Vanessa's Back Door Man

Click here to return to TMZApparently Nick Lachey was longing for a little home cookin' last night, as he ditched his fancy Midtown Manhattan hotel room and moved up to galpal Vanessa Minillo's dee-luxe apartment on the East Side.

Nick had a meaty repast at Virgil's BBQ on his own, then went back to the hotel so he could grab his bag on his way to his lady love's lair. Vanessa, on the other hand, hadn't changed from her hosting gig on "TRL" as she descended the hotel's stairs in a fetching pink minidress. Nick, for his part, eschewed his usual T-shirt-and-jeans for a proto-athletic getup celebrating the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.



And when he arrived at Minnillo's apartment complex, he went in the back door, possibly to avoid the building's gauntlet of doormen, who reportedly aren't as enamored of the more taciturn Nick as they were of Minnillo's last squeeze, New York Yankee Derek Jeter.

Tags: Nick Lachey, NickLachey, Vanessa Minnillo, VanessaMinnillo

Reader Comments

(Page 8 of 8) Previous 15 Comments

106. Vanessa jumped on him the second she found out they were divorcing like the chap skank she is and yes he is still way in love with Jess. Vanessa means nothing (most ho's dont).

Posted at 4:52PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Sarah

107. I adore Nick. Can not stand Jessica. He is too good for her. He is a down to earth guy who needs a good down to earth woman, not a self centered, narcissistic tramp like Jessica.

Posted at 6:09PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by Diana

108. Nick is middle aged and barely a celebrity anymore. he is sucking the last bit of fame off simpson with a CD of woe is me jessica left me. Well what did you expect when you messed with a stripper then this mtv chick..yeah we all know you screwed around on jess, then implied she did it not you. It doesnt wash , enjoy the last bites of fame. Once you lose that the mtv ho' will dump you.

Posted at 12:53PM on Aug 3rd 2006 by Fran

109. Who cares. i personally think Jessica fell for Nick and then got famous and thought she was too good for him all of a sudden. Little preachers daughter, huh? She's a ho who doesnt want to be married anymore because of all the other guys out there she could be screwing. I'm over it. Not that i think Nick has a hell of a career out there waiting for him but he does have happiness and everybody deserves that. Im personally glad that Jessica is having to sit back and watch him go on with his life. She left him. I wish Nick and Vanessa whatever they are both in it for, rather that be love, crazy sex or just infactuation. Rebound girl or not - they are both enjoying the moment! And no one can argue with that much!

Posted at 1:39AM on Aug 6th 2006 by jc

110. I don't know how serious this relationship is, but I for one like to see Nick happy. From the first episode of Newlyweds I predicted their marriage would be over in 2 to 3 years. Jessica is a whiney, immature baby who can't make a decision w/out consulting with her daddy and I don't know how Nick put up with that. She tries to play it like she's the "preachers" daughter, but come one how many preachers do you know who live in a mansion, wear an earring and drive around in the best cars. Preacher my a$$. Joe Simpson is a money-hungry leach, who will sell his daughters if it meant making a few bucks. I for one think Joe's whole relationship with Jessica is a little "icky" and any father who would comment on his daughter's, ahem, "assets" has problems in my book. Nick is better off without her and her controlling family. I hope he is happy, but imo, its not with Vanessa. Something tells me that if Derek Jeter was ready to settle down with her, she jump so fast back into that relationship. I just hope she's not with Nick to further her career and exposure. If she is, something tells me Nick will bounce back. He seems like a "regular" guy and I hope he finds a really nice girl who wants to be with him because she loves him not to further her career.

Posted at 6:04AM on Aug 9th 2006 by AC

111. how can vanessa be a gold digger? she makes her own money has a host on TRL and part-time on Entertainment Tonight. she has an apt on the upper east side, and we all know nyc ain't cheap. stupid comment.

Posted at 7:44AM on Aug 12th 2006 by fo shizzle

112. wow, readers, read the derogatory, slanderous-like and very uneducated comment by "vic" below.

you're probably some uneducated redneck, vic.


