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No degrees of separation.
Nick Lachey described his and ex-wife Jessica Simpson’s caller plane run-in connected “Watch What Happens Live” Wednesday.
The 98 Degrees member, 52, dubbed nan March 29 reunion “strangely OK,” pointing retired that “it’s been 20 years” since he was married to Simpson.
“We hadn’t seen each different successful those 20 years, past spent six and a half hours connected a formation to Hawaii together,” he noted — earlier clarifying they were simply “in nan aforesaid vicinity.”
According to Lachey, “everyone was very, very cordial” and “very respectful.”
The “Perfect Match” host’s “whole family” — woman Vanessa Lachey and their 3 children — were onboard nan formation from Los Angeles.
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As for Simpson, Nick said his erstwhile “Newlyweds” co-star was pinch his “former mother-in-law,” Tina Ann Drew.
Awkwardly mentioning Simpson’s estranged husband, Eric Johnson, Nick added, “I judge her kids and her — I’m not acquainted pinch wherever they stand, but — her husband, maybe, were connected nan level but not pinch us.”
Host Andy Cohen asked whether Simpson’s small ones were “in a abstracted people of service,” which Nick confirmed.
TMZ reported arsenic overmuch erstwhile news of nan relationship collapsed successful April, alleging that Simpson, 45, switched seats pinch personification to beryllium further from her ex.
At nan time, Us Weekly claimed nan erstwhile reality stars “actually did opportunity hello” and had “a nice, cordial conversation.”
Simpson and Nick wed successful 2002, calling it quits 3 years later and finalizing their divorcement successful 2006.
Nick and Vanessa, 45, tied nan knot successful 2011 and are now nan parents of boy Camden, 13, daughter Brooklyn, 11, and son Phoenix, 9.
As for Simpson, she and Johnson walked down nan aisle successful 2014.
Since their 2025 breakup, nan duo co-parent daughter Maxwell, 14, son Ace, 12, and daughter Birdie, 7.
