I will admit to having a passing interest in Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo. I think they’re a sweet couple. I would watch their wedding and probably get a little teary over it since I’m a stupid sucker for weddings despite the fact that I’m more than aware of the reality of marriage. We’ve heard for some time that Nick and Vanessa were hoping to get a reality show so they’d be able to afford all those vacations they’re constantly going on. Now comes news that their wedding will be shown on TLC. This could be the start of a show for them, and they can piss away their relationship the same way Nick did with Jessica, not that those two were ever going to last anyway.
TLC will air “Nick & Vanessa’s Dream Wedding” (working title), a special to air just weeks after the couple’s wedding date, which they are keeping top secret.
Lachey, 37, and Vanessa Minnillo, 30, have been dating since 2006 and got engaged last fall. He and ex-wife Jessica Simpson documented their own wedding and early married life on MTV’s Newlyweds.
“We’re lucky to have such passionate and loving fans, and we thought partnering with TLC on this special would be the best way to share the exciting journey we’re on with all the people that support us and our relationship,” Lachey and Minnillo said in a statement.
The special will feature footage from their joint wedding shower, Minnillo’s wedding dress search and the ceremony itself.
[From People]
I could have sworn Minnillo was like 35, not 30. This wedding special is probably a kind of pilot to see if Nick and Vanessa rate their own full show. It’s TLC, they air sh*t like “Strange Sex” and “My Strange Addiction,” they’re not choosy. “Kate Plus 8” is probably going to be put out to pasture soon so they’ll have a reality show vacancy to fill. I really thought Nick learned his lesson and wasn’t going to go that route again after the trainwreck that was his last marriage, though. After Jessica left him, he told Rolling Stone that being on “Newlyweds” really messed up their relationship. He said “Jessica and I began playing these parts even when we were by ourselves… There was a question about what truly was our reality. When you are on a reality show, your life ceases to be reality. It becomes TV.” I guess when your career isn’t really going anywhere you might not have the choice not to turn your next relationship into a reality show too.
I like them together. I don’t know that I’ll watch – I have a serious aversion to “reality” tv – but I wish them well.
I think pimping one’s wedding/marriage (don’t even get me started on kids) out to “reality” tv is gross. Some things are still sacred, you know?
I think Nick and Vanessa are a very sweet couple. But after things fell apart with Jessica didn’t he complain it was the TV and being so public with their relationship (in addition to her dad & family issues) that really put a strain on their marriage. So why do it again?
They have a great relationship. I wish they would do something like Cindy Crawford. Private, intimate wedding on a romantic beach with close friends and family.
I probably will watch it- but I hope the whole reality thing doesn’t ruin this relationship. They are so cute together.
I like them too. At first I was like “Nooo, don’t you remember what happened the last time?” But Nick & Vanessa are all about being on tv, plus I think they have a different, more mature relationship, so I’m hoping for the best for them & their tv wedding.
dont do it nick!!! Not another reality show!
If they end up getting divorced because of it, ill have NO pity for him this time around.
@ Mews – That’s how Hubs and I did it! Barefoot on the beach, where we had our first date, with close friends and family.
dry your eyes CB. i was teary during his last wedding to Jess too but, i gotta say…way to chuck this relationship in the toilet before the vows are even exchanged!
this reality bull is exactly what ended his last marriage.
bet he’s just doing it for the paycheck.
dumbass. 🙁
Media whores. That’s all I gotta say. They always have been, and always will be.
I find this to be very annoying b/c didn’t Nick make a big deal of basically saying that doing the reality show with Jessica basically ruined their life together? Or am I crazy?
of course I’ll watch, I have no life
No. I have no interest.
I don’t know. They are together for couple years and I don’t think, that wedding /and i mean wedding, not show about marriage/ in TV can change things between them.
but it’s tacky
Nick hasn’t learned his lesson from Newlyweds at all! 🙁 I trust that they will have sense enough to leave work at work and act like a true married couple.
No
Can someone please tell me who broke up with whom in the Nick/jessica debacle? I watched their show for a bit but then just quit and didn’t follow the gossip. So now I wonder what all the buzz is about Jess seemingly being unhappy without Nick. Did he/she cheat? I know I shoulda paid attention years ago but I was busy with real life. I won’t let it happen again.
Thanks to anyone who can explain.
UM he’s a hypocrite. How gauche, to publicly bitch and moan about your ex-wife and your ex-in laws and claim that your marriage was destroyed by reality television…
And then sign up for another reality television show based on – wait for it – YOUR MARRIAGE!
It’s a shitty thing to do, Nick. The entire concept is just a pre-marriage “Newlyweds” rip off. I’m beginning to think that the “Race to the Altar” is actually coming from Vanessa, and not Jessica. I can’t imagine Jessica gives a shit about Vanessa Minnillo and her copycat attempts. It’s pathetic really.
@ Kara Ann – Jessica lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of fame with the success of Newlyweds. While she was filming Dukes of Hazard in Louisiana her marriage to Nick collapsed. There were rumors she was sleeping with Bam Margera.
Absolutely could care less about either of those people.
mmmm…no
I’ll def watch…without apology. Lol.
I know for sure who is gonna be watching: you guessed right BLIMPSON. then she can gro from stuffin her face in pathetic sadness, to comparing herself to thin Vanessa and taking notes to outdo their wedding.
I’ll watch it, just to get an idea of the tantrum Blimpy’s going to get.
On the picture where Nick is tryng to stop Vanessa from like falling or something, it needs to have a caption of Nick thinking: “darn you’re so light! when i tried this with Blimpson i fell to the ground with her!” LOL
Dumb idea and no.
I like these two together- hope they have a happy strong relationship. Yes that some mag pays mega $$ for the 10-page wedding article but a reality show? As others have said, given Nick’s comments about Newlyweds, he and Vanessa must be short of money.
I don’t know what it is but they seem fake. They seem to enjoy celebrity too much.
Wow, @antisara #19 . . . that is truly ugly and harsh.
Jessica may not be my favorite celeb, but really! Such animosity surely must be misplaced. She’s harmless, really.
haha like it worked out so well when he televised his FIRST wedding 😛
cute! new show cool!
I can’t STAND Vanessa Manillo. She had a strong career going with MTV and when Nick became available, she latched on to him like her life depended on it. She always seems so clingy and desperate, following him around making sure that she hung in there long enough to get him to the aisle. I have a feeling she’s one of those girls that changes after the wedding.. wouldn’t be suprised if it didn’t last – though I do expect her to pop out a kid asap.
Hell Ta the NO!
Fist Nick claims he has someone, who is not materialistic. Those handbags homegirl totes don’t look cheap. Then Both claim they’re big on privacy. Wasn’t it Golddigger that said her and Nick take showers, not to mention you nerver see Vipmunk tun from the paps. When they broke up, who do you think she ran to. Mr. Jeter. When DJ got him some probably for the night,and let her know no reconcilation between them ageain. Vanman ran back to Nick. They not going to say who she ran around with, during their breakup. No Way! Jeets can’t have that type of publicity. Nick is making a mistake, and Van id also doing this to promote the show she is now co hosting. I hope there is a prenup. I believe that’s what caused the breakup before, Missy did not wanr a prenup. I think Vanessa is money hungry. I know Derek is probably saying better him than me.
Yikes, isn’t he even a bit superstitious? Having said that, yep, I’ll watch.
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