Once again another Hollywood starlet’s engagement has given rise to speculation of her impending motherhood.

Ashlee Simpson, who has been dating Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz since late 2006 and announced her engagement in early April 2008 and now US Weekly and OK! are delivering some pretty convincing reports that there is truth in the rumours.

OK! and Us Weekly both cited unnamed sources close to the couple in their stories. OK!, which reports that the baby is due in October, offered as “proof” an account of Ashlee dealing with a “fierce bout of what appeared to be morning sickness” during a lunch at Malibu’s Chart House restaurant.

and both cited unnamed sources close to the couple in their stories. , which reports that the baby is due in October, offered as “proof” an account of Ashlee dealing with a “fierce bout of what appeared to be morning sickness” during a lunch at Malibu’s Chart House restaurant.Although fiancé Pete in an email to MTV has stated, “There is a witch hunt for people to be pregnant whenever they get engaged in Hollywood,” he wrote. “This is all news to me. I can’t wait for the story about how I’m really in a gay relationship and this is all just a cover. … I mean really, this is crazy. … I mean we’re engaged, that’s true, and happy about it.“ Asked again if he was denying reports that Simpson is pregnant, Wentz replied, “Yeah.”

So now we’ll have to wait and see whether Pete is less than truthful and Simpson’s shape changes drastically in the next few months or if OK! have got it wrong.

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