Being president of Fox entertainment isn't all schmoozing with "24's" Kiefer Sutherland and fending off questions about Paula Abdul.

You also have to keep up with the gossip.

So when Peter Liguori was asked a little while ago whether "Simple Life" co-stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie had reconciled, it probably wasn't very cool of him not to know.

"Not to my knowledge," he said.

So if the girls aren't getting along anymore, won't "The Simple Life" become pretty complicated next time?

"We'll figure it out," Liguori said. "Both of them have been picked up" for next season.