well it's official after months of speculation...kinda sad that they're another couple to be shattered by the effects of tinseltown. ANyway...I think they stole their statement from Jen and Brad's publicist...

Nick and Jessica Announce Their Split

November 23, 2005

After more than a year of break-up rumors, "Newlyweds" JESSICA SIMPSON and NICK LACHEY have officially decided to call it quits, ET has confirmed.

"After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways," the couple said in a statement Wednesday. "This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other. We hope that you respect our privacy during this difficult time."

Back in October, rumors of a split started to swirl when Jessica arrived solo (and without her wedding ring) to her sister ASHLEE's 21st birthday in Las Vegas and Nick, who was scheduled to be there, was a no-show. Nick and Jessica were also reportedly apart for two more special dates: their 3rd wedding anniversary on October 26 and Nick's 32nd birthday on November 9.

It was just this fall, while talking about her new body care collection "Sweet Kisses," Jessica spoke with ET, offering marriage advice. "I think you have to always remember, and he has to remember, that you do need a compromise, even though it's hard," she said.

She admitted though, that sometimes strong personalities can get in the way of marital negotiations. "There's people with pride involved," she says. "You have to back down sometime -- just a little bit."

The couple married in Austin, TX, in front of 350 guests in an hour-long Baptist ceremony. Jessica wore a strapless VERA WANG gown and Nick sang "My Everything," a song he wrote just for his bride.

For more on the Nick and Jessica split, watch tonight's ET.
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No way.

i don't think Tinseltown had much to do with the demise of this particular marriage. those two should never have been married in the first place and this union would've been doomed even if they'd been a couple of nobodies living out in Hicksville, USA. she's a vapid, whiny, clingy immature little girl and he seems like he'd rather horndog around than be a married man.

no matter how much they worked at that whole "We're a happily married couple!!" sham, it struck me mostly like they were just little kids playing house and pretending to be grownups. i never got the impression they ever really had much of a connection, or really ever had much to say to one another...about anything.

oh well. good luck to both on their 2nd, 3rd and 4th marriages!
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I think if the damn relationship wasnt on TV so damn much and having to see my partner 24/7 and watching us on TV, plus our own show and all that shit..It was bound to happen.

Nick is 32? Didnt know that...


Well.....SOMEBODY GIT HIM LET ME AT HIM

he married her to hit it anyways or something. cause she was only 18 when they met...

Christopher said:

OMGGGG, Xtopher, those signatures!!!

Feeling a wee bit "scatty" lately? Or just talking to Cloudy too much?

AnotherLoverToo said:

its from a song called "no hard feelings" by blood houndgang.

but you know that cloudy he sends people notes about poop daily. im gonna report him

Christopher said:

Send him a Fruit Poop Cake for the holidays!!

purplegypsy said:

What a shocker!

AnotherLoverToo said:

ill wrap it in candy cane paper...he wont know.

And these bitches had the nerve to be on Oprah that time talking about how to keep a happy marriage Until you've been married for 10 years or more, shut the fuck up

CalhounSq said:

Two shallow, vapid people brought together by the need to screw their brains out in a church-sanctified way. And people wonder why it didn't work?

meow85 said:

Sadly, I watched their show Nick seems alright to me, but she's a fucking brat from hell. I think it's b/c she was terrible to start w/ & now that she's a million times more famous/spoiled/catered to than before, there's just no way. Her career dwarfs his yet you couldn't fill a thimble w/ her talent. He could be a halfway decent actor but he's always the "sidekick" - her no actin' ass gets a movie before he does The show/fame ruined them, they might have stayed together had the world not made such a big deal about her. It all went to her head...



Good Lord, I'm gossiping about a celebrity marriage

CalhounSq said:

I never watched the show, but I kinda like Nick. Apparently I'm the only person on the planet who remembers 98 Degrees and doesn't refer to him as Mr. Jessica.

Gimme just one night Nick..
Una Noche
Ill give you the time of your life
(the time of your life)

meow85 said:

Yea, they diss him. It's pretty cold I never followed that group but he seemed like a decent guy on the show. He's sane, too sane to be married to her honestly

meow85 said:

poor nick...

i liked that song they had "heat it up"

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CalhounSq said:

He wanted pussy, plain and simple.

Now if Jessica hadn't bought into the idea of non-marital sex being a sin, this whole Newlyweds mess could've been avoided. They'd have shagged a few times, got sick of each other, and that would've been that.
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they've been together since 1998 with a little split in 2001, so theyve been together for roughly 8 years now, thats a pretty long time, people are acting like they met for 5 minutes then got married straight away. to be honest i think this is sad, i was rooting for them.

hellomoto said:

You root for everybody, including Michael Jackson's nose - you can't be trusted

CalhounSq said:

lawddddd.....lol


anyway....


I liked Nick. He has some damn sense but I never understood how he dealt with Jessica.

Thank god it's official. I am so sick of hearing about it. It's almost as bad as all the MJ news.

i think nick got tired if hearing how gorgeous and sexy his wife was from her own father. ministers should never tell how big their daughter's jugs are

meltwithu said:

Minister? What a joke. Her old man is just out to make himself rich from his daughthers who really don't have much talent. I hope Nick, Jessica and Ashlee fade away - and the old man too.

well i kinda figured this would happen especially after one christmas episode last year or the year before when they went to Jessica's hometown to celebrate the holidays...Jessica's parents gave her a new Benz, while they only gave Nick a gift card to Walmart...that shit was not cool....

paisleypark4 said:

DAY-UM! That shit is fine. Like to git on that meat.

Bummer. They seemed really in love to start out and I imagine were really good for eachother. I liked them together.

Nick who?

lilgish said:

His slick ass needs to go somewhere and sit down.