When Nick Lachey confirmed the news that he is engaged to girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo, most people sent their congratulations and best wishes….except for ex-wife, Jessica Simpson. She’s said to be deeply saddened that Nick has taken that step with his new fiancee.

A friend of Jessica’s said, “Even though Jessica wants to be happy for Nick, this is a very difficult time for her. Nick was the love of her life then, man, and he was her first, so she will always have a very special place in her heart for him. She’s deeply saddened.”

Still, Jessica has found it tough to make the call to give Nick her congrats. The source added, “If you can’t say something nice, it’s better to say nothing at all.”

What do you think of Jessica’s feelings on the situation?

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Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are engaged, reps for both stars tell UsMagazine.com exclusively.

“We’re excited and incredibly happy about our engagement and we look forward to a wonderful future together,” the couple tells Us in a statement.

“They’re so happy, doing great,” a source adds. “Thrilled about it.”

The two began dating in 2006, following his highly-publicized divorce from Jessica Simpson.

Though they briefly split last summer, they got back together a short time later.

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Meow! Jessica Simpson had some not so nice comments during an accidental run in with ex Nick Lacey and his current girlfriend actress Vanessa Minnillo.

Simpson, 30, (dining with beau Eric Johnson, mom Tina and four other pals) didn’t greet Lachey; instead, an observer tells Us, she angrily told her server: “‘I hope Vanessa likes her clothes because I bought them for her, since Nick took all my money.’” (She and Lachey, 36, divorced in 2005.)

A Simpson confidante adds that the star “got nervous” when Lachey and his love of four years Minnillo, 29, unexpectedly showed up. “It was very weird and awkward.”

Indeed, another Red O witness tells Us she “got really loud and started drinking margaritas and doing shots of tequila” to deal with her former spouse’s presence.

Sounds like Jessica is still bitter!

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Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey like to keep it clean. They shower together at least twice a day. But don’t get the wrong idea. Nothing kinky going on here.

“We shower, honestly, at least twice a day,” Minnillo, 29, told Parade.com.

“We shower in the morning and we shower at some point during the day or before bed. It’s so funny because we’ve turned it into an intimate time for each other,” the True Beauty host added of Lachey, 36, her beau of four years.

How do they both fit into the shower stall, anyway? “We both have our own shower heads, so we just talk while we’re soaping up and doing our hair,” the star explains.

But the scene doesn’t get too steamy, she insists: “It’s not a sexual thing and it’s not a romantic thing, it just becomes an intimate thing. You’re in your full form, so to speak, and you’re vulnerable and we just both let our guard down. I’ve had some of my most intimate conversations with him in the shower.”

And Lachey also does what he does best during those wash-up sessions: he sings! “It’s kind of cute; it’s become a routine,” Minillo says. “Sometimes I have to catch myself because I take for granted how beautiful his voice is and how it’s at the palm of my hand. So I try to appreciate whenever he does his warm-ups.”

The star also talks about the possibility of doing a reality show with her man — who famously starred in Newlyweds with ex-wife Jessica Simpson.

“I personally have no desire,” she claims. “Nick has done one before and he was very successful at it, and whatever he chooses to do with his future I will support him 100 percent. But me personally, I don’t know. I think that there’s something to be said for keeping intimate moments to yourself, but he said it best, ‘You never can say never.’ But I personally don’t want to do one.”

Thoughts on Simpson? “The past is the past,” she says.

Two showers a day eh? Together. Well at least they smell good.

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After a few months apart, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are giving their relationship another go.

“I am happy in a relationship,” Lachey told Good Day Philadelphia, PEOPLE reports. “I was single for a minute, there, and then we’ve kind of patched things up,” he added of his romance with Minnillo.

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There have been rumors, but now Life & Style has proof that Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have rekindled their love! The pair were spotted at McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon in NYC on Wednesday night.

“They seemed very laid back and were very friendly to the staff and fellow patrons,” an eyewitness tells Life & Style. The two called it an early night and headed out together around 9 p.m.

Nick and Vanessa, who split in June, have been spotted canoodling in NYC and LA in the past few weeks.

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