Nick Lachey has moved on in style after his high-profile divorce from ditsy singer Jessica Simpson. There are reports that he is engaged to his girlfriend, MTV’s Total Request Live hostess Vanessa Minnillo, and that the cute couple plans to tie the knot this April.
Speculation is that they’ll marry in Mexico, where they shared a romantic vacation together last June. There’s a quote from someone who’s supposedly close them who claims that Nick wants a low profile wedding, because he and Jessica had a huge ceremony and reception and that didn’t work out so well:
“They’re moving forward with plans for an April wedding,” a close friend told The Enquirer.
The engagement comes slightly more than a year after Nick, 33, and Jessica Simpson announced their split. Now Nick and Vanessa are mulling destinations for their wedding and honemoon, disclosed a friend.
“Since they both love Baja, Mexico, it will probably happen south of the border, where the first fell in love.”
[From The National Enquirer print edition, January 29, 2007]
The article says that Nick is urging 26 year-old Vanessa to design the kind of engagement ring she wants and says they’ve seen a jeweler who is working on it.
That’s good news for Nick and is sure to be depressing for Jessica. Nick’s ex doesn’t seem to be in a new relationship apart from a dalliance with John Mayer, who only seems to throw her a bone when he feels like it. There were rumors that Jessica was drunk dialing Nick last year and that she was prank-calling Kirsten Cavalleri back when Nick was dating her.
There’s a story that Jessica is taking secret cooking lessons and will attempt to make John Mayer a romantic dinner before he goes on tour around Valentine’s day. From what I remember of Newlyweds, she could use some help in the kitchen. This news seems to be based on an earlier report that Jessica received the cooking lessons as a gift from someone who worked for her, so if it’s true that she showed up for them, it’s not like it was her idea.
Still, maybe Jessica has some time left before her ex ties the knot again, and doesn’t have to be so eager to latch on to a new guy. Lachey said just a short while ago that he and Minnillo “are not dealing with marriage yet.”
Why is most of the story about Jessica. Not much info on Vanessa? Myy advice to Nick is try to date someone closer to his age. This woman is the same age as Jessica.
I dont’ think he’ll get married so soon. They’ll be engaged for years.
If this is true, Nick seems to be jumping in real quick, don’t ya think?
Yesterday, I discovered my ex, my daughter’s father, has a new girlfriend. Mind you, I found out through a friend who saw them together. I was a bit hurt for about 1 minute, then sighed a breath of relieve that my dreadful years with this guy is over.
Must be hard for celebs who have to hear this news for the press.
I don’t know if I’m going through a “spell” but I sort of feel for Jessica. It must be rough. Vanessa’s really nothing special. In fact, her dumb-ass reporting “What’s it like for a fat-girl stories, is much dumber than Jessica’s buffalo wings comment.
Vanessa, you are a “joke” in the business. You and Tyra Banks (famous for what’s it like to be a stripper, fat girl, ugly girl, McDonald’s worker and hooker)
Trading one bottle of whiskey for another. Oh, well….
Is this true? Well, congrats, I guess????
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For All of you who think Nick and Jess should get back together, ya’ll can go eat yourself! Nick has been through a lot and now that he’s found love again, ya’ll trying to bash him? He’s now a happy man, about to be married to Vanessa in april. Look at Jessica, that stupid cheating dumbass, who does she have now? John Mayer lol. Vanessa looks like a great gal, besides if you ask Nick yourself, having an asian(descent) woman does make a difference in one’s relationship. For some reasons asian women take real good care of their man. Anywho, Vanessa is beautiful and she’s lucky to have Nick in her life