*Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens says he was only kidding when stating earlier this week that Jessica Simpson, the girlfriend of his quarterback Tony Romo, may have been the reason for her man's poor performance against the Eagles on Sunday.

"I tried to get [Romo] to call her so I can explain to her that she doesn't really know me and that I can be funny," Owens told the Dallas Morning News. "And that everything I say, the media will take it and run with it. It's not a big deal. I will try to rectify the situation between her and I."

The drama started Sunday night after the Cowboys' 10-6 loss at Texas Stadium. Throughout the game, Simpson was shown wearing Romo's No. 9 jersey while cheering him on in a private skybox.

Romo's worst statistical performance before Sunday was at a home game against Philly last December, when his then-girlfriend Carrie Underwood was in attendance. Cowboys fans and bloggers began putting two and two together, believing the presence of Romo's girlfriends at Texas stadium may put a jinx on the quarterback.

Following Sunday's loss, Owens told the Morning News that Simpson was "not a fan favorite" in Dallas and that "I think a lot of people feel like she's probably taking [Romo's] focus away."

On Thursday, after his comments were picked up by the media, Owens called Romo, who had already discussed the issue with Simpson, to explain that he was joking.

"I guess she was kind of upset about it," Owens said, according to the Associated Press. "(I) just told him I would do whatever I can to rectify the situation. That's about it."

Owens said the call "wasn't necessarily an apology."

"I was just kind of explaining to him what kind of happened during the course of the (interview) session," Owens said. "I kind of told him what was said, and he kind of expressed what Jessica had told him. I was like, 'Look, dude, it wasn't meant like that. Everybody was having fun, and I was saying what I had to say. There it is, it's a big story.'"