As we mentioned this morning, Nick Lachey finally proposed to his long-suffering girlfriend Vanessa. I made a crack about Jessica Simpson going on a tequila bender after hearing the news, and it looks like I was right. Shock. According to PopEater’s gossipy sources, Jessica Simpson isn’t doing too well with this whole “My ex-husband is marrying a beauty queen, and they have my money, y’all!” thing. Prepare yourself… I have the feeling that this report is only the first of many, many tabloid pieces analyzing how well Jessica is doing, and how she’s drinking more, and how she’s drunk dialing Nick, and how none of it matters because she HAS ERIC. Eric will play a large part in this. In fact, I can even see a competing engagement announcement. But first, PopEater’s report:
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo’s engagement news on Thursday came as a surprise for everyone except ex-wife Jessica Simpson, who knew the day would come when the man she let get away would propose to another woman.
“Even though Jessica wants to be happy for Nick, this is a very difficult time for her,” a friend of Simpson’s tells me. “Nick was the love of her life then, man, and he was her first, so she will always have a very special place in her heart for him. She’s deeply saddened.”
The happy couple told Us Weekly that they were excited and incredibly happy about their engagement and look forward to a wonderful future together. Classy Nick got down on one knee and popped the question with an Asscher-cut diamond.
It was merely months after his ugly divorce from Jessica that Nick and Vanessa started dating in 2006, and although they briefly separated last summer, they got back together very quickly.
“Nick knows what it’s like to lose someone that you love and wasn’t going to let it happen again,” a friend of the crooner tells me. “He never thought he would ever get married again after Jessica broke his heart. He never thought he would ever allow himself to be vulnerable again, but after dating for a long time he trusts Vanessa and knows she’s the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with.”
A Simpson insider tells me Jessica has yet to contact Nick to say congrats, and that it’s possible it may stay that way for a while, for fear she may not come off as sincere.
[From PopEater]
“…For fear she may not come off as sincere.” Ooh, I would love to hear that phone call. Drunky Simpson trying to be all coy and “over it” and then she just bursts into wailing tears and… God. Poor Jessica. CB just said that if she was in Jess’s position, she would probably be a mess too. Would I? They got divorced when… 2006? Yeah. I hope Jessica has moved on enough to not be such a mess. We’ll see.
Isn’t she sooo in love with this new guy? Doesn’t take much to set her off.
oh brother. it probably bothers her because it bothers anyone to see your ex move on with someone else, but I doubt she’s going into a psychotic meltdown over it. Didn’t she leave him anyway?
Isn’t she the one who dumped Nick? She needs to grow up.
She is the one who wanted the divorce. She was the one who wanted him out of her life so quickly. She could try to be happy he found happiness.
I thought she filed divorced from him?
Why did those two break up, anyway? She dumped him, he dumped her? What? I can’t remember. Or was it one of those ‘irreconcilable differences’ kind of things? And she didn’t have a pre-nup with him? Where was Daddy Simpson on that one? I feel bad for her though. First love, husband, all that stuff.
can’t wait for this…maybe she’ll tweet her congrats.
I don’t doubt this story.
I think she’s regretted divorcing him for a LONG time. as so many have said, I don’t think she’s going to find anyone who will love her as much as Lachey did, and will treat her as well as he did.
I know a lot of people say he’s “boring”, but I think of him as more of a sweet, sincere type of guy.
Exes could be funny like that. My ex still won’t talk to my current husband, even though we divorced in 2005 (he divorced ME). The ex and I have a child together, but when my husband picks up the phone, my ex hangs up. I’m pregnant now, and my ex recently found out about it, but refuses to discuss it with our daughter — he’s taken a LALALALALA NOT LISTENING approach to all of it.
Why does everyone believe this hook, line, and sinker? Anyone on earth could’ve predicted this story would come out the very minute there was an engagement, true or not. We could speculate, sure, but no one actually knows.
She looks cute in the header photo.
It’s always hard when someone you loved moves on. It’s just true. It’s a part of human nature we all want to deny exists within ourselves, but nobody’s perfect. I still feel bad for Jessica that she lost her poor daisy….god everytime I see her I remember that awful, awful story. 🙁
The only thing I can see her being upset about is that she didn’t get engaged first.
