Britney Spears is reportedly looking to come under the attentive guidance of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson's manager, their father, Joe Simpson.

According to an inside source, Joe Simpson is considering managing Spears' career, or what's left of it, just as he has done for Jessica and her sister, Ashlee.

The former Baptist minister even tried to set up a meeting over the weekend with Spears, our source attests - though Jessica's rep Cindi Berger denies it.

While some might fear a diva-like rivalry between the two singers, our source says Jessica would be okay with the arrangement and even offered to put out a call to Britney, as the two are no longer competitors.

Well, guy, the "two are no longer competitors" because the two are no longer competing at all. I know people are expecting this Pussycat Dolls hosting gig to turn things around for Jessica, but Denise Richards did it last year and it didn't exactly catapult her back into the spotlight. And if Joe Simpson can find Britney's career amid all that hair on the dusty barber shop floor where she left it, perhaps he really is a man of God.

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