Nick Lachey on J. Simp’s engagement: “I’m not the one to speculate on timing”

MIAMI BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 04: TV personality Vanessa Minnillo and singer/TV personality Nick Lachey attend the Super Skins Kick Off Party at Hotel 944 featuring Snoop Dogg at The Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach on February 4, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Ever since Jessica Simpson try to steal Nick Lachey’s thunder by announcing her engagement just days after Nick announced his, Nick has been surprisingly gracious and non-committal about his ex-wife. It’s almost as if… he doesn’t care. Like, he’s moved on and wants to act like an adult towards his unhinged, drunk, incredibly stupid ex-wife. Previously, when asked, Nick was very nice, just saying that he wished Jessica the best. Now, in an new interview with USA Today, Nick is asked more specifically about Jess’s attempt (in her pathetic way) to c-ckblock him:

Nick Lachey says he’s not listening to those who are questioning the timing of Jessica Simpson’s engagement to Eric Johnson, mere days after he and Vanessa Minnillo announced that they were also headed down the aisle.

“I don’t have any thoughts on any of it. I don’t know what people are saying,” Lachey, 37, tells USA TODAY’s Olivia Barker. “I’m not the one to speculate on timing.”

Asked how betrothed life was going, Lachey joked, “Well, we’re still engaged.”

But don’t expect The Sing-Off host (a new season of the show debuts on Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC) to do much of the wedding planning, which is just getting started. “Tell me where to be and what to wear and I’ll be there,” he said.

[From USA Today]

Nick really sounds like he has no interest in talking about Jessica in any way, shape or form. Which begs the question… why the hell did Jessica arrange her engagement announcement just days after Nick? Why is she still so hung up on this stuff? Why is she so friggin’ dumb? Ugh.

Also, every time I go to look up old photos of Jessica, I wince – she really was super-skinny back them, at times painfully so. Call me crazy, but I think she’s prettier when she’s a bit heavier.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 04:  Singers Jessica Simpson (R) and Nick Lachey arrive to the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium June 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.  The 14th annual award show will premiere on MTV Thursday, June 9 at 9:00PM (ET/PT).  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD , CA - JULY 28:  Actress/singer Jessica Simpson (right) and husband singer Nick Lachey arrive at the Premiere Of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on July 28, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 09:  Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson attend a press conference to launch her new line of body care and fragrance products on February 9, 2005 in New York City.  (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 09:  Singers Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey pose in the audience during the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium January 9, 2005 in Pasadena, California.  (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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  1. brin says:

    He’s moved on & she’s still the dumb girl with the tuna can. The more gracious he is, the crazier she is.

  2. citmyway says:

    awwww, I adore him!!

  3. lo says:

    OMG, it is weird to see photos of Jessica when she actually had a waist and only one chin.

  4. guesty says:

    just love him. glad to see all these pics…that made hgf complete! 🙂

    it’s obvious he’s so over jessica. & she is simply not anywhere close to being over him.

  5. Praise St. Angie! says:

    hmm…I disagree, I think she looks better when she’s slimmer. Not that she looks BAD the way she is now. I think it’s just that she’s one of those people that has to work really hard at keeping fit or she gains quickly. Girl likes her southern cooking and her booze.

    what I think makes the biggest difference in her appearance is the make up. when she’s all drag-queened out, she looks harsh. when she goes the “natural” make up route, she looks SO much better, IMO.

  6. malachais says:

    I agree, she does look ALOT better now. I mean she is thicker, but if she was just styled properly, she wouldn’t look “fat” in photos. Its the way she dresses that makes her appear what hollywood considers “fat.” I think she looked the healthiest when she was dating John mayer. Not to sound so critical, she looks fine but just makes off the wall relationship choices.

  7. bellaluna says:

    It’s obvious Nick is over Jess; it’s painfully obvious she is NOT over him. Honestly, you had a good man; you let him go; deal with it! (He also obviously has more class in his little toe than the entire Pimpson family.)

    Love his pix – ditto @ guesty – HGF is now hotter!

  8. jen says:

    He traded up big time.

  9. Leticia says:

    I think she was her prettiest size when she was married to Lachey. I forget how beautiful she can be until I see old photos of her.

  10. Sumodo1 says:

    Let Jes be. Do I have to remind you that I saw her in public, four years ago, being very nice to about a hundred people?

  11. Kerri says:

    Maybe she still has feelings for him, which is what everyone thinks. Some girls/women just can’t let go and they believe that they somehow own their ex’s even after they are over.

    I have the same problem with my boyfriend’s ex. She still thinks she can do what she wants whenever…and its cause she’s still hung up over it -IMHO. Mind you its been 5 years we are together.

  12. bella says:

    this girl is gorgeous but i believe she was her most gorgeous when she was married to nick…she did get frightfully skinny at one point…but her face is breathtaking when she’s thinner. i’m not so sure nick has moved on…maybe i’m a hopeless romantic, but i think he’ll never get over jess…

  13. Bella Mosley says:

    @Brin – You nailed it.

