BREAKING NEWS: ASHLEE SIMPSON AND PETE WENTZ ELOPE IN VEGAS

I’ve just been tipped off by one of my “anonymous pixies” that yesterday Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz went all the way: they eloped in a private ceremony in Las Vegas.

The couple, looking bright eyed and entirely sober, apparently bounced excitedly into the Little White Wedding Chapel and said “I do!”

The happy couple dodge paparazzi. The witnesses for the wedding are rumored to have been Travis McCoy, frontman for the Gym Class Heroes and good friend of Pete and Ashlee, as well as Jon Walker of Vegas-based band “Panic at the Disco.”

After the ceremony, the new Mr. and Mrs. Wentz headed back to Angels and Kings for a karaoke party/wedding reception with a number of their friends. They were spotted dancing wildly and happily to “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley, according to a few people in attendance.

The new Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wentz.

“I dunno what I’m gonna do about my last name!” Ashlee said, bright and bubbly. “I mean, I’m probably going to end up hyphenating it because I really want everyone to know that this is the man I married. I don’t see myself ever having any regrets.”

I would like to wish Pete and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz a very, very happy future.

And for the rest of you? Oh, come on, people, HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY!