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If Jessica Simpson were to call former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith, would he sing, "Turn out the lights, the party's over?" With conflicting reports in the blogosphere, it's been hard getting at the truth of the Tony Romo-Jessica Simpson breakup rumors. And until we hear it from Tony and Jessica, anything can happen.

But after taking several oaths not to divulge my sources, two people close to Tony and Jess have told me that the glam couple is splitsville, kaput, over, put a fork in it.

But on Wednesday, Jessica's rep shot down those reports telling E! Online, "Not true, not true! I spoke to Jess yesterday and the day before. They are still together." E! also sites an anonymous source as saying that Tony will be her date this weekend to her sister, Ashlee's, wedding to Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz.

A Tuesday edition of TV's Extra said the rumors of a breakup were not true. On the show, Jessica said, "I want to be married and have kids. I have a future ahead."

On Wednesday, Tony told Dallas Morning News reporters, "I'm not talking about Jessica," when they approached him as he was playing golf with Jerry Jones Jr. at the Dallas Cowboys annual sponsors' tournament at Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine.

On Saturday, Tony was in Chicago with the boys and the word back from that scene is that he was saying, "Me and Jessica are done."

The new US Weekly is reporting that the same night, Jessica was throwing down cocktails at L.A.'s Mexicali Cocina with her pal, CaCee Cobb, and CaCee's boyfriend, Donald Faison. According to US, Jessica is having jealousy pangs that her ex John Mayer, 30, is now experiencing liplock with older Friend Jennifer Aniston, 39.

In an interview for the June issue of Glamour, Jessica spoke of her pain from previous relationships, saying portentously, "The article could come out and Tony and I could be broken up, but he still deserves all the accolades for bringing me back to who I am."

And somewhere in the world Jerry Jones is shaking his Magic 8-Ball and asking, "Will this ever end?"

Alan Peppard