Ashlee Simpson didn’t know it, but producers planned on cutting her from Melrose Place the whole time. Executive producer Todd Slavkin tells EW:

"The original plan going into the development of the show. We felt that once the murder mystery [involving their characters] was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift, and [Simpson’s] character would move on."

FIRED!

Ashlee then released a statement about how great it was to be given an acting job, despite the fact she can’t act:

“Having the chance to play Violet on Melrose Place has been a thrill. Although I always knew her story would come to a final, insanely unpredictable end, playing a creepy, unstable character was something I always wanted to do, so I jumped at the chance. Thanks to the CW and the entire cast and crew of Melrose Place for allowing me this opportunity.”

Slavkin said:

Simpson took the news “like a professional, because she knew ahead of time that leaving was a possibility, it wasn’t a complete shock.”

A "possibility" means they said Ashlee could stay if she worked out, but Slavkin fired her when she didn’t. We’re not shocked.

Oh well, now Ashlee can go back to giving birth to that soccer team Pete Wentz wants to have.

While Ashlee Simpson was showing off a picture of herself with Bronx Mowgli Wentz, daddy Pete Wentz was on Las Vegas one grind away from cheating with strippers.

On April 5th Pete partied with about 50 band members, dancers and pals, including Girls Next Door star Holly Madison, following a sold-out show at the Palms Casino Resort. A witness said:

"Everybody was going absolutely crazy. People were even drunkenly playing makeshift Slip ’n’ Slide with a mat and lubricant. Pete was in great spirits. He was dancing and singing along to his band’s own songs, grinding up against the dancers."

"At one point he was dancing on a pool table with the girls."

Earlier in the day, Ashlee, who headed back home after attending FOB’s April 4 concert in Irvine, California Tweated on Twitter: "I am beyond sad to leave my love… My heart is breaking as we drive home. I need my hubs."

Pete obviously wasn’t missing the Mrs.

Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson on CSI New York.

If that’s acting, maybe we can start putting a lot of out of work people to work in Hollywood.

The New York Post ran a cartoon with a very hefty Jessica Simpson breaking up with Tony Romo, because she met someone else, and that someone is Ronald McDonald.

Ashlee Simpson today came out defending Jessica’s weight gain as nothing abnormal. If she really wants to be a good sister, Ashlee should help Jessica lose the weight before it becomes really unhealthy.

Here’s the pic of Bronx Mowgli Wentz. Who? It’s the Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson baby that no one cares about. People will care even less about Jessica Simpson’s baby.