00:00It was strangely okay. You know, it's been 20 years, and so we hadn't seen each other in those
00:0620 years, and then spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together.
00:10Nick Lachey is opening up about his unexpected reunion with his ex-wife,
00:14Jessica Simpson, after the former couple ended up on the same flight to Hawaii
00:18earlier this year. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,
00:22the 98 Degrees singer described the encounter as strangely okay, despite not seeing Simpson
00:27in two decades. Nick explained that while they weren't exactly sitting together,
00:31they were definitely in the same vicinity during the more than six-hour flight that took place
00:36on March 29th. The singer and host was traveling with his entire family, including wife Vanessa
00:40Lachey and their three children. As for Simpson, Nick revealed she was traveling with his former
00:45mother-in-law, Tina Ann Drew. He also awkwardly referenced Simpson's estranged husband, Eric
00:50Johnson, saying he believed Simpson's kids, and maybe Johnson himself, were also on the flight.
00:55When host Andy Cohen joked about whether Simpson's children were seated in a different class
01:00section, Nick confirmed they were. Back in April, TMZ reported that Simpson allegedly switched
01:04seats with another passenger to put more distance between herself and her ex-husband during the
01:09flight. However, Us Weekly later claimed the former couple actually did say hello and shared a
01:14nice, cordial conversation. Nick and Jessica Simpson famously tied the nod in 2002 after becoming
01:20one of reality TV's most talked-about couples on Newlyweds Nick and Jessica.
01:24Is this chicken what I have or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says chicken by the
01:33sea.
01:35Is that stupid?
01:37The pair split in 2005 where their divorce finalized the following year. Nick later married Vanessa
01:43in 2011, and the couple now share three kids, Camden, Brooklyn, and Phoenix. Meanwhile, Simpson
01:48married Johnson in 2014. Since their 2025 breakup, the former couple has continued co-parenting
01:54their three kids, Maxwell, Ace, and Birdie. And while it may have been a little awkward sharing
01:58a flight after all these years, Nick says the reunion ultimately stayed respectful from takeoff
02:03to landing.