Oh, she will give it some thought but I were her, I would play coy and be happy. She has a BF right now, so, hopefully, she is fullfilled enough not to drown in her own drunk tears.
She never should have broken up with Nick. They were perfect together.
why would she need to congratulate him? they are divorced with no children. i see no reason to keep in touch with him or have to congratulate him. am i in the minority thinking this? and does anyone know what their divorce settlement was?
junipergreen I swear you could post the dumbest story and someone is gonna swallow it whole. Its scary. Its fun to speculate but to straight to believe it and treat something as real, when there is like no evidence to back anything up, just blows my mind.
I for one don’t believe a word of it. Jessica is emotional but I don’t think she is that emotional over Nick that its like some huge blow. They have been divorced a long time. Plus Jess is happily dating someone now.
Im sure this makes her boyfriend feel real special.
Jessica blew it big time when she left Nick but Daddy Joe wanted her to leave him.
Jessica really expected to be a big star then, she was coming off Dukes of Hazard and there were stories of her sleeping with Johnny Knoxville and Bamm. That was also about the time she showed up at Maroon 5’s Adam Levine’s hotel room (sp?) supposedly nude except for a raincoat.
This was all while still married to Nick. Nick never publically said a bad word about her.
I have to agree on the comment that Jeri wrote, because she still is obviously regretting letting her dad talk her into divorcing nick. Seems to me that Ashlee did the same thing. Oh well, you live and you learn and you just have to deal with what happens in life.
I maintain she will always regret letting him go. Maybe she will finally grow up when she actually grows from that experience instead of pretending or I don’t know, living in lala land or something. It seems like she’s been the same exact person for years now. I always wonder if the reason she gushes so much about her boyfriends since Nick is a way of hiding from herself the fact that she cheated on Nick. Or, she overcompensates because of that. If she’s at all nervous about calling him now, maybe there are some unresolved issues. I think to think she’s not as dumb as she appears, she’s just emotionally messed up, and partially because of that marriage blowing up. Or maybe I read too much crap online. Anyway, my two cents. Good on Nick though. And she doesn’t HAVE to congratulate him though. But like I said, if it’s a real emotional issue for to do so, then maybe she’s got some thinking to do.
All I have to say is that you are absolutely right.
Who knows, she might be okay with all of this. But it does make for great tabloid fodder.
looks like there is a bruise on her left leg in the 1st pic…
I choose not to believe this story. I prefer to think that she has dignity enough not to reveal she’s sad even if she is. (Could be wrong, lol.)
She’s gone through a string of bad breakups and Nick has been with the same woman since their divorce. She’s upset because she hasn’t achieved what he has.
I feel for Eric. She’s going to be hounding him for a ring like nobody’s business.
Yeah right that’s how she feels. What’s next, Jennifer Aniston has a nervous breakdown when Brad finally marries Angelina?!
My impression was always that she started getting attention from other guys and more fame than Nick, and thought the grass was greener. I too imagine she regrets it – he’s kind of lame career wise, but seems like a nice guy.
I can imagine being bummed out and that’s understandable. But if she goes nuts and tries to show them up in the press, that’s not good.
What did the nut job think Nick was going to do? Wait for her all the while crying and sobbing? What an idiot.
“My impression was always that she started getting attention from other guys and more fame than Nick, and thought the grass was greener.”
THIS, exactly.
to Jeri…RE: Nick not bad-mouthing her…I always respected him for that. Lord knows he had plenty of ammo, what with Psycho Creepy Daddy Joe, and the rumors of her banging all of her Dukes co-stars.
Lets be very clear about something: Jessica Simpson is not sad about the fact that Nick Lachey is moving on (SHE LEFT HIM remember???). Jessica Simpson is PISSED because he is going to get married before she is and home-girl probably never thought in a million years (for whatever foolish reason) that that would happen.
Nick Lachey is a damn good man too! I remember watching “Newlyweds” and thinking, why the hell is this girl taking this man for granted and generally treating him like sh*t?! I thought for sure that he would have been the one to piece out of that relationship looong before she ever did. Her filing for divorce blindsided me for sure…
That is absolutely true, because from day one, she’s always had the attention even growing up which caused Ashlee to feel inferior and to have an eating disorder. Personally I like Ashlee a whole lot better. She seems to be very real. And Jessica simply has a hard time dealing with people that are or were in her life getting the attention, so she decides to come up with more things to get even more attention than the other person. And who in the hell is Eric Jihnson? He GET A JOB!!!
