37: Vault: Nick Lachey Intervew

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Bert Show

Episode 37: Vault: Nick Lachey Interview

Air Date: May 18, 2026
Featured Guest: Nick Lachey

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Overview

In this lively throwback episode, The Bert Show crew welcomes pop star and TV personality Nick Lachey for an engaging and relaxed conversation. The episode centers on Nick’s current projects, his relationship with Vanessa Minnillo (now Lachey), reflections on celebrity life and breakups, tabloid rumors, his charity work, and his return to music. Throughout, Nick’s trademark everyman persona and sense of humor shine, making for an authentic and entertaining listen.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nick Lachey: The “Non-Celebrity Celebrity”

• Hosts establish Nick’s reputation as a “dude’s dude” (01:11) and “non-celebrity celebrity,” noting how grounded and approachable he is despite his fame.
  • Host 3: "He just doesn't come with that sort of arrogance or attitude. He just seems like a guy you could sit down and watch some football with and chill out with." (01:27)
• Nick’s laid-back vibe carries throughout the segment, making the conversation feel casual and personal.

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2. Addressing the Party Persona

• Hosts joke about Nick’s party image seen in tabloids, asking how much time he really spends "partying in Vegas, LA, or Cabo."
• Nick’s humorous response:
  • "Yeah, no, I party pretty much all day, every day." (01:56)
  • He clarifies he hasn’t been to Cabo or Vegas in a long time and is focused on press for a new website and birthday celebrations.

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3. Shared Birthdays & Relationship Traditions

• Nick and Vanessa share the same birthday (02:19), which brings both perks and challenges:
  • “You kind of want to be spoiled on your birthday, and then you realize you got to spoil somebody else on your birthday. So the double-edged sword.” (02:26)
• Instead of gifts, they have a yearly tradition of taking birthday trips to celebrate together (02:37).

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4. Navigating Celebrity While Staying Grounded

• On maintaining normalcy:
  • Nick credits self-awareness and “checking each other” for keeping both him and Vanessa grounded.
  • “This business is just a business, you know? That’s all it is. And if you start to live it as a lifestyle, then I think that’s where you get in trouble.” (03:36)

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5. Past Breakup and Rekindling with Vanessa

• The hosts ask about their brief breakup and reconciliation:
  • Nick highlights the power of perspective and appreciating what's truly important:
    • “Sometimes, you know, absence is…what you need. You need that perspective that, you know what? This is an important person in my life, and I want to try and make it happen again.” (04:08)
  • He downplays the idea of dating around:
    • “I’m not at a place in my life where I’m anxious to go and date a thousand girls... I’m more of a relationship person anyway.” (04:52)

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6. Future Plans: Marriage & Family

• On the prospect of marriage with Vanessa:
  • “I definitely want to be married again. I want to have a family and kids and all that stuff. So in the right timing, there will be all that good stuff.” (05:18)
• Eagerness for marriage:
  • When pressed, Nick jokes it’s “a dead heat” whether he or Vanessa is more eager for the next step (05:33).

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7. Setting the Record Straight: Jessica Simpson Rumors

• Rumors about Jessica Simpson contacting Nick for reality TV:
  • Nick is unequivocal:
    • “I hadn’t heard that rumor. And…yeah, no, there’s no truth in that at all.” (06:04, 06:11)

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8. New Project: Winnet.com (Low-Bid Auction Site)

• Nick introduces Winnet.com, a unique auction platform:
  • “As opposed to like a traditional auction site, like eBay. On this particular site, it’s the lowest unique bid that wins… You get, like, iPods for, you know, 67 cents and stuff like that. It's crazy deals.” (06:36)
• Charity angle:
  • A portion of proceeds goes to charity each month.
  • For November, it’s benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in honor of National Diabetes Month; previous months supported Feeding America. (07:07)

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9. Picking Projects & Charities

• On choosing business and charity projects:
  • Driven by uniqueness and personal connection:
    • “Feeding America is something I’ve been involved with for about three years… The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation…my uncle, my cousin, and one of my dear friends and co-founders of the site has juvenile diabetes.” (07:50)

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10. TV Appearance: “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”

• Nick admits the game show was intimidating:
  • “No, it’s horribly intimidating. It's the worst thing. These kids know it and it's all the stuff you think you should know, but you're standing up there and you have no idea.” (08:53)

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11. Music Comeback

• Status of Nick’s new album:
  • “Yeah, no. My album’s pretty much done. It’s supposed to come out the beginning of next year… I feel great about it and excited to get it out there.” (09:36)
  • Promises to join The Bert Show in-studio when the album releases (09:59).

