Jessica Simpson’s manager-father Joe has slammed reports that he sparked the media frenzy surrounding the singer's new romance with American footballer Tony Romo.

Jess has become public enemy number one with Dallas Cowboys fans for supposedly putting their star player off his game, most recently during his team's loss on Sunday (January 13) to the Giants.

The couple recently paid a highly-publicised to Los Cabo in Mexico, where they were pictured relaxing along with the quarterback's teammates.

Now gossips are claiming that it’s the actress/singer’s dad Joe who alerted the press to the stars' whereabouts.

A source tells the New York Daily News: "Joe is well-known for his deals with the paparazzi, where the family gets a cut from the sales of the photographs."

"Nobody would have known that Tony was down in Mexico with Jessica if there hadn't been those pictures everywhere. So a lot of people suspect he tipped off the photographers, causing Tony this huge headache.

"When you date Jessica, you date Joe, too."
 
A rep for Papa Joe denies the claims, insisting he would never deal with the paps.
 
His spokesperson says: "Joe would never sell out his daughter to the media and would never do anything to hurt his own family or for that matter, Tony. This is categorically false."