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Forget The X Factor. Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones are reportedly engaged in The Sex Factor!

A source close to this Fox competition tells Heat that the judge and the host were actually told to get close earlier this summer, before Cheryl Cole was fired from the program and Scherzinger moved from co-host to panelist.



"X Factor executives encouraged Nicole and Steve to build their chemistry, and get to know each other better over drinks," the insider claims. "But since then, things have moved on.”

So why haven't Scherzinger - who split from Lewis Hamilton a few weeks ago, following an up-and-down four years - and Jones gone public? A certain British producer, the mole says: “They can’t go public until they get the okay from Simon."

And we all know how difficult it can be to receive words of encouragement from Simon Cowell.

Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian who?!? Zooey Deschanel has break-up news of her own to share.


Following two years of marriage, the New Girl actress has separated from Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard.

"It was mutual and amicable," a source tells Us Weekly. "There was no third party involved."

Deschanel and Gibbard tied the knot outside of Seattle, Washington in late September 2009. They were introduced by their music manager at the time. (P.S. Watch New Girl. It's hilarious).