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Nick Lachey Debunks 98 Degrees Tour Rumors

13 Apr 2012 09:50:22 EDT

'The only tour I'll be doing this summer is at baby's 'r us,' expectant father jokes via Twitter.
By Jocelyn Vena

The 98 Degrees website was recently updated after a decade of lying dormant, leading many fans to wonder whether Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre would be back for more boy-band action this summer.

As the story went, sources told Hitfix that the guys would be hitting the road for a 15-date tour in July and August. Adding credence to the rumors was the newly redesigned site that made a giant leap into this millennium thanks to a new logo and a Twitter feed.

The rumor remained undeveloped for a couple weeks, but Nick Lachey has taken to Twitter to clarify that the band will not be touring. "So psyched to see all the excitement for a 98 degree tour, but the only tour I'll be doing this summer is at baby's 'r us!" he wrote, adding the Justin Bieber-approved hashtag #neversaynever. (Lachey and wife Vanessa Minnillo are expecting their first child sometime this summer or early fall.)

Nick is not the only 98 Degrees member to address the rumors. Timmons also tweeted about them: "Look, you can never believe rumors, but I'd be open to it for sure!" he wrote.

Well, boy-band fans shouldn't be too upset by the news. There are certainly plenty of boy bands floating around the pop scene these days to keep them happy. Old school-ers NKOTBSB (New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, for those not in the know) will be touring abroad this spring. And newcomers the Wanted, Big Time Rush and One Direction are all busy touring and releasing albums.

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Nick Lachey, Vanessa Minnillo Expecting A Baby

05 Mar 2012 10:13:17 EST

'She's due late summer, early fall,' Lachey said when he confirmed the news on 'Live! With Kelly.'
By Jocelyn Vena

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are expecting their first baby together. The former boy bander confirmed the news Monday (March 5) on "Live! With Kelly" when he was co-hosting the show with Kelly Ripa.

"I think we may have to steal 'Sophia' from you [since that's Vanessa's first choice]. If it's a boy, we're not really sure yet," he said of the names the couple is tossing around. "[I used to think] if I have a son first, he's going to be named Colin. Now Colin, it's not a good name [to Vanessa]. It's a tough thing, these names."

For those wondering when the couple will welcome their first baby, Lachey said, "She's due late summer, early fall. You find out you're pregnant and it's the most exciting news and yet you're not supposed to tell anyone for three months. I had to keep this secret for three months."

Photos of an expecting Minnillo began to surface in the last few weeks, but the couple hadn't addressed the rumors until the talk show. "This past week the pictures have started to come out. You can definitely see a baby bump," he said, adding that his wife has been craving lots of burritos these days. "She loves, right now, Mexican food."

The two got married in June 2011 on a tropical island in front of 35 friends and family after they began dating in 2006, around the time he split from his pop-star ex, Jessica Simpson.

Simpson is also expecting her first child. It's not the first time their relationships have mirrored one another. Lachey and Simpson also got engaged around the same time, in November 2010.

Share your well-wishes for Lachey and Minnillo in the comments section below!

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Nick Lachey Wishes Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson 'The Very Best'

15 Nov 2010 16:18:49 EST

Jess' ex says he's still 'basking in the glow' of his own engagement.
By Jocelyn Vena

First she sent her well-wishes to Nick Lachey on his engagement to Vanessa Minnillo, and now Lachey is returning the favor by sending his love to his newly engaged ex-wife, Jessica Simpson.

"I will say the same thing I always say: I wish her the very best," he told UsMagazine.com about Simpson's engagement to football player Eric Johnson. As for his own engagement, Lachey is still adjusting to it.

He explained that he's "still basking in the glow" of his plans to marry the former MTV VJ and "enjoying that. I'm sure we'll get on the other planning shortly. We are now just enjoying this experience." He added that it's "very exciting" to see "what the future brings to us." Asked why it took him so many years to ask Minnillo to marry him, he said, "All things have their appropriate time, so thank you."

Jessica married fellow pop star Lachey in October 2002. The pair documented their marriage on their hit MTV series, "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica." But their sweet kisses turned sour when Simpson and Lachey split in 2005; their divorce was finalized the following year. Since then, Simpson had been linked to John Mayer, Tony Romo and Billy Corgan before meeting Johnson.

Jessica's dad, Joe Simpson, expressed his own elation when he took to Twitter to congratulate her. "So very happy for Jess and Eric," he wrote on Sunday night. "May they have a lifetime of joy and happiness."

Simpson flashed her engagement ring on Saturday at an appearance at Dillard's in Overland Park, Kansas. UsMagazine.com reported that the ring is a ruby surrounded by two diamonds, designed by celebrity jeweler Neil Lane. Johnson reportedly popped the question on Thursday. Their rep confirmed the news in a statement: "Yes, we are excited to confirm that they are engaged!"

