CELEB CHITCHAT

Last time we left off John Mayer was dumping Jessica Simpson because of all the press exposure but have they reconciled? Simpson and Mayer try fating again over an hour long lunch in Malibu, California on Nov. 12 at Paradise Cove Beach Cafe. “She didn’t eat much,” a witness says. “She drank double vodka and cranberries. When they got up, Jessica was rubbing his back. You could definitely tell they were on a date.”

So is this time for real? Even Simpson and Mayer aren’t sure yet. “She is taking her time with it ,” a Simpson pal says. Adds a Mayer source, “It’s flirtation. I wouldn’t call it full-on dating but there is a fondness. He doesn’t like the attention, but he likes her. He wants to avoid the public scrutiny of last time.” The two enjoyed separate Thanksgivings but who knows what is next!

We all know the drama between soon to be exes Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. Mills knows the British press has painted her as a schemer who is after money in her divorce from McCartney, but the former model says that’s not true.

In an interview airing Monday and Tuesday, Mills tells TV’s Extra, “Eight-five percent of my income goes to my charity. The word gold digger doesn’t go with that. If I was a gold digger, I would have a lot of money in my back account…I would have millions and millions.”

She also says she didn’t marry McCartney for his money: “I’m a good mother. I’m a good person and a fell in love for the right reasons. I fell in love unconditionally.

Despite her reputation, Mills says she’s received an outpouring of sympathy. “I have had so much public support,” she says. “People hugging me in the streets. I didn’t know that many people cared. You get to know who your friends are and I haven’t lost any friends.”

McCartney, 64, and Mills, 38, announced their separation in May after four years of marriage. McCartney filed for divorce in July. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.

When news recently broke that Eva Longoria and main man Tony Parker were “going through a very difficult time and that she was two-timing him their nearly 2-year-old romance seemed to be coming to an end. But on the weekend of October 6 Longoria flew to Paris to meet up with the basketball player, who was abroad for exhibition play. “He begged her to come,” says an insider. “He said he’ll forgive her, but they need to talk it out.” Though the pair engaged in PDA at a local Planet Hollywood bash, they spent much of her trip holed up in their suite. Still, the actress may have ulterior motive for the reunion: “She wants to take the heat off what happened with Mario,” says a close pal of Longoria.

Jessica Simpson’s summer tryst with singer John Mayer was thought to be just a publicity stunt but recent events have lead people to believe that there is more to this short lived romance than meets the eye. On October 3, gossip Web site TMZ.com reported on October late night rendezvous at the Beverly Hills’ Four Seasons Hotel. Citing “multiple sources,” a site rep stands by the story and a separate source has claimed that they too witnessed Simpson and Mayer entering the hotel elevator together.

However, the stars friends are standing by their story: It’s not true! Mayer’s rep won’t comment on his personal life and Simpson says “she’s keeping her personal life private.” If the pair hopes to avoid the media frenzy that their last sparks ignited, it may be too late. On Today October 4, Matt Lauer asked Simpson about the new rumors and the singer played coy. Lets see how long she can keep this one under wraps.

Who hasn’t heard of Jessica Simpson’s short-lived romance with crooner John Mayer? Well if you have been living under a rock here is a recap: US Weekly went public with the romance and plastered it all over the cover of one of their weekly issues. Not a day later he was publicly denying the tryst and made Jess look like a fool. Mayer’s pals claimed he couldn’t handle her high profile life.

Soon after she lost her voice and had to cancel a couple of appearances and then to make matters worse her album sold a dismal 101,000 copies in the first week, way less than expected. When a healed Jessica appeared on the View it was her turn to publicly deny the rumors and that she did. Days later she fired her publicist, Rob Shuter, she wasn’t impressed with his work anymore. On September 11, she was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and praised ex husband Nick Lachey. Also, the rumors that her sister Ashlee Simpson is battling an eating disorder and is supposedly obsessed with plastic surgery has to of taken its toll.

But has all this drama finally caught up with the squeaky clean pop princess? It was reported that her family was seen walking on egg shells because she is not in a mentally good state. But there is some hope lingering in the horizon…her movie, Employee Of The Month, is opening soon and she just kicked off her own line of hair extension with her hair stylist Ken Paves. So maybe that will be a little pick me up for the star.

David Spade and Heather Locklear are calling quits after keeping their relationship under wraps since she split with her husband Richie Sambora split in February. They never confirmed or denied their five month relationship, though it did not take a rocket scientist to figure that this odd couple had something going on. Sources say that David Spade, 42, saw the warning signs and did not want this relationship end with a train wreck. The blonde bombshell Heather Locklear, 45, has no hard feelings and it has been reported that she is already seeing some one else casually. It seems theses two will remain as good of friends as before…what a relief.