  14. Eleonor says:

    Nick has grown up and moved on.
    Jessica don’t: she’s nearly 30’s and she has “fights” with her best friend like she’s 13een.
    I agree with Kaiser: she does look better whenn she’s heavier, she’s not fat, she’s curvy, maybe at that time she used to starve herself to look that skinny. Now she looks bad because she always makes wrong fashion choice, all she needs is a better stylist

  15. Moreaces says:

    Classy Nick, I lost all respect for Jessica when she did what she did. I think she is to stupid to realize just how stupid it made her look.

  16. anoneemouse says:

    He’s probably so thankful he got out of that mess of a family….dodged a bullit big time…:)

  17. Ernestine says:

    Good LORD, Vanessa has some stunning hair.

    That’s really all I have to say about this situation.

  18. Dominique says:

    God, they were a hot couple. A sex tape I would have paid hundreds to see back in 2003 (rhyme).

  19. KellyBrynn says:

    she’s so despy, it hurts. for a while i thought asslee was the worst simpson sister because she had/has NO talent. but at the very least asslee leaves us alone and doesn’t assault us with her idiocies.

    the third picture down in the jess & nick pics, where she’s wearing the beige dress/top…she looks stunning. great hair styling, natural makeup, REAL smile.

    i think if she weighed somewhere between those days and present day, she’d look her best.

    and is nick’s nose getting wider and taking over his face? just me? ok.

  20. devilgirl says:

    I liked his comment ” Well, we’re still engaged”.

    Yes, Nick, had moved on, like most people do after a divorce.

  21. Jeri says:

    Good for Nick and Congratulations to him and Vanessa.

  22. Dominique says:

    Kelly, not just you. His face is huge. It used to be so cute too. What happened to him?! *sigh*

  23. Dixie Normous says:

    I agree Kelly, that third picture down in the beige she looks incredible! I forgot how pretty she was until i was watching a rerun of SNL the other day and she looked amazing. She is definitely not fat now but I think she looked better thinner when you could see the angles in her face.

  24. fabgrrl says:

    I think she looked better thinner, but she looked dumber somehow too. Maybe she was just happier and smiling a lot more. I’m not judging, I look “dumb” when I smile too.

  25. Delta Juliet says:

    He comes off as a class act and she looks stupid. By him not really making a comment, he says a lot.

    I think she looked better back then. But, she was younger then as well. (Weren’t we all 🙂 )

  26. hay says:

    He is very classy. He prob. feels bad for her and it is nice that he won’t say anything negative.

  27. Trace says:

    She looks better back then. I think she tries too hard now with her makeup and clothes too, maybe she thinks she needs to because she’s a little heavier now. I think Nick was the only one to have really loved her before she had the money or fame. Oh well, she’s the one that threw it away. Now she’s engaged to some bum who will live off of her for the rest of his life.

  28. fizXgirl314 says:

    I guess people can make up all these stories about people and then pretend like it’s true… I mean seriously, did simpson even comment on Lachey’s engagement? Such faux drama!

  29. Justez says:

    Aw love him. But I do have to admit I love the picture of her with straight hair, I think it’s the fourth one?

  30. citmyway says:

    I remember loving that show b/c he seemed like such a nice guy and he was soooo sweet to her and put up with her being completely ignorate but was still so nice were other people would have laughed in her face when she made some of those comments (we all know those comments I’m talking about). She seemed a lot prettier then to me.

    ooh the beigh top/dress pic is pretty.

  31. Jayna says:

    Jessica was stunning when she was a thin girl. Her face and bust were perfect, arms, everything. When Jess puts on weight, her face blows up, her neck is massive, her boobs are huge and her upper chest is wide, like a linebacker’s. Some pretty people’s faces really do change when they gain weight. She’s one of them.

  32. Green Is Good says:

    Jessica was so damn stupid divorcing Nick.

  33. Missfit says:

    A lot of people are usually much thinner when they are younger and get thicker as they get older and their metabolism isn’t as it used to be, so it’s harder to keep fit and all. (But of coarse some people are naturally thin, but not everyone is). I think she has a really pretty face and I agree she looks better with natural makeup then too much. Maybe it’s also how she dressed better back then, regardless if she was thin or not…so if she dressed kind of the same, she would look really good…as someone else said, it’s her style now, certain things she puts on makes her look thicker than she already is. But I guess this isn’t even what this story is about,lol. Obviously Nick is being very mature and he found himself a good girl…Vanessa is really pretty as well. 😉

  34. becky says:

    Kaiser
    she was a very healthy weight in newlyweds but for Hollywood standards, then when she started to do movies she hired that trainer mike alexander or something like that and lost 20 or 30lbs for dukes of hazard. those skinny pics are from that time cuz she regained the weight pretty quickly. and that video ‘these boots r made for walking’ r from her skinniest era too.

