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Want to know the perils of being a "superstar" Dallas Cowboys quarterback who tends to have some trouble getting his team out of the first round of playoffs? If you start dating a featherbrained "pop star," you might end up in Robin Leach's blog — Robin Leach's blog! — with stories about losing $2.5 million in Vegas.
Yes, according to Robin Leach — who's yelling and he DOESN'T KNOW WHY — Tony Romo dropped a considerable bundle in Vegas and upset poor little Jessica Simpson. An excerpt:
It began when Jessica, Tony and the players all hit the Peacock Lounge for high limit blackjack. Jessica was said to have won $5,000 and then they retired to their penthouse while the others went onto the Body English nightclub. The couple even spent some time tanning in the sunshine rays at the new $8 million makeover pool at the Hard Rock while watching the NFL draft on their private cabana HD TV screens. At some point, however, allegedly Tony, who was rumored to be paid a $15,000 appearance fee at Body English took the money and went gambling. My spywitnesses tell me that by the time he was finished he'd lost a fortune and I swear to you I was told that the figure could have run as high as a whopping $2.5 million. Whatever the staggering loss totaled it immediately put a damper on their fun weekend. I'm reliably told Hard Rock officials offered to pay Jessica a bonus $25,000 if she'd co-host at Body English the second night with Tony.
Allegedly a livid Jessica refused because she's paid far more for personal appearances and the fun weekend had suddenly turned into a commercial gig. Also she was said to be "angry beyond words" over his gambling and the large loss. Insiders told me that one thing led to another and they wound up in a "furious fight."
It's worth noting that Romo just signed a new deal last year, and hey, good thing! Otherwise, Simpson's gonna have to start charging even more for personal appearances.
DID JESSICA & TONY'S LOVE MATCH TURN SOUR AT REHAB RE-OPENING OVER $2.5 MILLION BET? [Vegas Lux Life]
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Thunderbird kisses and Funyun dreams?
Quick Tony...tell her it was 2.5 million Yen!
"Big F---ing Deal. Chump." --Charles Barkley
Shoulda went to MIT, Tony.
Barkley isn't impressed
This is leading up to Romo "retiring" from football to play baseball for a couple of years.
Did some one say gambling? Did someone say cabana?
When I was at Body English a few weeks ago, we saw Bob Saget and John Stamos hanging out. I even said "hi" to Stamos in the unisex bathroom.
I think I prefer them to Romo and Simpson.
Deadspin sure seems a hell of a lot classier when I read the posts in Robin Leach's voice.
Obviously, Romo didn't go to MIT.
I'm guessing Jessica is "beyond words" quite a lot. Like, when somebody produces a shiny ball of tin foil.
Fortunately his contract pays in euros.
HA! hahaha HA! hahaha
/pretends Hard Rock is owned by native americans
@Camp Tiger Claw: Aw, Jesus. Whatever happened to the "Report this Comment" button, anyway? Adblock Image, Adblock Image!
@crap:
Shit.
@Camp Tiger Claw: I can understand the weighted rings on his bats, but that third one is completely unnecessary.
P.S. Yikes.
@Lady Andrea: Did you peek over the divider?
@Camp Tiger Claw:
Charlie Hustler?
Until that point, banging Simpson was the biggest gamble Romo had taken in his life.
Tony Romo Gambles Like He's Still In Charleston, Ill.
They have high limit blackjack at Eastern? What's the limit, 2 pigs and a goat?
Now I know I have to raise at least $25,000 for Jessica Simpson to make a personal appearance...in my pants.
I guess that's what happens when you gamble like a fiend on their tables so green.
Romo: "$2.5 million on black!"
[wheel spins]
Croupier: "18, Red."
Romo: "FUCK!"
Romo strikes me more of an Imperial Palace or O'Shea's type of guy, not a Hard Rock guy.
Not news: NFL player loses big money at casino
News: NFL player loses disaster celeb girlfriend to human trafficking ringleader in back alley Pai-Gow game
If only there was news.
I'll give Jessica $250 for a "personal appearance" right now.
@Lady Andrea: Was Dave Coulier in the VIP area hooking up with a young, Canadian chick?
Jones: Tony, you shouldn't gamble like that
Romo: Didn't you just offer Pacman Jones a multi-year contract?
Jones: Fair enough
@Lady Andrea: Oh yeah? Well, when I worked at the Holiday Inn during grad school, the guy who played Uncle Jesse stayed there and I brought him a mineral water he asked for.
[hangs head at unimpressive celeb encounters]
@parker91: a big +1 for the Wilco reference.
@Matt_T: John Daly isn't impressed either.
I hope he used his player's card. He'll get a free room!
[vagina slams shut]
@Paul Zuvella: +1
"Shoulda stuck with the nickel slots at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort" - MyGrandma
Tony plans to recoup the money by selling the first pictures of Ashlee's baby to US Weekly
@MeanMachine: no, we said "hey" while we washed our hands.
@Doyle McPoyle: he wasn't with them, unfortunately.
Clemens is in much worse trouble for hitting on 15.
Looks like trouble in Pair a Dice. He should really be called and dealt with by his auntie.
Dealer: You've got 20!
Tony: Hit me.
Jessica: Tony, don't.
Tony: Hit me.
Dealer: 21!
Tony: Hit me.
Jessica: Tony...
Tony: Hit me.
Dealer: That's 30
Tony: Hit me.
Jessica was so mad that later she wouldn't let him poker
@Lady Andrea:
that's after you all said, "The Aristocrats," right.
@Carlton_Whitfield: Wasn't the guy who played Uncle Jesse the same guy that Andrea saw and said hi to?
/hangs head at TGIF TV knowledge
"That's my quarterback, man." *sniffle* "We lost $2.5 million as a team, man." *sniffle* "We lost as a team."
/T.O'ed
@Sucko-T:
You're right, this may cause Romo and Jessica to split.
@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: Ugh. Yes. I meant Uncle Joey.
[hangs head even further]
@hockalees:
I'm sure it's in the cards.
@UkraineNotWeak:
+1 and you owe me a new monitor.
Am I the first to notice that Jessica Simpson is not in that picture even though the caption filename is romosimpson.jpg?
That makes me feel like a bad person.
@DumpsterDining: I used to work there so damn you for mentioning that place
Of course, this news has already been bumped way down the page on Robin's blog. Marie Osmond coming to town is obviously much more important.
Romo at a black jack table as played by Warreen the Ape from "Greg the Bunny"
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Photo credit:
Romo's suit by Brioni, shoes by Ferragamo. Underwood's dress by Reynolds.
I don't see the problem with this at all.
/Michael Jordan
@Doyle McPoyle: Only if there was a movie theater nearby.
Until next time, this is Robin Leach sending you Mountain Dew wishes and Microwaveable Chicken Pot Pie dreams...
@parker91: I wonder if the dealer kept on jokin' as he took Romo's last token?
@Turkeyleg: Tony has 2.5 million reasons to leave the Hard Rock...
/TO's publicist
@ArkansasFred: "Microwaveable Chicken of the Sea Pot Pie"
/Simpsoned
You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...
/Jessica's Dad
@UkraineNotWeak: (standing, slow clap)
So based on the picture, he's back with the girl who sings about smashing her boyfriend's car with a baseball bat?
@UkraineNotWeak: +1. Yikes.