Nick Lachey Confirms 6.5-Hour Flight Reunion With Jessica Simpson 20 Years After Divorce
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Updated · E! NEWS · May 14
Nick Lachey Confirms 6.5-Hour Flight Reunion With Jessica Simpson 20 Years After Divorce
4 articles · Updated · E! NEWS · May 14
Nick Lachey said he and Jessica Simpson shared a six-and-a-half-hour flight to Hawaii and had their first in-person encounter in 20 years.
On Watch What Happens Live on May 13, Lachey called the run-in "strangely okay" and said everyone was "very cordial" and "very respectful."
Vanessa Lachey and the couple's children were traveling with him, while Simpson was flying with her mother, ex Eric Johnson and their children.
The encounter revived attention on the former couple, whose marriage ended in 2006 after their 2003-2005 MTV reality show Newlyweds turned them into tabloid fixtures.
Lachey said in a 2025 interview that Newlyweds unexpectedly broadened his audience and helped introduce him to viewers as "Nick Lachey—the person."
After 20 years apart, what did Jessica Simpson and Vanessa Lachey actually discuss during their unexpected flight encounter?
How might Jessica's cordial reunion with her 'first love' Nick Lachey impact her new budding romance?
Did this chance encounter finally provide public closure for pop culture's most famous 'Newlyweds' after two decades?