Jessica Simpson's Bailout Plan a Failure

Singer unsuccessfully attempts to rescue her friend, makeup artist Mary Phillips, from jail after the pal was arrested for public drunkenness

By Breanne L. Heldman Dec 18, 2009 6:02 PMTags
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You know your friend is wasted when even a little star power won't get her out of jail.

Jessica Simpson's friend and longtime makeup artist, Mary Phillips, was arrested around 1:30 a.m. at the Sunset Tower Hotel for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirms to E! News.

When the 29-year-old stopped by the department to bail out her pal, she was completely rejected. (Sorry, Jess, but it's not the first time.)

Apparently, when someone is sent to the pokey for hitting the bottle a little too hard, the police won't let them out until they've sobered up. As of 8:30 this morning, that hadn't yet happened.

Earlier in the evening, Jessica twittered a picture of her "sizzlin' w my peeps," which included Phillips, 30, and the star's ever-present hairstylist, Ken Paves, but not Tiger Woods.

"Look out Yo!!" she wrote.

Look out, indeed.

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