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Jessica Simpson Says She Was ‘Saddened’ When Nick Lachey Started Dating Vanessa

After spilling all kinds of tea in her memoir, Open Book, published in February 2020, Jessica Simpson is opening herself up even more. The new paperback edition of her tell-all includes actual diary entries, including one about her split from Nick Lachey.

The “Public Affair” singer and the 98 Degrees member were married from 2002 to 2006 and starred on MTV's Newlyweds. Shortly after they split, Lachey began dating his now wife Vanessa Lachey (née Minnillo), which apparently hurt Simpson deeply. “So, Nick, you're with another already? Seems that you forgot the love you spoke to me,” Simpson wrote in her journal at the time, per Entertainment Tonight. “I'm saddened beyond belief. Alone in the dark, with no one to call my own.”

After recovering from her heartbreak, Simpson found love again–she's been married to Eric Johnson since 2014, and the two share three children.