Jessica Simpson worried she was pregnant

Hot off the presses: the latest intriguing (but probably inaccurate) story from the National Enquirer claims that Jessica Simpson had a pregnancy scare recently. The suspected father of the potential baby was none other than her Employee of the Month co-star, Dane Cook.

A source for the tabloid said, "Jessica was on the pill for years, but after she split with Nick [Lachey, her ex-husband] and had no steady relationship, she went off it. Falling for Dane took her by surprise and she wasn't prepared for an intimate relationship.� Because Jessica was not on birth control when she began seeing Dane she worried she might have become pregnant.

The insider claims that Jessica kept her suspicions to herself about the pregnancy until she received a negative result from a home pregnancy test. “She definitely took an early pregnancy test and, knowing Jessica, she must have been freaking out,� said the informant. “Jessica is a good girl - and a surprise pregnancy isn't something she could go to her agent or her parents about. And of course she no longer has Nick to confide in."