Nick Lachey Subtly Disses Jessica Simpson As He Jokes ‘Marriage Is Always Better The 2nd Time’

Nick Lachey made a tiny diss against his ex-wife Jessica Simpson, 17 years aft they divided up, during the Love is Blind reunion special, which dropped connected Netflix connected Wednesday, November 9. While speaking to 1 of the couples who tied the knot connected the world show, the show’s host, 48, made a sly notation to his erstwhile matrimony during a question for Matt Bolton. “[Marriage] is ever amended the 2nd time, right?” helium asked.

Matt had been joined erstwhile earlier going on Love is Blind. On the show, helium met his now-wife Colleen Reed, who helium joined successful the show’s finale. He revealed his erstwhile matrimony passim the people of the show, and helium agreed with Nick’s remark astir 2nd marriage. “Cheers, bud,” helium said.

Nick and Jessica had an on-off narration from 1998 until getting joined successful 2002. ( ©2005 RAMEY PHOTO)

Nick and Jessica, 42, had gotten joined October 2002, but separated successful November 2005. When the “I Wanna Love You Forever” histrion filed for divorce, she cited “irreconcilable differences.” They finalized their divorcement the pursuing year. Nick joined his 2nd woman Vanessa, who besides co-hosts Love is Blind, in July 2011. Nick and Vanessa, 42, person 3 children together. Jessica besides remarried. She’s been with her husband Eric Johnson, 43, since 2014, and they person 3 kids.

In the years since Nick and Jessica broke up, the pair person been open astir their narration and divorce. The Dukes of Hazard actress revealed she felt lonely aft Nick remarried successful her memoir Open Book. “I’m saddened beyond belief. Alone successful the dark, with nary 1 to telephone my own,” she wrote successful a diary entry, published successful the memoir.

Nick and Vanessa person been joined since 2011. (Felipe Ramales / SplashNews.com)

While Jessica wrote overmuch astir their matrimony successful the book, Nick revealed helium had nary intentions to work it, due to the fact that helium “lived it” successful a November 2021 interrogation with SiriusXM. “I cognize what the information is truthful I don’t request to work it, oregon work someone’s mentation of it successful a communicative that I know, that I lived it. No, I ne'er work it,” helium said.

Despite sharing aggravated details successful her book, Jessica besides admitted that she has mostly affirmative feelings astir her ex successful a 2020 interrogation with Glamour surrounding the book. “I inactive person a batch of emotion for Nick, due to the fact that helium taught maine however to be,” she said. “I tried to grip everything [in the publication astir him] with arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic possible.”