When my ex starting dating again it made my stomach feel all funny, even though I was happy myself. So, I’m sure she still feels *something*, but hopefully she’ll have enough class if asked about it to say “I’m happy for them”, or something of that nature.
I doubt it. I think its hilarious that their announcement turned into “Jessica Simpson’s ex and his girlfriend.” Must make them feel special, ha.
I personally think its telling that Nick, who wanted children so bad 5 years ago, waited that long to get engaged to this girl in the first place. He’s not getting any younger. And then he sees Jessica with another guy and all of a sudden he’s engaged, and putting out a press release THE SAME DAY? I won’t call them attention whores but….okay, yeah, I will.
#11, I agree, there’s no need to keep in touch with exes absent children or other unavoidable business. But that’s apparently a minority view these days, as I know lots of people who stay in some kind of touch with exes for no reason.
They been divorced for years so why would she be upset now, I think she’s more upset that Nick got engaged first and she didn’t.
The dumbest thing that Jessica ever did was to dump Nick, and no-one that she has dated since then has come even close to the likeable character that Nick is, and she hasn’t had a better looking man.
She treated him so badly at the end of their marriage. This is just jealousy on her part.
she wanted to get engaged first… she does have some fun bruising on her thigh in the first photo, though.
Where were her feelings for Nick when she was pulling that Johnny Knoxville/Bam/Wee Man train?
I don’t know about Jessica but my Ex remarried (for the forth time) just 2 months after we signed our divorce papers. I can only say… it truly is better to have loved and lost then to have to spend the rest of my life with that son o’ bitch.
Ex’s can be weird about their former spouse, BF, or whatever moving on. We currently had to hire a lawyer and take my husband’s ex to court because she got so upset when we got married she won’t let him see their children. They broke up almost seven years ago.
Well, I was going to dismiss this as a silly story, but now I see by some of the poster’s tales here that some folks really can be weird about their ex’s moving on. Sh*t I was thrilled when my ex got remarried. I felt like now there was someone else who could take care of him and deal with him and I wouldn’t have to anymore. *blink-blink* I just realized how messed up that sounded coming out of my keyboard. Must. Get. Counseling.
Very old pics.. She is not in LA
This is all PR from NICK & timing.. He needed attention as he has a show end of month coming out & he knows Jessica has two very public upcoming events coming up in two weeks. By doing what NICK did he now draws the attention to him & when Jessica does any upcoming interviews the focus will be that question to her about NICK.
Nick is vendictive. Thinks about it people. Jessica is fine.
Jess has never looked as happy as she has the last few months. Is it ERIC NO I don’t think all of it & woudln’t you guess that there are mulitple pics out there of a very happy Jessica but for some reason & drama the tabloid wants the ones a moment taken in time of anything to stir it up. Jess left NIck for reason people.. remember 2 years ago with Matt Leinart he was drinking with underage girls. Remember all the carousing he did when still with Jessica. Nick ain’t no saint Oh porn in the pool with Vanessa comes to mind?? OOPS.. Time now fro everyone to back off Jessica. Nick is manipulative since Jess divorced him & thsi is no different.
Come on a series of bad break ups… TWO.. Mayer she went with for over a year & ROMO two & between those took long breaks Please people get it right.
Divorced 4 years.. Add it up.
Just my opinion but this sounds like a planted story from Vanessa. I don’t think Jessica is in love with Nick. At most she regrets not being married, to anyone. I don’t understand why she would call to congratulate Nick. They didn’t even say hi to each other when they were in the same restaurant.
After Jessica refused to sign a prenup (Nick was famous and wealthier at the time of the marriage) and tried to cheat him, I hope she stays miserable and single and for all of Nick’s cavorting, he didn’t so it as a husband, like Jessica supposedly did with Johnny Knox.
If he was the love of her life, she should of taken the less road travelled and I’m sure she would of been alot happier at this time..
I can’t blame her if she does feel a tiny bit upset over him getting engaged. This was the man she dated as a teenager, who she lost her virginity to, married…that’s a lot of emotional weight right there. I’d find it odd if she didn’t care at all.
