Ledger Pop Journal - Celebrity News & Sports

Nick Lachey has confessed to his ex-wife Jessica Simpson that he will marry Vanessa Minnillo according to a published report. Jessica and Nick split one year ago this week and Lachey is in what appears to be a very solid relationship with his adorable gal and MTV veejay Vanessa.

Past and future?

But has it moved towards marriage? A report in Life & Style Weekly claims it has.

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According to the weekly entertainment magazine Nick poured his heart out to his ex-wife about his new love and a source tells the magazine he confessed he was headed for the altar. "I'm getting married again, Jess and I wanted you to hear it from me," the magazine reports Lachey as telling Jessica during a 40-minute phone call.

According to the report he claimed that there is a good chance they will be married by the end of the year.

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So - why did he call Jessica?

His brother Drew believed it would be a good idea, and Nick still cares for Jessica and didn't want to see her hurt, the article claims. The news came a shock to Simpson. "She knew Nick and Jessica were serious, but this threw her for a loop," a friend of Jessica's dished to the magazine.

"She did her best to contain her emotions."

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Cue the rep™: Nick's rep denied to L&S that the "I'm marrying Vanessa" phone call ever took place.