Nick Lachey Details Run-In With Ex Jessica Simpson on Flight 20 Years After Divorce<\/p>\n
Jessica Simpson<\/a> finds setting the record straight irresistible.<\/p>\n The \u201cTake My Breath Away\u201d singer addressed recent claims made by her ex-husband Nick Lachey, who detailed their unexpected run-in on a flight to Hawaii and recounted how she sat in first class as her three kids\u2014Maxwell, 14, Ace, 12 and Birdie, 7\u2014flew in a “separate class of service” with their dad Eric Johnson.<\/p>\n \u201cMy mom bought those tickets,\u201d Jessica clarified in a May 20 interview published by Page Six<\/a>. \u201cIt was my mom\u2019s treat for us to go to Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n The 45-year-old added that had she purchased the tickets, her children would \u201cof course\u201d be seated with her.<\/p>\n Nick, 52\u2014who was married to Jessica from 2002 to 2006\u2014recounted on a May 13 appearance of Watch What Happens Live<\/a> how he crossed paths with Jessica two decades after their divorce.<\/p>\n \u201cWe haven’t seen each other in those 20 years and then spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together,\u201d he told host Andy Cohen<\/a>. \u201cBut when I say spent\u2014in the same vicinity.\u201d<\/p>\n