EW.com reports Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield have been let go from ‘Melrose Place’, with their final episode airing in January. Co-executive producer Todd Slavkin explained that this was the plan in development of the CW series.

“Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12,” Slavkin explained. “And we always knew that [Ashlee's] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin's character of] Augie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show.”

As for how they took the news, Slavkin said, “They’re total professionals and they took it like professionals.”

Ashlee Simpson is firing back at Perez Hilton after the gossip blogger alleged she and husband Pete Wentz got in an argument at the one year anniversary party for his bar Angels & Kings in Chicago on Saturday night. The singer/actress, who Hilton heard was “completely wasted”, wrote on her Twitter (@ashsimpsonwentz):

@petewentz I had so much fun with ur parents last night. Thanx for dedicating the dj set to me. Love you more magic. I miss u already.

@perezhilton when all you do is make up untrue stories- look in the mirror. Do you even feel human?? Karma is a bitch. Your story is WAY off.

@perezhilton WRONG. My husband is an amazing dj and was dedicating songs to me. We were just havin fun. Our love is amazing. Get ur own life.

For his part, Perez responded via his Twitter (@perezhilton):

@ashsimpsonwentz I don’t wanna name names and get people fired but several of the people I spoke with work at Angels & Kings. I’m not wrong.