Twenty years after MTV's Newlyweds premiered, it's easy to forget that Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson weren't always the poster exes for why couples shouldn't do reality TV.
Who:
TRL mainstays Jessica Simpson, 39, and Nick Lachey, 46, of 98º, who parlayed their chart-topping careers into a show on MTV,
Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica.
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How They Met: Back in 1998, the two of them shared a manager, who introduced them at that year s Hollywood Christmas Parade. And before anyone thinks that the whole thing was a stunt, it was pre-fame for both of them. Simpson had yet to release her first album and 98º s own debut had just hit the charts. After we met, Lachey told
People in 2003, I found myself looking through the crowds for her all night.