17. Nick needs to find a different girl, vanessa is a ugly philipine looking whatever.

Posted at 4:46PM on Jul 28th 2006 by vic

Posted at 7:46AM on Aug 12th 2006 by fo shizzle

113. When did she break up with Jeter? I thought they broke up and then got back together.

Posted at 4:44PM on Aug 12th 2006 by k

114. The way I see it, Vanessa's a lot better of a woman for NIck . They seem a lot more compatible with each other considering the fact that she's intelligent, she's gorgeous, and she LOVES sports. Apparently she's a lot more down to earth and humble compared to Jessica and she'd rather just stay at home with Nick than go out partying every night. Yes, Jessica was the bigger star, but what does that have to do with anything? What does stardom have to do with how a relationship with last? A lot of you guys are making really ignorant comments with all, "vAneZZa IZ a UgLY AzZ hO," nobody's going to listen to you if you speak so illiterately. Nick deserves a lot better if Jessica dumped him like that. Yes, they also did look cute together, but what the hell, do you guys hear yourselves? "THEY SHOULD STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTE TOGETHER." That's like saying, "BRITNEY AND JUSTIN SHOULD'VE STAYED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTER TOGETHER THAN HER AND K-FED." They had their issues, you can't just erase your problems like that. Looks aren't everything. Also, it does seem a little weird how they hooked up quite fast, and Vanessa could've been a better friend, but who knows about Jessica and Vanessa's relationship? Who knows how close they were, or even if they were even good friends at all? Also Nick doesn't seem like the type of person who would just betray or use another girl. His brother is Drew Lachey, who one is very down to earth, and plus his married, and so I'm sure they're basically the same thing. I'm sure time will tell if Vanessa and Nick will last, but they've got my vote.

Oh, and #17. You spelled Filipino wrong, you dumb, racist bitch. Go back and graduate 4th grade.

Posted at 1:18PM on Aug 13th 2006 by jessica

115. The way I see it, Vanessa's a lot better of a woman for NIck . They seem a lot more compatible with each other considering the fact that she's intelligent, she's gorgeous, and she LOVES sports. Apparently she's a lot more down to earth and humble compared to Jessica and she'd rather just stay at home with Nick than go out partying every night. Yes, Jessica was the bigger star, but what does that have to do with anything? What does stardom have to do with how a relationship with last? A lot of you guys are making really ignorant comments with all, "vAneZZa IZ a UgLY AzZ hO," nobody's going to listen to you if you speak so illiterately. Nick deserves a lot better if Jessica dumped him like that. Yes, they also did look cute together, but what the hell, do you guys hear yourselves? "THEY SHOULD STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTE TOGETHER." That's like saying, "BRITNEY AND JUSTIN SHOULD'VE STAYED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTER TOGETHER THAN HER AND K-FED." They had their issues, you can't just erase your problems like that. Looks aren't everything. Also, it does seem a little weird how they hooked up quite fast, and Vanessa could've been a better friend, but who knows about Jessica and Vanessa's relationship? Who knows how close they were, or even if they were even good friends at all? Also Nick doesn't seem like the type of person who would just betray or use another girl. His brother is Drew Lachey, who one is very down to earth, and plus his married, and so I'm sure they're basically the same thing. I'm sure time will tell if Vanessa and Nick will last, but they've got my vote.

Oh, and #17. You spelled Filipino wrong, you dumb, racist bitch. Go back and graduate 4th grade.

Posted at 1:20PM on Aug 13th 2006 by jessica

116. ok wut the f*ck is nick thinkin gettin married again already. his divorce hasnt even gona all the way through yet. wut will jesssica think i know he dosnt like her any more but u can see he still has feelingfs for her how bad do u think getting married to someone else will make her feel. but it dont matter shes got dane cook who is twice as hott as nicky could ever be
sry

Posted at 4:45PM on Aug 13th 2006 by samanth

117. I think nick is trying to test vannessa out to see if she would be like jessica because jessica was the one who wanted to try new guys out there but ya know vanessa wants a family in the future just like nick and he will realize that they both are in similiar situations.Nick and Vannessa is made for each other not like there ex jessica and jeter is some playas lol...

Posted at 10:39PM on Aug 18th 2006 by chandary

Previous 15 Comments