--- title: Jessica Simpson on Nick Lachey Marriage: Big 'Money Mistake' description: Lachey has admitted in the past that the former pair not having children together was 'probably the best thing' canonical: https://time.com/4031005/jessica-simpson-nick-lachey-marriage/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-11T13:43:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:49.010Z og:title: Jessica Simpson Says Her Marriage to Nick Lachey Was the 'Biggest Money Mistake' og:description: Lachey has said not having children with Simpson was 'probably the best thing' og:url: https://time.com/4031005/jessica-simpson-nick-lachey-marriage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dc7dece7b599d1e/69886333e20a87279ea8d2de/jessica-simpson-nick-lachey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey at MTV Bash - Backstage and Audience in Hollywood on June 28, 2003. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jessica Simpson Says Her Marriage to Nick Lachey Was the 'Biggest Money Mistake' twitter:description: Lachey has said not having children with Simpson was 'probably the best thing' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dc7dece7b599d1e/69886333e20a87279ea8d2de/jessica-simpson-nick-lachey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jessica Simpson Says Her First Marriage to Nick Lachey Was the 'Biggest Money Mistake' > Sponsored content. 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Robin Rinaldi did what many women dream of but few actually do: she took a year off from her marriage, made an agreement with her husband that they would both sleep with other people for a set period of time, and threw caution to the wind._ by [Mariah Haas / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mariah Haas / People Contributor Sep 11, 2015 1:43 PM UTC  Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey at MTV Bash - Backstage and Audience in Hollywood on June 28, 2003. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey at MTV Bash - Backstage and Audience in Hollywood on June 28, 2003. Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Mariah Haas / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mariah Haas / People Contributor Sep 11, 2015 1:43 PM UTC Nearly a decade after [Jessica Simpson](http://www.people.com/people/jessica%5Fsimpson) and ex-husband [Nick Lachey](http://www.people.com/people/nick%5Flachey) [split](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1053559,00.html), the fashion mogul is calling their three-year marriage a financial mistake. “The biggest money mistakes? I don’t know. For some reason I thought of my first marriage,” Simpson said with a laugh when asked what were some of her biggest money mistakes – personal or business – that has helped her grow, during an appearance on [CNBC’s _Closing Bell_](http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000419507) on Thursday. Host Kelly Evans replied, “That’s actually a common answer believe it or not.” Since the pair called it quits, Simpson, 35, went on to have two children –[daughter Maxwell Drew](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/09/09/jessica-simpson-daughter-heels-horseback-riding-tonight-show/), 3, and [son Ace Knute](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/07/01/jessica-simpson-son-ace-turns-two-birthday-photos/), 2 – with [husband Eric Johnson](http://www.people.com/article/jessica-simpson-married-eric-johnson-favorite-wedding-moments-photos). Meanwhile, Lachey, 41, has two children – son [Camden John](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/09/17/nick-vanessa-lachey-birthday-party-son-camden/), 2, and [daughter Brooklyn Elisabeth](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/04/18/vanessa-nick-lachey-daughter-brooklyn-first-photo/), 8 months – with [wife Vanessa Lachey](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20510637,00.html). In November, [Lachey admitted](http://www.people.com/article/nick-lachey-glad-no-kids-jessica-simpson) it was “probably the best thing” that the former couple – whose lives at the time were also chronicled on their reality series _Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica_ – didn’t have kids together. “There’s just no contact. We’ve both moved on with our lives, and I think we are very happy it went the way it went. It’s not animosity, it’s not friendship – it’s just kind of nothing,” Lachey explained on [_Dirty, Sexy, Funny with Jenny McCarthy_](https://soundcloud.com/siriusxmentertainment/nick-lachey-its-good-i-didnt-have-kids-with-jessica-simpson?in=siriusxmentertainment/sets/dirty-sexy-funny) on SiriusXM. As for where Simpson sees herself in the next five to ten years? “I always say I’m ready for another billion,” Simpson – whose clothing line, the Jessica Simpson Collection, [is currently worth](http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2015/04/03/jessica-simpson-collection-makes-one-billion-dollars-annually/) a cool $ 1 billion – shared. