Jessica Simpson's Pal Injured by Paparazzi

By Lesley Messer
Ken Paves
Photo by: Zodiac / Splash News Online; Inset: Mavrix

A Saturday night out turned ugly for Jessica Simpson and her best friend, hairstylist Ken Paves, when he was injured by photographers outside L.A. hotspot Madeo.

As the friends exited the restaurant, photographers swarmed the singer, 28. Paves stepped in to protect Simpson when a pap struck him in the face with a camera. An observer tells PEOPLE that the injury was an accident.

"Everyone was pushing each other to get a picture of Jessica," a source tells PEOPLE.

With blood running down his face, the two got into their vehicle, and Paves was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center according to a source. No police charges have been filed.

A call to Paves was not returned

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Pam and Jessica's T-shirt war!

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Don't you just love a good celebrity feud? The latest feud pits blonde bombshell against blonde bombshell: Pamela Anderson and Jessica Simpson are at war!

We all know that Pamela is an animal-lovin', vegetarian PETA activist... so she wasn't happy when Jessica appeared in public last month wearing a shirt which declared "Real girls eat meat".

Pamela lashed out on Australian radio the week before she was due to enter our Big Brother house. "I think [Jessica's] a bitch and a whore," she announced in her no-holds-barred style. "I don't know if she was talking about food or men." Meow!

And now Jessica's spitting chips... but refusing to respond to Pam's comments and give her any extra publicity. "She was deeply hurt and upset at the comments," a pal told UK rag The Sun. "To say Jessica is mad about it is an understatement."

Pam, bless her, remains firmly unapologetic: she told Big Brother hosts Kyle and Jackie O that she was just kidding and Jessica should know her sense of humour.

Do you support Team Pamela and think Jessica should quit sulking? Or do you support Team Jessica and think this feud is a case of the pot calling the kettle whore?