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Memorable Quotes

• “Yeah, no, I party pretty much all day, every day.” —Nick Lachey (01:56)
• “You kind of want to be spoiled on your birthday, and then you realize you got to spoil somebody else on your birthday. So the double-edged sword.” —Nick Lachey (02:26)
• “This business is just a business, you know? That’s all it is. And if you start to live it as a lifestyle, then I think that’s where you get in trouble.” —Nick Lachey (03:36)
• “Sometimes, you know, absence is…what you need. You need that perspective that, you know what? This is an important person in my life, and I want to try and make it happen again.” —Nick Lachey (04:08)
• “I’m more of a relationship person anyway, so… it’s growing pains for a relationship like any other couple goes through.” —Nick Lachey (04:52)
• “I definitely want to be married again. I want to have a family and kids and all that stuff.” —Nick Lachey (05:18)
• “I hadn’t heard that rumor. And…yeah, no, there’s no truth in that at all.” —Nick Lachey on Jessica Simpson rumors (06:04)
• “It’s a pretty intimidating show to be on.” —Nick Lachey on 'Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?' (08:53)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:11 – Nick’s “dude’s dude” persona discussed
• 01:56 – Nick jokes about his party lifestyle
• 02:19 – Sharing birthdays with Vanessa
• 03:36 – How Nick and Vanessa stay grounded
• 04:08 – Nick on breakup and reconciliation with Vanessa
• 05:18 – Marriage and future family plans
• 06:04-06:11 – Denying Jessica Simpson reality show rumors
• 06:28-06:57 – Explanation of Winnet.com
• 07:07 – Charity focus, National Diabetes Month
• 07:50 – Choosing causes: Feeding America, JDRF
• 08:53 – Experience on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”
• 09:36 – Details on upcoming album

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Conclusion

The episode captures Nick Lachey’s easygoing, sincere nature as he talks about life beyond the tabloids: prioritizing relationships, giving back through charity, and embarking on new creative projects. If you’re a fan or just curious about the real person behind the headlines, this conversation delivers authenticity, laughs, and a peek behind the curtain—served up in The Bert Show’s signature fun, straightforward style.

Transcript

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[Host 3]

Yeah, I think you've described him as like the non celebrity celebrity because he just doesn't come with that sort of arrogance or attitude. He just seems like a guy that you could sit down and watch some football with and chill out with.

[Host 1]

He's a guy's guy. He is laid back, chill, doesn't get all hyped up into the celebrity world.

[Host 2]

So first question we ask him is, I mean if you go online, it sure seems like Nick Lachey's life is really all about partying. Partying in Vegas, party in la, party in Cabo. But what is the dude doing as far as work go? Here's Nick Lachey.

[Nick Lachey]

Yeah, no, I party pretty much all day, every day.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Host 3]

You did not disappoint Bird.

[Nick Lachey]

I haven't been to Cabo or Vegas, either one in a long time. But no, today is obviously doing a bunch of press for this new website. Win it that I'm a part of. And then later on, we get a little birthday party.

[Host 2]

Party. See, there it is.

[Nick Lachey]

Birthday week, though. You know, my birthday was Monday. Vanessa's was Monday. So this is like birthday.

[Host 3]

That's kind of cool that you guys share the same day.

[Nick Lachey]

It is. And it isn't, you know, because you kind of want to, you know, you want to be spoiled on your birthday, and then you realize you got to spoil somebody else on your birthday. So the double edged sword.

[Host 3]

Do you have to one up each other with gifts?