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Jessica Simpson Insists She's Happy For Engaged Nick Lachey

11 Nov 2010 15:14:17 EST

Pop star dispels rumor she's 'saddened' by former hubby's engagement to Vanessa Minnillo.
By Kara Warner

The news of Nick Lachey and former MTV "TRL" host Vanessa Minnillo's engagement wasn't exactly a big surprise, given that the couple have been together since 2006.

What did come as a bit of an oddity was a report that Lachey's ex-wife, Jessica Simpson, was "deeply saddened" about the news.

"Even though Jessica wants to be happy for Nick, this is a very difficult time for her," a "friend" of Simpson's told Popeater's Rob Shuter. "Nick was the love of her life then, man, and he was her first, so she will always have a very special place in her heart for him. She's deeply saddened."

According to Simpson, however, that report couldn't be further from the truth.

"I don't know where all those rumors came from," Simpson told Ryan Seacrest when she called into his radio show Thursday (November 11). "My mom actually called me and said that everyone was saying that I was 'saddened.' I was just in complete shock. I couldn't be more happy for Nick."

Simpson, who has been dating former NFL player Eric Johnson since May, added that she and Lachey are in a really good place these days, and she wishes people would move past the relationship, as she and Lachey both have.

"Our relationship was over a really long time ago, and it would be nice if everyone could move on with us and really just celebrate the love between him and Vanessa," she said. "I do, and I wish them nothing but the best."

Give us your opinion in the comments below!

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Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo: Tracking Their Love On MTV

05 Nov 2010 13:42:37 EDT

The former 'TRL' host and the former boy-bander have appeared together on the channel since before they dated.
By Jocelyn Vena

Newly engaged couple Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are among an elite group of couples who have MTV to thank in part for their relationship. Former "Total Request Live" host Minnillo and former boy-bander Lachey appeared together on the channel long before they began dating in 2006.

Earlier that year, the pair began flirting on the set of Lachey's "What's Left of Me" video, which was also shot for an episode of "Making The Video." While they played a troubled couple in the clip, their chemistry on set was electric. "Nick is awesome," Vanessa said. "He's a gem. Mini crush."

Later, after Lachey finalized his divorce from pop princess and "Newlyweds" co-star Jessica Simpson, he and Minnillo went public as a couple.

They may never have gotten their own reality show like Lachey and Simpson, but the pair certainly never shied away from the MTV cameras, with Lachey making several appearances on "TRL" while Minnillo was still host. They even shared a kiss during the MTV's 2007 New Year's Eve special.

Minnillo and Lachey remained relatively public about their relationship, hitting up red carpets together in good times. But in the spring of 2009, the pair announced they had split, adding that they "remain good friends who still greatly care for one another."

After some time apart, they reconciled. That brings us to now when the pair announced their engagement. They got engaged on Thursday in California, and Lachey made the announcement on his Twitter.

"Hey all," he wrote. "If anyone's heard the rumors of my engagement, they are absolutely true! Vanessa and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for all the love."

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Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Are Engaged

04 Nov 2010 20:00:06 EDT

'Vanessa and I couldn't be happier,' Nick tweets after confirming his engagement to the former MTV 'TRL' host.
By James Dinh

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are engaged. On Thursday (November 4), the duo shared the news in a joint statement to People.com that read, "We're excited and incredibly happy about our engagement and we look forward to a wonderful future together."

According to sources, Lachey, 36, popped the question to the former MTV "TRL" host, 29, "near a beach" in California on Thursday. The former 98 Degrees singer, who once co-starred with ex-wife Jessica Simpson on MTV's "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica," took to his Twitter to share the happy news with his fans.

"Hey all," he wrote. "If anyone's heard the rumors of my engagement, they are absolutely true! Vanessa and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for all the love."

The couple began dating back in 2006 and teamed up in the video for Lachey's hit solo single "What's Left of Me"; Minnillo starred as his love interest. Lachey and Minnillo suffered a romantic setback when they briefly called it quits in mid-2009, but later reunited.

In addition to celebrating their engagement in November, the duo will also celebrate their birthdays this month, as the stars both turn a year older on November 9. Send your well-wishes for the couple in the comments!

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Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Break Up

24 Jun 2009 09:25:00 EDT

Former 'Newlyweds' star and former 'TRL' host dated for three years.
By Eric Ditzian

Singer Nick Lachey and former "TRL" host Vanessa Minnillo have broken up after three years together, according to People.com.

"They have amicably split but remain good friends who still greatly care for one another," a rep for Minnillo told the magazine.

A rep for Lachey, a former member of 98 Degrees, also confirmed the news.

Lachey and Minnillo began dating in 2006, but rumors of a breakup had dogged the couple recently. Earlier in June, Minnillo told People that her relationship was "very much still on."

MTV News most recently caught up with Lachey, 35, and Minnillo, 28, in May on the red carpet at the Maxim Hot 100 party in Los Angeles, where the pair joked together and compared memories of their high school proms.

