Jessica Simpson Seemingly Shades Ex Nick Lachey Amid ‘Newlyweds’ TikTok Trend

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Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey broke up nearly 20 years ago, but their marriage lives on in old episodes of Newlyweds, which is newly popular again thanks to TikTok.The pop star, 42, addressed the show’s resurgence in an interview with Bustle published on Wednesday, July 5.

When writer Mickey Rapkin explained to Simpson that some viewers now see Lachey, 49, as a villain, Simpson responded with what Rapkin described as a “better-late-than-never shrug.”When asked about the public’s impression of Lachey when Newlyweds originally aired, Simpson replied, “It’s amazing what publicity can do.”Simpson and Lachey tied the knot in October 2002 after getting engaged eight months prior.

Their romance was chronicled on MTV’s Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, which ran for three seasons from August 2003 to March 2005.

Nine months after the series finale, Simpson filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.In her 2020 memoir, Open Book, Simpson revealed that she and Lachey weren’t nearly as candid in front of the cameras as contemporary viewers may have believed. “We had become actors in our own lives, playing ourselves,” she wrote. “Worse, we slowly started acting out our parts even when cameras weren’t rolling.”By the time they began filming season 3, Simpson recalled that she was “sick of lying” for the sake of the series, noting that she and Lachey told the crew to “stop rolling” so often that the show’s final episode was a montage of clips. “It was bizarre, and I never watched it,” she wrote. “We finished our run and fulfilled the contract.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesSimpson went on to note that her now-infamous ditzy moments — confusing tuna for chicken, for example —