium for that matter.