Vanessa Lachey Details ‘Very Hard’ Process of Connecting With Nick Lachey After His Jessica Simpson Split

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A tough situation. Vanessa Lachey addressed the early days of her relationship with Nick Lachey — and discussed the difficulty of being in the public eye after his split from Jessica Simpson.“He was literally in a very public marriage and a very public divorce, and I had to go through all that s–t very publicly and it was very hard for us,” the NCIS: Hawai’i star, 41, said during an episode of Netflix’s new series The Ultimatum, released on Wednesday, April 6.The show follows six long-term couples who disagree about whether marriage should be their next step.

The former TRL host and her husband, 48, serve as cohosts, offering advice to the cast along the way. When Vanessa opened up about Simpson, 41, the contestants were on the verge of reuniting with their original partners after spending three weeks in a “trial marriage” with a new person.Though the Love Is Blind cohost said that Nick’s public divorce was hard on their new relationship, she revealed that the drama also brought them closer. “It wasn’t until the moment that he was like, ‘I’m gonna let it go,’ and I said, ‘I’m gonna let it go,’ and we truly committed to each other,” she explained. “We literally fell deeper and harder than we ever could.”The 98 Degrees singer agreed with his wife’s assessment, adding: “I think we got perspective.”Nick and the Open Book author announced their split in November 2005 after three years of marriage.

The Ohio native had interacted with Vanessa at TRL over the years, but they reconnected in early 2006 when he filmed the music video for “What’s Left of Me.” The clip premiered in April of that year, and in June, he finalized his divorce from Simpson.Vanessa later said that she and her future husband talked “for hours a day” before