@katie.h.: I don’t know about majority or minority (I tend to see myself as majority of one 🙂 ) but divorced and no children to me means what you said 🙂 If you’re not a public figure you don’t have to ever mention it again (the marriage or divorce)
I totally agree with Pix on this one.
Wasn’t she the one who cheated on her husband with Knoxville and Bam Margera? Wasn’t she the one who felt Nick was mean to her “daddy” and too controlling of her actions? Wasn’t she the one who wanted the divorce and kicked him to the curb?
Too bad if she is bummed out. Life goes on.
As for Nick, I don’t blame him for taking his time with getting hitched again. He probably wanted to make sure this would be the last time he married.
uh, Jessica has not ben “fine” in a lonnng time..
she is a nutjob, that will be engaged in
5, 4, 3, 2….
she’ll never be happy, sh nds to grow up and dump her father, he ought to have enough money now. smdh
There were rumors that Nick beat her because he couldn’t take her success. People was supposed to run a story on it according to Papa Joe, then pulled it last minute because Jessica didn’t want to go public with it. She’s alluded to an abusive relationship in her past. Maybe that was the one?
@Crash2GO2 – still laughing at your post. You’re hilarious.
I HIGHLY doubt Nick beat Jessica, IF this story was true, Papa Joe would have told EVERY Newspaper and Magazine in the country That Nick beat his Little Girl.
AND…… Where are the bruises if this so called “beating” happened?
Jessica is just jealous because she knows what a Great man she left and Now since she’ can’t have him, she does not want anyone else to have him either.
I hope Jessica stays single for the rest of her life.
Joe’s getting ready to sell Jessica’s stinker Christmas album out of the trunk of his car, so he planted this story about Jessica’s sadness as a way to market it on the cheap and to try to get public sympathy for her.
Just like he was trying to get public sympathy for her when he started abuse rumors.
DKO, maybe the reason Jessica didn’t go public with the fabricated story about Nick’s “abuse” is because her lawyers reminded her how expensive defamation judgments can be.
is she’s upset it won’t be because of missing Nick but bec no other man has since asked her to marry him. but the unemployed former student/former football player will probably marry her. what does he have to lose?
Those are perfectly natural feelings. Thats if she really even feels that way.
She’s not sad-she’s jealous. She thought she would be married by now-probably to Romo. She figured Nick would never get over her and she’s just bitter. Time to grow up Jess.
Did anyone watch true Hollywood story where Jessica talked about breaking up with Nick while they were dating. She went off and dated other guys. Truth is she was never all that crazy about him. They never should’ve married in the first place. She divorced him when she got popular and thought she could get some popular wealthy dude. The popular wealthy dudes use her for an easy lay then dump her. She’s not interesting or intelligent. She just goes with what they do. Easy lay. Easy person to date.
I agree with your comment
Nobody really knows how she feels.
#8, Pix: I’m totally with you on this. After all that vomit inducing crap on Twitter and whereever else she could get it about her current soul mate, she’s now “deeply sad” about Nick’s engagement??
She’s deeply sad she didn’t get there first, and she’s also an alcoholic. Yes, that’s Dr. Bluhare diagnosing, but Dr. Bluhare is a sober alcoholic of 20+ years and I know one when I see one.
WTF? Why in the world should Jessica call Nick to offer congrats on the engagment? The beauty of getting divorced when you don’t have kids together is there is NO REASON to EVER have to talk to your ex again. I wouldn’t call my ex-husband if he discovered the cure for cancer, much less to congratulate him on getting to make another woman miserable.
And I’m not being bitter — If I wanted to talk to my ex, I would have stayed married to him.
She’s “moved on” a bunch of times. Smearing other men in his face, on tabloid magazines, etc. I don’t feel much sympathy for her and I’m happy for Nick. It would be different if she hadn’t shacked up with so many different men right after her divorce, I believe this story though. Jessica would only be sad because she isn’t engaged yet and jealous.
I Don’t think Jessica is jealous because she’s not engaged before him, I think she’s jealous because she thought that Nick would always pine over her and I think she NOW realizes what a Great man she let go and now since it’s way too late to get him back, she’s very sad over the fact that Nick is engaged to someone else and that he’s not with her anymore.
I think THIS is the real reason why she’s so sad over this engagement.
