Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are engaged!

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are finally engaged. I wonder what Papa Joe thinks about this…I’m guessing he’s not too thrilled. I mean, if he didn’t think Nick Lachey was good enough for his precious Jessica, I can’t see that he’d think Ashlee’s choice was much better….I also wouldn’t doubt that their relationship will last very long as long as Papa Joe is in the picture–he is such the meddling in-law of the worst kind, ya know? Yet, Ashlee is a little feisty and she may have more common sense than Jess than to let her father control her love relationship.

EDIT: Pete seems to have more common sense too as it has been confirmed that he, knowing how overbearing Joe is about his daughters, went to Papa Joe first and asked his permission to marry Ashlee. So maybe this marriage will have a better newlywed period than Jessica’s…OH! They should totally do a Newlywed reality show too!

A friend told In Touch magazine:

“He got down on one knee and she said yes. She has an amazing ring, and they are so in love.”

Ashlee released the following statement on friendsorenemies.com saying:

“We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best.
Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged. Thank you for all of your support and well wishes - it means the world to us. We consider this to be a very private matter, and we wanted to be the first to tell you and to hear it straight from us.”