[Nick Lachey]

You know, we. We kind of what we do every year, as opposed to getting gifts for each other is we actually take like a birthday trip, usually somewhere warm and all that good stuff.

[Host 4]

But like Cabo or Vegas.

[Nick Lachey]

Yeah, but it's, you know, but it's a double birthday. You can. You can write that one off. But this year we're actually. We're not doing it.

[Host 2]

So, you know, and as he is like a dude's dude, we ask him if he picks up hints from Vanessa on what kind of presence that she really wants, because sometimes women will do that and it'll go right past you. Right.

[Nick Lachey]

Well, there's no shortage of present clues that get dropped throughout the year. So, yeah, if you're not picking up on those, you're just not listening. But that's what I'm saying. In lieu of presents, we just take a trip together and we, you know, share our birthday together. And that's our, you know, that's kind of our present to each other.

[Host 2]

Right on. Snick Lachey Hanging out with the Birch show this morning.

[Host 3]

You and Vanessa both seem so grounded and so normal, but with such the level of celebrity that both of you have, how do you maintain that?

[Nick Lachey]

Uh, I don't. Yeah, I mean, I guess we try to, you know, try to check each other on that all the time, just, you know, not let our, you know, us get ahead of ourselves. And, you know, it's. Hopefully it's just a reflection of who we are as people. You know, this. This business is just a business, you know, that's all it is. And if you start to live it as a lifestyle, then I think that's where you get in trouble.

[Host 2]

I think we all know in June, you guys hit sort of a rocky patch right there. Like what happened in the time that you guys were broken up that made you realize, okay, I got to get this girl back into my life.

[Nick Lachey]

I mean, I think it's perspective, like, you know, like, for any other couple. You know, sometimes, you know, absence is the. Is what you need. You need to have that perspective that, you know what? This is an important person in my life, and, you know, I want to try and make it happen again. So I think we both got to that place where we realized that, you know, we. We missed each other and wanted to be in each other's lives, and, you know, that's how it goes.

[Host 4]

Similar to how you felt about the Birch show, which is why, after only three years, you've joined us again on the phone.

[Nick Lachey]

I was actually aching for the Birch

[Host 2]

show, which is why I'm here now. Really? What I heard him sort of say, or I wanted him to say, is that when he started dating, he realized that there wasn't anybody out there better than Vanessa. So I started to try to take him down that path.

[Nick Lachey]

No, no, no, it wasn't. I mean, I'm not at a place in my life where I'm. Where I'm anxious to go and date a thousand girls and do all that. I feel like I've kind of been there before, and I'm more of a relationship person anyway, so, you know, it's just a. You know, it's growing pains for a relationship. Like, you know, any other couple goes through, you realize what's important to you, and then, you know, you make it happen. So it wasn't about that at all. It wasn't about dating.

[Host 1]

Is there marriage in the future anytime soon?

[Nick Lachey]

I'm sure at some point there will be. Yeah. You know, I mean, it's. That's. I definitely want to be married again. I want to have a family and kids and all that stuff. So in the right timing, there will be all that good stuff.

[Host 2]

On the scale of eagerness to get married, who is more eager, you or Vanessa?

[Nick Lachey]

Oh, I'd say it's a dead heat, Bird.

[Host 2]

Oh, dude, you're not giving me anything. You're giving me nothing. So there's this rumor now that Jessica Simpson has contacted him for professional reasons.

[Host 3]

She's got that show, right.

[Host 2]

Reality TV show, and she really needs her next project to do well. So there's this rumor circulating around that she contacted Nick, because if Nick and Jessica are on the same show together, people are gonna watch that huge.

[Host 3]

And I have to tell you, if you had asked me a similar question, my response would have been as deadpan. As his.

[Nick Lachey]

I hadn't heard that rumor. And. Yeah, no, that's. There's no truth in that at all.

[Host 2]

There's been no connection. No call, no nothing, huh?

[Nick Lachey]

No.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Host 4]

Nope.

[Host 2]

You're good at this. Now, Nick, not giving us anything

[Host 1]

doesn't

[Host 3]

sound like there's much to give in that situation.

[Host 2]

Make up something.

