Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey


While they had a little hiccup early on, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo’s relationship has never been better. The couple first met in 2006 during the video production for Nick’s song, What’s Left for Me. In the video, Vanessa Minillo, a former MTV VJ, played Nick’s love interest as a stand-in for Jessica Simpson, Lachey’s ex-wife. Lachey and Simpson called it quits in 2006, which generated global headlines. Lachey, of primarily Dutch descent, and Minillo, half-Filipino, dated shortly after the release of the video. However, they parted ways in June 2009, with many assuming that their relationship was finally over. However, they soon reunited in October of that same year, with Lachey saying, ‘I was single for a minute.’

They got engaged in 2010 and married on July 15, 2011, on a private island owned by Sir Richard Branson. Their marriage was televised on TLC. They share three children, Camden, born in 2012, Brooklyn, born in January 2015, and Phoenix, born on Christmas Eve 2016. The couple is still together as of this writing. As for their business ventures, Nick is the partial owner of an American Basketball Association team and has made investments in other ventures.

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