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August 31st, 2006, 11:42 AM
Jessica on John Mayer: 'I'm in Love!'
THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2006 12:00PM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Simpson and Mayer in 2004 Photo by: Jennifer Maler / Sipahttp://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060911a/john_mayer.jpg
Jessica Simpson has fallen for John Mayer – and she can hardly contain her delight.
"She's head over heels," a source close to the pop star, 26, tells PEOPLE in its new cover story. (http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1449130,00.html) "She's telling friends, 'I'm in love.' "
Indeed, Simpson, in New York City to promote her album, A Public Affair, and attend the MTV VMAs, showed her support Wednesday night when she and dad Joe slipped into Mayer's concert in Wantagh, NY, about halfway through his set. They nabbed seats with the sound crew and watched from stage left as Mayer sang his Grammy-winning hit "Daughters."
But he didn't fail to notice that his biggest fan was on hand. Ending his 75-minute performance with the single "Gravity," Mayer "turned to Jessica in the middle of (the song)," says an onlooker, "and smiled and sang to her."
Even her dad, Joe, is a fan of her new beau. "I love John Mayer," he told PEOPLE Tuesday at the New York City release party for Simpson's new album. "I love his music. I love his talent. The last time he was at the House of Blues in L.A., I went by myself to see him play."
The most important thing to Joe? "If my daughter's happy, then I'm happy," he says. "And if she finds love, then I'm in love with the fact that she finds happiness. It's been a tough year for her. A lot of disappointment. And my greatest joy as a father is to see my baby be happy."
Simpson and Mayer, 28, first met when Simpson was still married to Nick Lachey, 32. After her November 2005 separation, they bumped into each other again in June at the New York City nightclub Double Seven, where a source tells PEOPLE Simpson was "flirting up a storm" with both Mayer and actor Jared Leto.
Eventually Mayer, who's currently touring with Sheryl Crow, passed the ultimate test: He babysat Simpson's maltipoo, Daisy. "If you're in with Daisy," a Simpson pal tells PEOPLE, "you're in with her!"
THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2006 12:00PM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Simpson and Mayer in 2004 Photo by: Jennifer Maler / Sipahttp://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060911a/john_mayer.jpg
Jessica Simpson has fallen for John Mayer – and she can hardly contain her delight.
"She's head over heels," a source close to the pop star, 26, tells PEOPLE in its new cover story. (http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1449130,00.html) "She's telling friends, 'I'm in love.' "
Indeed, Simpson, in New York City to promote her album, A Public Affair, and attend the MTV VMAs, showed her support Wednesday night when she and dad Joe slipped into Mayer's concert in Wantagh, NY, about halfway through his set. They nabbed seats with the sound crew and watched from stage left as Mayer sang his Grammy-winning hit "Daughters."
But he didn't fail to notice that his biggest fan was on hand. Ending his 75-minute performance with the single "Gravity," Mayer "turned to Jessica in the middle of (the song)," says an onlooker, "and smiled and sang to her."
Even her dad, Joe, is a fan of her new beau. "I love John Mayer," he told PEOPLE Tuesday at the New York City release party for Simpson's new album. "I love his music. I love his talent. The last time he was at the House of Blues in L.A., I went by myself to see him play."
The most important thing to Joe? "If my daughter's happy, then I'm happy," he says. "And if she finds love, then I'm in love with the fact that she finds happiness. It's been a tough year for her. A lot of disappointment. And my greatest joy as a father is to see my baby be happy."
Simpson and Mayer, 28, first met when Simpson was still married to Nick Lachey, 32. After her November 2005 separation, they bumped into each other again in June at the New York City nightclub Double Seven, where a source tells PEOPLE Simpson was "flirting up a storm" with both Mayer and actor Jared Leto.
Eventually Mayer, who's currently touring with Sheryl Crow, passed the ultimate test: He babysat Simpson's maltipoo, Daisy. "If you're in with Daisy," a Simpson pal tells PEOPLE, "you're in with her!"