ANGRY EXES!
JESSICA Simpson’s 2020 memoir Open Book topped the New York Times bestseller list, selling 500,000 copies in just 14 weeks. But don’t expect to see a copy on her ex Nick Lachey’s bedside table. “You’ll be shocked to hear that I have not [read it] nor will I ever read it,” the 98 Degrees boy-bander recently told Sirius’
Andy Cohen, adding, “I know what the truth is, so I don’t need to read someone’s version of it in a story.” The 41-year-old, wed to the shoe mogul from 2002 until 2006, comes off as a bit heartless in the book for moving on to his now-wife Vanessa Lachey less than a year after their divorce was finalized. “I’m saddened beyond belief,” wrote Jessica. “Alone in the dark, with no one to call my own.”
Now married to Eric Johnson and a mom of three, the 41-yearold recently celebrated four years of sobriety. On Nov. 1, she posted a nearly unrecognizable pic of her hungover from that same date in 2017. The night before, she’d been too inebriated to help her kids trick or treat. “I needed to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart circling in the same direction,” she wrote. “And quite honestly, I was exhausted.” ★