Jessica Simpson, grateful to be with Tony Romo

What’s new with Jessica Simpson? She has just released her new, first No.-1 country album –and she also congratulates herself for choosing Tony Romo to be the love of her life.

“Tony is a great quarterback, but he’s a better boyfriend,” Simpson declared to PEOPLE magazine at a Nina’s Night Out, a benefit for the Rape Crisis Center at the Palms Casino Resort’s Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas on Thursday. “I’m seriously proud of myself for letting him into my life.”

Having her cuddled up next to him isn’t always such a relief, admitted Simpson.

“To be my man, you have to put up with a lot,” said the singer. “I toot under the sheets, I spend a lot of money and I can belch the ABC’s.”

One spicy thing is that during her 70-minute set featuring her album, Do You Know,Simpson forgot the lyrics to one of her best-known pop songs, “With You.”

This is what she declared about this little accident :”I did the same thing on Good Morning America,” said an apologetic Simpson, referring to her tech-challenged TV spot before starting the song over again.  “I’ve been singing that song for about 70 years and I forgot the lyrics. At least you guys knew them.”