If Jessica Simpson can’t have him, then nobody can have him.
Let us pretend for just a second this is not all happening in Hollyweird, thus suspending disbelief.
Everyone I’ve known has that one love, that one person they regret losing. For whatever reason (age, immaturity, whatever), that person is gone. Some of us love again, and love stronger; others refuse to take the chance. Which one are you? We know which one JS is.
My god, its like she stopped maturing mentally at the age of 15.
She really needs to find herself a rich older man to marry because she is going to lose her looks and her opportunities to make money soon. She really is the dumb bimbo Texas trophy wife type.
she cheated on his fucking ass with nasty dude from jackass. she’s as deep as plate glass. leave nick alone and let him get married to whoever.
I agree she is not sad about not having Nick but more of sad because she didn’t beat him to engagement, then marriage.
Lord knows this girl has tried with the parade of men she has had. I believe it’s been a lot more.
I think it’s a low blow for any one to try and smear Nick with lame abuse allegations. I also think if that happened then papa Simpson publicity whore that he is would have ran with it.
I think Nick did the right thing which was to slow down take it slow with his new love until he was sure. Something Jessica would never do. Any man could have married her but none wanted her. John Mayer just ended up using her like a s!ut and wouldn’t marry her. Sure she would have married him.
I’m happy for Nick and Vanessa. I look forward to them having cute little ones. He looks like a steady, sold guy who would make an awesome father.
She is such a twit … every photo I saw of the two of them was ALL about her smiling for the camera and not her husband. ALL about her … why does this airhead get so much press ?
My memory, and I want to kill myself for having any sort of memory about these twats, is that Nick refused to take any money from her.
Oh my my Nick is a saint. He emotionally abused her I will say that. Now she just admitted on womans conference it took her awhile to get over that divorce & let me tell you had Jessica not been insistent on the divorce remaining private Nick would have been in big trouble. Nick also knew he would only every get the 12 million he got so there was no point in trying for more. If he had more would have come out about why the divorce was happening in the first place. One thing about Jess she always takes the heat & hate & will never speak poorly of anyone. That is Jessica’s issue because she refuses to trash other people & NICL knows that. How many pics have any of you seen of months before divorce of NCK out partying in Vegas with Strippers. How may of you just two years ago while with Vanessa saw the same pics with girls drinking underage it seems in Leinarts back yard minus Vanessa. How quick did Nick move on after Jessica well he went right for Kirsten Cavalira( some said he was dicking her while with Jess) then Vanessa & also Kim Kardashin. Jess was not out & about for a very long time. After that if she had some play time so who cares. Most women do in the world I live in & that & also just cause your out having a good time does not mean you bed everyone you date.
I am sure there are little pangs of sadness for something that didn’t work. Its human but doesn’t mean you want to go back for more of the same. Lessons learned & move on.
Nick & Vanessa in a pool having sex sounds like a Kardashin sex tape.
Nick has always been vendictive towards Jess since the divorce & will always be known as attached to Jessica regardless of Vanessa but they both use Jessica for there attention absolutley & with Nick having a show coming out in a couple of weeks what better oppurtiunity then now. Anyone think he set it up with being at O restaurent same time as Jess & started the media 10 days ago.. Think about it. Nick & Vaness walk out front door & Jess & ERIC trying to get out back side door..
Kaiser I really wish you could stop your trash talk of Jessica & use much nicer pics. In no way was Jessica drunk that nite.
Kaiser your articles on Jessica show yor distain for her so are hard to take as being evenly balanced & motives are clear. Why you decided to change uyour opinion of Jessiac to from being a fan to now one of lack of support is also questionable. Just because Jessica appeasr to be coming into her own & not being who you want her to be you trash her.
Why did you not do an article on how well she did at womans conference when with Gayle & Katherine Swartzneger (spelling I know) she was very very spoken alot of fun & lots to say & said it very well.. You must be one of those women she spoke of from the tabloids when questioned.
Sad women have always attacked Jessica.. Why is that Kaiser?
Wow! Who knew anyone cared about Jessica Simpson THHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT much?
Okay, a lot of crazy directed at the blogger in that post above me so I’ll just assume that’s one of Jessica’s besties or PR folks.
