Dane Cook’s bro says no on Dane and Jess

The rumored romance between Employee of the Month co-stars Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook got a little cold water tossed on it from one source, Dane Cook’s brother, Darryl McCauley.

The brother recently dished to Star Magazine and the weekly gives this denial from bro on its website.

“They seemed to hit it off. As far as anything beyond that, it’s nothing more than hyperbole. They’re friends.”

In reference to reports romantically linking Jessica and Dane, his brother tells Star, “Those are all frivolous claims.” But, Darryl adds, “There’s no such thing as bad press. It’s certainly keeping his name out there. We all get a pretty big kick out of it.”

Darryl also quashes whispers of even a crush between the Dane and Jessica: “They were co-stars on the movie and the set was very light and funny — a lot of laughs. No crushes.

The pair have been romantically linked by several sources but it appears that Darryl is saying that’s just wishful thinking on the fans and the tabloids part.

Jessica and Dane have never had any dates either, Darryl claims:

“The cast went out while they were in New Mexico, so yes, they’ve gone out as a group, but as far as one-on-one or anything of that nature, no, that’s not accurate.”

Darryl tells Star that his brother described Jessica as “just a very talented actress, very nice, and just a sweet person.”

The report also details that Darryl claims Jessica didn’t speak of her split from Nick Lachey on the set of the film. It certainly sounds as if Jessica is much more over Nick than he is over her.