WHILE we won’t be waiting around for a formal “thank you,” sources say that Jessica Simpson’s mom, Tina, is GRATEFUL to The ENQUIRER for exposing her ex-hubby Joe’s secret gay lifestyle – because it saved the family’s billion-dollar business!
The couple’s divorce was finalized on April 22, seven months after Tina filed her petition in a Texas court. But despite early threats from Joe that he was going to “play down and dirty” and target Jessica’s uber-successful fashion empire, which Tina co-owns, in the end, the 34-year marriage went out with a whimper instead of a bang.
“Tina would never publicly admit how happy she was about Joe’s gay lifestyle being exposed, but quietly she is thrilled with The ENQUIRER’s reporting because Joe wound up folding like a cheap suit,” said a family friend.