Nick Lachey Says Ex Jessica Simpson Ended Up on the Same 6-Hour Flight to Hawaii
Finally, singer and Love Is Blind co-host Nick Lachey, 52, is dishing on that rumored run-in with ex-wife, singer Jessica Simpson, 45, on a recent flight to Hawaii. Turns out, the rumor is true. And to make matters all the more awkward, on the same flight were: Nick's wife Vanessa Lachey, along with their three kids, and Jessica's mom Tina Simpson, Jessica's ex Eric Johnson, and Jessica and Eric's three kids.
On the May 13 episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen put Lachey in the hot seat about the rumored encounter. "There were rumors that you and your ex Jessica Simpson ran into each other on a plane recently. Is that true?"
"It is true," Lachey laughed. "It was strangely okay. You know, it's been 20 years since [the divorce]-and so we haven't seen each other in those 20 years and then spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together."
Lachey does clarify it wasn't that cozy of a reunion, "But when I say 'spent' ... in the same vicinity." He added, "But it was very cordial, very respectful."
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And Cohen, as Cohen does, then did his very best draw out any juicy details, taking the time to name everyone who was on that same long flight across the Pacific Ocean together.
"It was honestly, it was fine," said Lachey.
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were married from 2002 to 2006. Their relationship was made super-famous due to the couple's MTV reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. Of course, this also added to the highly public nature of their divorce after three years, too.
Watch Nick Lachey discussing the run-in with Jessica Simpson.
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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM.