Us Exclusive: Jessica Simpson Gets Cozy With Comedian Dane Cook
Things are heating up between
Jessica Simpson and costar
Dane Cook on the New Mexico set of
Employee of the Month. Ask anyone who witnessed the pair holding hands at the Albuquerque hot spot OPM, where Cook and several pals celebrated his birthday on March 18. That night Jessica got cozy with Cook in a booth, according to a club employee.
“They were sitting next to each other all night and were in their own world,” says the source. “They were holding hands, laughing and hugging. At one point, they snuggled up really close.” Another source adds, “It looked like they were trying to keep it tame in front of everybody.”
The pair got close again while taking in a 10:25 p.m. showing of the movie
Inside Man on March 26. Although the trip to the movie was a group outing (costar Dax Shepard, CaCee Cobb and others also attended), the actress directed much of her attention to the six-food-tall funnyman.
“They were sitting really close to each other,” says a witness. “And at one point, she laid her head on his shoulder.”
Jessica has been a fan of Cook’s for years. “When Jessica was with Nick, they used to come in and see Dane perform,” Jamie Masada, owner of the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, tells
Us.
Seeing Simpson, 25, interact with Cook, 34, in recent weeks is a flashback to winter 2005, when the singer-actress battled buzz of a fling with
Dukes of Hazzard costar
Johnny Knoxville.
Only this time Simpson is single.
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