The scene at MTV’s New Year’s Eve party in Times Square must have been interesting for those interested. Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo put on quite a show with their passionate smooching at midnight, according to People, and everyone in the room watched as “they looked into each other’s eyes and, between sips of champagne, whispered and kissed some more.” Sigh. More interesting to us, though, was the scene at the Hudson Hotel In another part of town, where Star reports Nick’s ex Jessica Simpson had to tug frequently on date John Mayer’s leg and clothing to get his attention, the pestering eventually resulting in a kiss from Mayer and some bona fide canoodling.

But when John got up again and started talking with someone else, she started grabbing and squeezing his ass. Finally in a stronger display of affection, John grabbed Jessica’s face in his giant hands, pulled her close and planted several very firm kisses on her lips before they left together at 2:47am.

We support giant hands! But what’s with Vanessa’s Angelina Jolie hairdo?