Nick: I Don’t Want to Hurt Jess
Despite the fact that his upcoming album, What’s Left of Me, contains many songs that refer to the breakup of his marriage to Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey insists he doesn’t mean to hurt his estranged wife – and that he still loves her.
“It’s not in any way vindictive or an assault on her,” Lachey, 32, said in his MTV special, Nick Lachey: What’s Left of Me, which aired Saturday. “In a lot of ways, it’s more of an assault on me.”
Lachey also recently told Rolling Stone that Simpson “blindsided” him when she asked for a divorce and that he doesn’t know whether “there were other men.”Â
Simpson, 25, filed for divorce in December after three years of marriage.
On whether he could be seen as attacking his ex, Lachey said on the MTV special, “Jessica knows I still love her.”
Ironically, MTV first chronicled the couple in happier times – and turned them into A-list celebrities – with Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica.
Saturday’s program was in connection with Lachey’s new album, set for release on May 9. On it, he sings about the breakup of his marriage on the disc’s title track, “What’s Left of Me,” and songs such as “I Can’t Hate You Anymore”
Since the split, Lachey said he’s “more guarded. I can’t be as open with people because I’ve been burned.”
He went on to say his “biggest fear is being alone” and feeling as though he’ll “never find that person that you’re looking for, especially when you thought you had it.”
But he’s still optimistic: “Do I believe that I’ll fall in love again one day? I certainly hope so. I certainly hope I’m not going to be the jerk, uncle, bachelor the rest of my life. You know, it’s not what I envisioned for myself, but at the same time, when I got married, that was it for me, you know, that was my life.”
Last week, PEOPLE reported that Simpson has resumed wearing her wedding ring on a chain around her neck.
“You can still move on and have the memories,” a source close to her told the magazine, noting that Simpson still speaks to her soon-to-be-ex-husband. “Nick will always be an important part of her life.”
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Jessica is your best in this life. Vanessa is not.
I am one not to read about singers and movie stars.
I only just learned about you to breaking up and I am
sad that you Nick let other women come between you both.
I am sure Jessica is not perfect but you both need
to grow up together and not lose what you both aready
have. You both will never be happy unless you both
work this relationship out. Don’t be fooled by Vanessa. Marriage is hard work and you better work on the one you had not start again again and again because one day you will look back and say I could have. If you don’t stop playing the role.
Comment by CANDANCE GARCIA — August 4, 2006 @ 10:36 pm
You really shouldn’t let some girl come in between you and jessica ya’ll had something very good and you messed that up….Later on in life you will regret losing the love of your life cause once u lose that special someone you lose everything…
Comment by Jessica Hood — October 14, 2006 @ 10:00 am
my opinion is jessica is beautiful vanessa is a ho, and nick is too dumb to realize jess still loves him and wants to be with him. vanessa is a golddigger and a cheater.nick and jessica are perfect togetheri love you jessica simpson, and good luck in your singing you may be having a rough time but i believe in you, your good fan kindra knoll
Comment by kindra knoll — October 17, 2006 @ 11:40 am