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Jessica Simpson's dad draws line at Porn

Jul 30, 2007, 13:00 GMT

05/18/2007 - Jessica Simpson - Cannes, France © Solarpix / Photorazzi

Jessica Simpson's manager father has forced her to turn down a potentially Oscar-winning role as a porn star - insisting she keep her clothes on.

Former preacher Joe Simpson has told the 27-year-old 'Dukes of Hazzard' star he'll buy her an Oscar statuette rather than let her play a porn star.

The 49-year-old told People magazine: "The last script that came to us was for Jessica to be a porn star.

"We were promised we would win an Oscar with that.

"I told them, 'I think we'll just buy a statue of a little man and keep our clothes on.' "

Jessica shot to fame in MTV reality show 'The Newlyweds' about her marriage to ex-husband Nick Lachey, while her younger sister Ashlee, 22, starred in MTV's 'The Ashlee Simpson Show'.

Joe revealed his daughters are now constantly asked to star in a variety of different reality shows.

He said: "We're pitched those a lot. There are a lot of cool ones, and a lot of really strange ones.

"But both girls are very busy, and very happy.

"Jessica has three more movies to shoot, she has a new record coming out in September."

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