Celebrity Couples
Nick Lachey Breaks Silence About 6-Hour Flight to Hawaii with Ex Jessica Simpson After 20 Years Apart
Nick Lachey is sharing what it was really like spending six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii with ex-wife Jessica Simpson.
The former couple — who were previously married from 2002 to 2006 — unexpectedly found themselves in first class on the same flight to Hawaii on Sunday, March 29, marking the first time they had seen each other in roughly 20 years!
Former boy band musician Nick, 52, addressed the surprising reunion during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Wednesday, May 13.
His verdict? The encounter went “strangely ok,” he said in a clip posted to YouTube.
“You know it’s been 20 years since…and so we haven’t seen each other in those 20 years and then spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together,” Nick revealed, before clarifying that they were in the “same vicinity” on the plane.
Nick was traveling with his wife of 14 years, Vanessa Lachey, as well as their three children: sons Camden, 13, and Phoenix, 9, and daughter Brooklyn, 11.
Despite the potentially awkward circumstances, Nick said everyone got along.
“Everyone was very very cordial, very respectful,” he continued.
Nick added that Jessica, 45, was traveling with her mother, Tina Simpson. Her estranged husband, Eric Johnson, and their three children — daughters Maxwell, 13, and Birdie, 7, and son Ace, 12 — were seated elsewhere on the plane.
“It was honestly fine,” Nick concluded.
In Touch previously reported the chance encounter, which was first reported by TMZ. At the time, sources told TMZ that Jessica switched seats to avoid interacting with her ex. Nick’s account, however, paints a far less dramatic picture.
The Lacheys previously lived in Kahala, Oahu, for three years while Vanessa filmed NCIS: Hawaii. They have since returned to California.