  35. becky says:

    btw when she got superfit everyone came down on her for looking anorexic, so Jess really can’t win

  36. lachica says:

    she was much prettier and healthier during the Nick phase. i remeber her saying back then that Nick would work out with her and help her stay healthy. she only got too skinny when she started doing movies. now she’s fat and looks unhealthy.

    Jessica is a narcissist. She left Nick for the Maroon Five dude among others and seriously thought that one of them would have committed to her. instead they used her and passed her on. now her EGO has been hurt by Nick’s announcement. this is not about her still having feelings for Nick. i disagree. it’s about ego and pride.

  37. Feebee says:

    The ultimate kiss off, total indifference. Some say it’s worse than hate because that would indicate some feeling towards the other person, but indifference,,,, he really doesn’t care any more, he’s so over it she might as well live on another planet.

    On the figure front hard to know what’s going on. It is harder to keep whippet thin as you age if you’re not naturally so. Plus she actually had a (more visible) career back then, more motivation to stay in shape.

  38. ERM says:

    He had all the class in the relationship. When they first got married, I thought she was a lovely young lady and then I saw a few episodes of their show and realized that she was fairly gross & a spoiled brat. That grossness has only increased every time she shares her stories of not bathing, brushing teeth, gastro issues. All and all gross, he should thank his lucky stars he got away!

  39. HakuraChii says:

    I really have to hand it to him for knowing how to handle this matter with class. His answers were the perfect responses, given how much the press wants him to say something they can twist into a tabloid war.

    I can’t speak as to how Jessica really feels, but I can understand what may be the motivation behind it. Sort of like when you get too old for a toy, so you give it to one of your younger siblings… but seeing them enjoy it… causes you to really think you want it back.

    I don’t know if she’s over him or not, but perhaps seeing him happy with another woman has caused her to think she wants him (which isn’t going to happen), so she has to do *something* to make it look like she’s SO OVER him. Which ended up backfiring.

  40. Crash2GO2 says:

    He definitely seems to know to take the high road. Good for him. And yes, Jessica USED to be stunning.

  41. truthzbetta says:

    Nick and Jess both look worse now. And Vanessa is a downgrade from old Jess but new Jess, I’m not so sure.

    Vanessa has been waiting and waiting and waiting like Nick’s in line for a throne or something. Her clinging (literally in that pic) is pa-thet-ic.

    Jess and Nick should lose weight, lose their losers and re-unite with a clause in the prenup stating he’ll quit going to strip clubs, live sex shows, and the Bunny mansion provided she go back to looking healthy. Prob solved.

  42. slymm27 says:

    it is simple, this girl is stunning when she is thin,….no! No! No!, do not try to butter it up and say she looks better heavier….not at all. She looks better when she is thin. Oh jessica….something went wrong with this woman somewhere.

  43. MissVJJ says:

    Team Vanessa!! No one can beat us ethnic beauties!!

  44. SueQ says:

    Nick is forever hot. JS thought she could do better, because her daddy told her so. Not so much. Nick is better off, and Jessica will always have to settle for whatever Papa Pervert can dig up for her.

  45. Dirty Martini says:

    Nick was hot then, and he’s hot now. Jessica was gorgeous then, and now she is a very pretty zaftig lady who would look oh so much better 20 pounds lighter. (me too BTW)

    The stupidest thing she ever did was leave him. Her life has spiraled since then and she has been right up to the edge of bat $hi& crazy a couple of times. She’s worth millions but she’s worthless.

    He will never be more than he was, but he’ll be good to Vanessa, he’ll be a stand up guy, and he’ll squeeze a living out of 3rd rate regional theatre into his 50s.

    And the beat goes on…

  46. mrsezc says:

    He has always been gracious towards her, even after she dumped him and broke his heart. I used to love her when she was with him, I was in awe of them ..so young so beautiful .. but always something hanging over them.
    Nick found his girl in Vanessa and she’s had to get past all the emotional damage Jess caused!!
    The one thing about Jessica I’ve noticed is .. she’s been looking for Nick in all the guys she’s been with .. and when she said what she was looking for in one article … she described Nick to a TEE!!!
    She’ll never marry Eric and if she does it won’t last!!
    Congrats to Vanessa & Nick!!!

  47. *-* says:

    He’s soo sweet, mooching off Jessica for $25000 a month for years. Other than that, great catch..

  48. Alexa says:

    Yes – I like Vanessa the most out of the three too!! Really – the Nick and Jessica “brand” made me barf! The whole thing seemed so damn FAKE to me – and like their “love and marriage story” was an older generation’s (father Joe) reminiscing. The whole thing was SO 70’s CHEEZ!

  49. Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

    It’s too bad that interviewers keep pestering him over every single detail in his ex-wife’s life. Just congratulate him and be done with it, you know?

  50. Emily says:

    I really like her hair in the picture with the pale yellow dress. Although she’s no where near as hot as Vanesssa, she’s gorgeous.