Tony Romo Tells Jessica Simpson's Dad To Back Off!

Jessica Simpson reportedly has her meddling father Joe to thank for driving her relationship with Tony Romo to breaking point.

Matters apparently came to a head when Joe offered to broker a money-spinning deal to sell the couple’s (as yet non-existent) engagement and wedding to a magazine.

"'If you guys have a marriage, I can do the same [sell it] that I did with Ashlee,'" a source quotes Joe as saying.

Joe - who manages the careers of both Simpson sisters – also encouraged Romo to ditch his current agent so he could take over his NFL career and $67.5 million contract, according to a report in Us Weekly.

Joe defended allegations of his controlling ways to the magazine, insisting, “It’s unfair to criticize me for what every manager does for his or her clients.

And in this business, where people can quickly turn on you, who better than a parent to be working for his children?"

Despite Joe's best efforts, Jessica and Tony are said to have reunited - but only on the condition that Papa Joe back's off!