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/jessica-simpson-calls-ex-husband-nick-lachey-biggest-money-mistake) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ### LIFE With Brigitte Bardot: Rare and Classic Photos of the Original 'Sex Kitten'  Brigitte Bardot on set with actor Michel Roux, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot on location in Spain in 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot on location for the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot photographed at the time she was making the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot plays the guitar while on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot (center) on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot checks her hair and makeup on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot (holding a copy of LIFE magazine) looks at a photographic slide on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot photographed between takes on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot with co-star Antonio Vilar on the set of the film, La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Sooner or later in most of her films, Bardot is seen lounging on a bed ... Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Brigitte Bardot during break on location filming of La Femme et le Pantin, Spain, 1958. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ## Transcript [00:00] I [00:03] saw a headline the other day that said something like [00:05] Woman Sleeps with Twelve Strangers in a Year and is [00:09] Shocked, Shocked Shocked, When She Divorced. No, I [00:12] was not shocked. Who, nobody would be shocked. [00:13] Good girl seeks experience. I'm [00:17] a 44 year old professional, educated, attractive [00:21] woman in an open marriage seeking single men age [00:25] 35 to 50 to help me explore my sexuality. You must [00:29] be trustworthy, smart and skilled at conversation as [00:32] well as in bed. We will first meet in public for coffee or [00:35] a drink. If that goes well, we'll have dinner. Possibly [00:37] followed by sex. Our time together will be limited to [00:41] three dates. As I cannot become seriously involved. [00:45] When you think about it. A lot of people do this. They [00:48] don't move out and set up rules and have an open [00:53] marriage and apart time separation. They just have [00:56] affairs. I was living in San [01:00] Francisco. I was in my early 40s. My [01:04] husband and I hit a marital crisis where I wanted [01:08] to have children, and he didn't. And he ended up [01:12] saying that he wanted to get a vasectomy. And at that [01:14] point, I thought, what do I need to do now before. My [01:18] life is over if I'm not gonna have children. That's when I [01:22] realized I really needed to sow the oats I'd never done [01:26] in my youth and needed a little time off from my [01:28] marriage to do that if we weren't gonna be having a [01:31] family. It was the fact that I was gonna let them get [01:33] away scot- free. After three dates. The [01:38] three basic rules were safe sex, no mutual [01:41] acquaintances and, no long term serious [01:45] relationships. We both ended up breaking two [01:49] of those rules over the course of the year. I wanted [01:51] their smells, their stomachs, their grasping hands and [01:52] hungry mouths. The more maleness I had, [01:57] the more female I could be. I sought it out despite the [02:01] warnings of concerned friends, the obvious pain I was [02:04] causing my husband, the moral code and defining [02:07] boundaries of the self I'd known for 44 years. Come [02:11] what may, I would be ravished and then they could All I [02:17] can say is that it was unlike me to act that way. I'd [02:20] always been a very cautious and even anxious person. [02:23] It was something instinctual and something [02:28] very female driving me. It wasn't really planned [02:33] and strategized as much as felt. Kind of a [02:37] calling that I just needed some time to [02:41] explore this before I went forward in my life. People [02:45] would tell me this is so brave, and I didn't, I didn't feel [02:49] brave. I, but I felt I was acting on instinct. [ MUSIC ] [02:54] Okay. [02:56] So, Angie. Angie. In that time. I met [03:01] several people had experience with several [03:05] people learned not just about other people but about [03:09] my self. Via these sexual experiences. [03:13] And I also learned more about my marriage. Expecting [03:18] your spouse to provide passion and security and [03:22] purpose. It's a lot. Going through this process gave [03:26] me all this experience that kind of turned into [03:30] this awareness and this wisdom that, wow I was asking [03:34] too much. And so now as a result I don't look [03:38] to someone else. To, you know, kind if unfairly provide [03:43] all of those things. And I couldn't have learned it. I [03:46] don't think unless I actually went through it. 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