Jessica Can't Sell Magazines

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Is Jessica Simpson still a hot cover girl? Or is Nick Lachey's ex-wife going cold on the newsstands? The once raving hot blonde bombshell seems to have hit a rough patch this year. Simpson appeared on the cover of OK! Magazine last week which reportedly scored Simpson up to $1 million to pose for half a dozen covers, not to mention a nice commission for her PR rep but apparently she isn't moving the merchandise and making the people at OK! the dough they were hoping for.

We hear that sales of the Jessica cover of OK!'s July 24 issue — about 540,000 — were 10% lower than the magazine's Jennifer Aniston-Vince Vaughn cover the week before, and 15% lower than the Britney Spears cover three weeks earlier, and we thought Britney was dunzo! "Jessica was their lowest sale in seven weeks," a glossy-magazine insider told Lowdown yesterday. "She's so over. She's a bargain-basement star who can only sell $1.99 magazines at best these days." Ouch!

Simpson's publicist, Rob Shuter, lashed back: "A silly comment from someone who sounds like an 'outsider,' not an 'insider.'" He noted that Glamour mag — priced at $3.99 — has booked Jessica for its October cover. OK then!

Jessica's ex Nick Lachey is on this week's cover with new girlfriend Vanessa. Wonder who will sell more magazines? The race is on!