Joe Simpson is well know for talking about his daughters Jessica and Ashlee’s breasts, controlling their careers, and generally acting weird and incestual. Radar Online revealed that he’s now become the ultimate creepy controlling dad-manager by taking pictures of Jessica and Ashlee at events and selling them through an exclusive agreement with a photo agency. What’s more, he’s even taken psuedo-paparrazi shots of Jessica and Ashlee on vacation:
According to sources who’ve had recent dealings with him, Simpson has a tight working arrangement with WireImage, the mega-agency and wire service that rules the red-carpet at nearly every high-profile event in the western hemisphere. On several occasions, a camera-wielding Simpson has gone toe-to-toe with other snappers for shots of his own daughters, then approved only his own images for distribution through WireImage. At other times, he has provided the agency with exclusive (and even racy) shots of his daughters on family getaways or in other putatively private moments.
Needless to say, other photographers aren’t happy. One recalled being invited to cover an event sponsored by Jessica’s record label, Epic, only to find her shots blocked again and again by Joe and his Nikon. “I thought it was really odd that he was always in my way, since I was the one who was paid to be there shooting,” she says. Though the freelancer did manage to get some clean shots, Joe’s were the only ones WireImage deemed worthy of being distributed.
How lucrative is Simpson’s sideline? Hard to say; he didn’t return Radar’s calls, and neither did WireImage co-founder Kevin Mazur. It’s thus unclear, for instance, whether WireImage pays Simpson only for the photos he takesâ€â€which are credited to Simpson on the WireImage siteâ€â€or whether he receives a cut of all images of Jessica or Ashlee the agency sells. The latter arrangement would explain why, according to sources, Simpson has tried to bar other agencies from press events.
I don’t like Wireimage because unlike x17 and Splashnews, they don’t even allow bloggers to post watermarked images. Bitches sent me a cease and desist letter after I paid $10 a month to use their pictures and properly credited them every time. (It’s called the Internet, people, figure out a way to make it work to your advantage. Don’t be like the RIAA or you will alienate people and hurt your business.) It doesn’t surprise me that they would cut a deal with Simpson.
Jessica dismissed her dad in a verbal slip during her interview on “The View” two weeks ago. She said, “My mom does the whole clothing line with me. My dad just tries to control me and my sister… that was the wrong choice of words. Oops, sorry dad! I love you!”
It’s clear that no one really knows the extent to which Joe tries to control his daughters, and that must be paying off for him. He seems to be using every trick he can think of to milk them for every cent.
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