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Jessica Simpson Confirms the Obvious

'It's true. I am going to be a mummy,' she tweets

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2011 5:58 PM CDT

(Newser) – More from the Not Such Shocking News Dept: Jessica Simpson is pregnant. The 31-year-old performer today made a Halloween-theme announcement, tweeting a pic of herself dressed as a mummy and rubbing her tummy: "It's true. I am going to be a mummy," she wrote. Her first baby with fiance Eric Johnson apparently isn't impeding her schedule, either: She's agreed to mentor alongside Nicole Richie on the forthcoming NBC reality show, Fashion Star, the AP reports. Click to see a family portrait, and more photos of a clearly pregnant Simpson and her babydaddy.

Actress and singer Jessica Simpson displays her baby bump as she is dressed as a “mummy,” in Los Angeles, in a photo released on her Twitter page on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/JessicaSimpson.com)

Jessica Simpson appears at the launch of Macy's "Find Your Magic" campaign in New York, Wednesday, September 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

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