Although I will say I saw plenty of time at the Playboy Bunny mansion for Nick while he was married to Jessica, him on MTV tape with his brother ogling other chicks while he was married to Jessica, and a lot of tales from strippers about doing sex shows for Nick and friends while married to Jessica so I’ll just say I agree he was not a Prince Charming by any means. Move on Jess, more power to ya.
Anywho, Jessica used to be so naturally beautiful and now she looks like Miss Piggy!
The bizarre lip injections, the wig hair she actually tries to sell, and the booze weight make her look terrible. Since she has done nothing for a long time but sell her look and relationships she forces one to notice all that. Dare we hope her country or whatever career take off so it gets better?
I’m with Bluhare, Jessica may have many troubles, but they are all being made worse with booze. She’s got a problem that needs attending to before she loses everything.
Seriously, The poster named “Geesh” needs TO CALM THE FUCK DOWN!!!!!!
Sorry Sweetie, but we don’t ALL worship your Idol Jessica Simpson.
The Majority of people don’t even care for her anymore. (I was once a fan).
I’ve never heard she’s an alcoholic. How do you guys know this stuff?
Just think Jessica if you hadn’t of thought you were all that a famous movie star and acctress and singer to good for Nick Lachey (the only fool that really loved you) and dumped his butt for greener pastures you would probably be on your 2nd baby and living the life you so despertly dream of being married and mommy instead of being passed around and used by a string of guys that don’t give a crap about you. lol
Isn’t Tony Romo also engaged now too? Awww, poor Jess. Actually my hubby and I both laughed when we heard this news, at Jessica that is lol.
She still has tards? Really? Wow.
What exactly does he do for a living? He seems to just be on perpetual vacation.
Jessica Simpson has one of the most successful celebrity brands in the world so people who make a fraction of her income calling her a dumb lush makes no sense to me.
Who knows if this story of her sadness is true or not, but it’s normal for people to feel sad or uncomfortable when their exes remarry even if they no longer wanted them.
However, if she was paying alimony, she gets to stop when he remarries.
Nick Lachkey is a total douchbag and always treated her like crap. Why would she be upset about ditching that loser?
Why does that top pic look like she got a nose job?
“We already had our plane tickets,” he says. “So I didn’t understand the question. I said, ‘Of course.’ And she said something about how we hadn’t really been getting along and then said, ‘I think I want a divorce.’
“That blindsided me,” he confesses. “I basically said, ‘Please, let’s sleep on it.’ But when we woke up the next day, Wednesday morning, she was still sure.”
Even so, Simpson expected Lachey to accompany her home.
“I said, ‘I guess I’m not going to Texas,’ and she seemed surprised. I was like, ‘Are we going to pretend nothing is wrong?’ ”
Before his wife’s revelation, Lachey believed they were working through “a tough phase.” Simpson had her own agenda, which may or may not have been orchestrated by her father, Joe, a man so displeased with his daughter’s marriage to Lachey that he could barely smile at the wedding.
As he speaks, his voice falters. He puts down the wineglass and begins to weep. It is a masculine cry. Large, errant tears brusquely wiped away. Over the next two hours, Lachey will cry a half-dozen times. He will also cry alone that night. And the next day. He will cry because he is “really fucked up right now,” and because “it just sucks,” and because he is being forced to let go of all of his “dreams for the future built around Jessica.” But mostly he will cry because it feels good to finally express something real.
– All of this is from Rolling Stone magazine.
I totally agree that she most likely has a drinking problem. She has a lot of insecurities and issues and covers them up with booze.
“He puts down the wineglass and begins to weep. It is a masculine cry.”
Ooh gee, glad they cleared that one up. It’s very important we don’t think less of him for *feeling* something, like a giiirl would. EYYYYE~ROLLLLLLL
(Men who think it’s wrong to have and show emotions are utter jackasses.)
jessica is and always was a stupid selfish bitch who never cared about anyone other than herself. She was never good enough for Nick and he didn’t do much justice for himself marrying her. She is horrible, selfish, trashy and doesn’t care about her appearance. Nick was the one who made her what she became and then she got a big head and broke his heart. She is an actual cow. I use to be one of her fans, now I have no respect for her whatsoever.
I agree that she thought that she could have her own way. Don’t you remember Jessica that it’s to God, not to you? I guess she forgot about him…. I won’t