Lachey and Minnillo started a relationship after Lachey's high-profile 2005 split from wife Jessica Simpson. Following the breakup of his marriage, which had been chronicled on the MTV reality show "Newlyweds," Lachey released the first single off his solo album, "What's Left of Me." Minnillo starred in the video.

A source told People that Lachey and Minnillo are "still friends. It was the right thing for both of them to do."

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Jessica Simpson Shopping Body-Image Reality Show

27 May 2009 12:15:00 EDT

'The Price of Beauty' will reportedly follow Simpson on a road trip around the world.
By Gil Kaufman

Jessica Simpson, who was battered by media coverage about her weight earlier this year, is apparently aiming to make lemonade from lemons: The singer/actress is reportedly shopping around a new reality program that focuses on society's scrutiny of women's bodies.

According to Us Weekly, Simpson recently paid a visit to several unnamed networks to pitch a reality show titled "The Price of Beauty." The premise, according to an anonymous source, is that Simpson and a friend "set off on a road trip around the world in search of what people find beautiful and why."

The source said that Simpson, 28, whose marriage to ex-husband Nick Lachey was famously chronicled on MTV's own "Newlyweds" reality show, will be very hands-on with this series, including trying some "shocking things that women do to make themselves beautiful. Picture 'Fear Factor.' "

A spokesperson for Simpson could not be reached for comment at press time.

An unnamed rep for the singer told the magazine, "Jessica is indeed working on a new show, but network details have not been finalized at this time."

Simpson, who attempted to relaunch her music career last year with a country album, was recently on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, in which she discussed the difficulty of the fallout from those unflattering concert photos and the criticism of her up-and-down weight throughout her career. "It comes with what I do," she told the magazine. "And I know that every day the media's going to challenge me."

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Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Have Very Different Prom Memories

18 May 2009 15:30:00 EDT

'You get all dressed up and it's like, 'This is it?' ' Lachey remembers.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias

It's May — you know what that means. It's getting warm, the flowers are blooming and the time-honored tradition of prom is back again. So get your corsages, turn up the cheesy music and fuel the limos, because this week we're catching up with your favorite stars and helping them relive their favorite prom memories.

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo seem to have had very different prom experiences back in high school. Minnillo, who grew up all over the country as an Army brat, had a full-on glamorous prom experience, while Lachey, who grew up in Cincinnati, had a more low-budget prom night.

"I always feel like prom was fun, but it was always a little bit of a let-down from all the anticipation and all the butterflies," Lachey told MTV News. "You get all dressed up and it's like, 'This is it?' I didn't spring for a limo. I took a rusted-out Toyota — that's how we did it in Cincinnati."

Meanwhile, Minnillo's aggravation came from having to hear her date complain about spending a lot of money to take her to the prom. "The guy wastes a lot of money," she recalled. "I had to hear about it. 'I spent money on the limo, money on dinner' ... I'm like, 'The whole point of prom is to have a good time.' "

Despite her date's complaining, she did call him out on being a bit stingy on the limo rental. "It was a six-person limo," she said. "And it had 12 of us in it!"

We'll have lots more celebrity prom stories rolling out throughout the week (and check out even more celebrity prom coverage on the MTV Buzzworthy Blog)!

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Vanessa Minnillo, Nick Lachey Support Miss California USA

14 May 2009 12:35:00 EDT

The former Miss Teen USA and her boyfriend think Carrie Prejean is entitled to free speech.
By Jocelyn Vena

Vanessa Minnillo knows a thing or two about beauty pageants. The former "TRL" host was Miss Teen USA back in 1998, and she thinks that Miss California USA Carrie Prejean is getting a tough break for making comments on gay marriage and then for the leak of her topless photos.

"This poor girl!" Minnillo told MTV News at the party for Maxim's Hot 100 list, before her longtime beau Nick Lachey cut her off to wax poetic on the controversy.

"Of course she should have kept her crown. This is what makes America America," he said. "Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and you should be able to say your opinion and not be criticized or penalized for it."

He added that people shouldn't have been so upset that Prejean told the Miss USA judging panel that she felt marriage should be between a man and a woman, because she was specifically asked what she thought. "If you don't want to know someone's opinion, don't ask the question," he said. "How is someone's opinion wrong?"

As for the topless photos that caused such a stir when they were released? Lachey has an equally positive opinion about that. "And she takes good pictures!"

On Wednesday, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler resigned from her post as Miss California Pageant Director after it was announced that Prejean would get to keep her crown. Moakler said she disagreed with the fact that Prejean got to keep her title after she didn't disclose the fact that she had taken the controversial pictures.

"Since the press conference yesterday, I had a chance to think about what has taken place, and I feel that at this time it is in my best interest to resign from the Miss California USA organization," Moakler said in a statement to MTV News. "I cannot with a clear conscience move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe Organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as a youth."

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