I guess that dubious rumor about J.Lo’s lover Casper Smart being on the down low is going to fade away unless the tabloids pick it up next week. (Update: Radar picked it up, see below.) In the meantime, In Touch got an interview with one of Casper’s former buddies who says he’s a player and a user. A guy named Josh Ayers went on the record (In Touch even has his photo) to say that Casper used his last girlfriend for cash, a free car and a free place to stay until she got him a job as a back up dancer for J.Lo. Then Casper dumped the chick he was freeloading off of and took up with J.Lo, and not necessarily in that order. Here’s part of the story, and you can read more in this week’s In Touch:
“Casper is a snake,” Josh Ayers, 26, exclusively tells In Touch.
Josh, who has known 25 year-old Casper since they both worked as dancers at LA’s Boulevard3 in 2007, claims that J.Lo’s new man walked out on his then-girlfriend of two years, choreographer Aisha Francis, after she landed him a dream job dancing backup for Jennifer.
After Aisha let Casper move into her San Fernando Valley home, the pair went through a brief rough patch. But Aisha had no idea what was transpiring right under her nose until she turned on the TV one day last November and watched in shock as she learned that Caper had moved on with J.Lo. “Aisha was really good to Casper,” notes Josh. “But he used her to get what he wanted, then left her for J.Lo.”
Inset: Casper lived with Aisha, drove her car and mooched off her – before dumping her for Jennifer.
While Josh and Casper, who co-starred in 2010’s Step Up 3D, remained close until recently, Josh says their friendship soured when Casper began blogging about his new lifestyle. “Casper is a great self-promoter, but his talent is questionable,” says Josh. “He just got lucky.”
Now seven months into his relationship with J.Lo, Casper seems to be up to his old tricks…
“Before he met J.Lo, Casper always said he was never having kids. It’s fishy that now all of a sudden he does. If I was J.Lo’s friend, I would be concerned.”
[From In Touch, print edition, July 2, 2012]
I thought the stuff about Casper wanting kids was confined to the tabloids, but he actually said it in an interview. He told E! “I for sure want kids in the future. In the future…yes, when I’m ready and when the time is right.” So is he just blowing smoke to keep on J.Lo’s payroll? If he really did use his last girlfriend like that, it’s telling. I found Casper’s ex Aisha’s MySpace and she looks to be in her mid to late 30s. The last time she updated it was 2007, so if she was that age back then she’s probably around J.Lo’s age now. This guy has at least some history of hooking up with older women and mooching off them. He dumped Aisha when J.Lo came around, but he’s not going to do better than her and he knows it. That’s why he’s ready for kids now. Jackpot.
Update: Apparently this “Joshua Lee Ayers” guy is the source of the gay rumors that surfaced last week too. Radar ran that report as if it was a new exclusive, and included a comment from J.Lo and Casper’s rep (they have a joint rep now) claiming “Casper is not gay. These comments are born from envy and jealousy.” Yes, but is he a gold digger?
J.Lo and Casper are shown on 2-20-12 at Carnivale in Rio, on 4-5-12 and on 4-30-12. Credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet
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