[Nick Lachey]

We were talking about winnet.com. i thought that's why I was calling.

[Host 2]

Well, let's talk about it. Yeah. What is. What is this thing?

[Nick Lachey]

Have you guys been on the site yet?

[Host 2]

I went a little bit yesterday and checked it out, but I didn't. I mean, it was just for a couple of seconds, and I didn't understand. The low bid wins on something like this.

[Nick Lachey]

Yeah, it's. As opposed to like a traditional auction site, like ebay. On this particular site, it's the lowest unique bid that wins. So you have to, you know, you. Basically, it's the whole reverse mentality. It's a dollar per bid, and then at the end of the auction, period, whoever has the lowest unique bid wins. So you get, like, ipods for, you know, 67 cents and stuff like that. It's crazy deals.

[Host 2]

All right, so through all that, he's saying there's been no contact with Jessica whatsoever is really what he was saying. And then he went on to tell us a little bit about the charity angle on this new website he's working with.

[Nick Lachey]

We just kind of wanted to have a philanthropic side to the site when we set it up. So every month we're giving a portion of our proceeds to a different charity. The first month it was Feeding America, and then this month it's the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. So this is National Diabetes Month, and actually the 14th is national diabetes Day. And so what we're trying to do is raise awareness for juvenile diabetes and. And also give some money back at the end of the month.

[Host 4]

I would imagine you get approached with projects and entrepreneurial ventures and charities and music and television and reality television probably about 50 times a day. How do you select the ones that you're going to give more than one minute of your consideration to?

[Nick Lachey]

Well, in terms of the site, the concept of the site was something I'd never really heard of before. I thought it was really unique and could be something neat to get behind. And as far as what charities we go, Feeding America is something I've been involved with for about three years. I sit on their entertainment Council, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research foundation is. I mean, juvenile diabetes has really touched my life in a lot of ways. My uncle has lived his whole life with diabetes. My cousin, the same thing. One of my dear friends and co founders of the site has juvenile diabetes. So there's a lot of people out there who have to contend with it every day. And it just seemed like a really relevant, really relevant cause to get behind this month.

[Host 2]

So what I didn't realize until we started interviewing Nick was that he did an episode of are you smarter than a fifth grader? So Melissa asked him about it because it really is a no win situation. If you're Nick Lachey. It's a no win situation. If you win, you're supposed to because you're Nick lachey and you're an adult. And if you lose, you just lost to a fifth grader.

[Nick Lachey]

No, it's horribly intimidating. It's the worst thing. These kids know it and it's all the stuff that you think, like, you should know and you should, you know, remember after all these years, but you're standing up there and you have no idea. It's a pretty intimidating show to be on.

[Host 1]

That show will make you feel stupid.

[Host 4]

Oh, that's a tough one to watch.

[Host 2]

It really is. I would never ever in a million years. That's the one game show I would never go on. You can't win. And then there is, you know, Nick. Are you ever gonna hit the studio again? I mean. Cause at this point, let's be honest, Nick is probably more known for being in the tabloids and his relationships than he is his music. At this point.

[Host 3]

At this point, you're right.

[Host 2]

So is he planning on hitting the studio anytime soon?

[Nick Lachey]

Yeah, no. My album's pretty much done. It's supposed to come out the beginning of next year. So I'm just in negotiations with jive records, as they say, to figure out the marketing plan for the album. But yeah, the album's done. I feel great about it and excited to get it out there.

[Host 2]

Cool, man. When it comes out, come by Atlanta and you can ache in studio with us and we'd love to tell people about it.

[Nick Lachey]

Okay, I would love to.

[Host 2]

All right, Nick. And good luck with winnet.com too.

[Nick Lachey]

Thanks, guys. Appreciate it.

[Host 2]

Thanks, man. See you next time you're in Atlanta.

[Nick Lachey]

You got it. Take care.

[Host 2]

Bye.

[Nick Lachey]

Bye.

[Host 2]

So that's Nick Lachey on the show. He really is just a dudes dude.

[Host 1]

He's awesome.

[Nick Lachey]

Here Bird show

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