This is the rumor category, so hold on to your panties some more, 'cause it might remain just that: a simple rumor. But, as there's no smoke without a fire, we may as well hope that out there, somewhere on the Internet or in somebody's greedy hands lies a sex tape featuring Jessica Simpson and former hubby Nick Lachey.

Last week, some lawyer Kevin Federline hired, burst all of our bubbles by announcing officially that there is no raunchy video showing Britney Spears and her waste of a human being husband K-Fed having sex and playing chess. I admit, I would have liked to see it... for the chess part, course!

All joking aside, yesterday the Internet went all crazy over something that the British 'Daily Sport' wrote, namely a story on Jessica Simpson. From the words of an unnamed source, the reporter who penned the article inferred that Jess and Nick also share Britney's love of exhibitionism.

Apparently, the tape was somehow lost (you know how these celebs are, complete air-heads) and it ended up in the hands of the same people who leaked Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's wonder trip of love many years ago. Word reached Jessica that, if she doesn't cough up a huge sum of money to the now owners of the tape, it will become public.

The singer/actress is said to be terrified about the sex tape that, were it to become public, would ruin her good girl image for good. 'Jessica is horrified her name and sex tape are being mentioned in the same sentence. She's always been a girl of high morals and principles.', the insider told the media.

Well, let us summarize: Scarlett Johansson, Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson. And all that only in a matter of a couple of weeks. It's becoming a whole new tradition now (having a sex tape, I mean)...