Loving and Hating Newlyweds Nick and Jessica

i had no idea what i was getting into when i first happened upon "newlyweds." i don't even really know what jessica simpson did before getting married on tv (which is a trend i can't stand but won't get into here) and i don't have a clue what 98 degrees did or who they are/were either. i still don't get how they got this show but now i think it's hilarious and i love that mtv has reruns of it on all the time.
jessica is shockingly spoiled. a friend told me that she had make-up people and stylists on hand to make her look good (ie in hollywood that seems to mean orange) whenever they were filming. i can't believe their little spats, which seem to consist mostly of jessica sulking or throwing a tantrum or saying stuff so dumb, nick can barely reply. so even though i'm still wondering who the hell these people are and how on earth they got famous, i love it.

you love hating them. i hate loving them... cant... stop... watching! it's so so wrong. he knows now how spoiled and unbearable she is and you get to keep on watching him re-realize it again and again... um, and again. it's like a car wreck!

How is it that she looks so much like Anna Nicole Smith in that photo?

Jessica Simpson is not a spoiled brat. The more appropriate words to describe her is stupid idiot. She doesn't come across to me as someone who is spoiled, but more like someone who has been abused, e.g., has been locked in a closet by her parents, fed bread and water and only allowed out for singing engagements. I mean come on, not knowing that buffalo wings is chicken. That is ridiculous. My suggestion to Nick? When he can't hang in there anymore, there's another blonde out there who doesn't seem to have had a lobotomy, also has a great body, and lots of money. Last I heard Britney Spears was still single!!!!

I can't believe Jessica Simpson is such a dumb blonde.How the hell did she think that being on the show would give her good publicity? She comes across such a terribly stupid, immature girl. And you could see him cringe everytime she opens her mouth, like the buffalo wings and tuna incident. She's just plain dumb, it's unbelievable. It's so obvious, Nick is just mortified.

i think that Jessica needs a big knock on the head so that she'll wake up to reality. how old is she? she acts like she's in her pre-teens instead of an adult. it's not hard to believe that she fits the "dumb blonde" catagory. how can she buy underwear that cost $700? i feel that she's not going to last long in this business world, if singing is all she can do and is good at (which is a great talent)it'll be a sad future for her. she can't even take care of herself, much less a marriage. poor nick, i feel extremely sad for him. i can only hope that in the future, she'll somehow learn to be more mature instead of an over grown child that wines all day.

I personally think the show is a fun idea, if not just to make me feel more intelligent! I just hope Jessica will get a clue. Nobody stays clueless forever, right? Even if it takes them their whole lives.

Jessica is not dumb, though she seems to come from a bit od a sheltered upbringing. The comments about chicken and Buffalo Wings are not so bad... Come on, we've all made brainless comments like that before. Remember, MTV edits this show however they please, so I'm sure they display those moments for entertainment value... Besides, call her spoiled all you want, but why is that a bad thing? She had money and nice parents growing up, so the f*** what? She can't help that anymore than someone being born into poverty. Jessica's decision to remain a virgin until marriage comes a lot of bull s*** for her. She never got to experience other men in a intimate way, and for that she is very innocent and learning a lot of things for the first time. If you ask me, Nick is the asshole for playing into her insecurites the way he does and calling her names and putting her down all the time. She does not to that to him. But he attacks her for every little thing. She honestly doesn't know better, but Nick does and he doesn't seem to have a lot of respect for her or her feelings.

I think he is way to mature for her and she needs to grow up...She is very immature and nick doesnt deserve her. Shes a spoiled little piece of crap !!!!! How can he actually put up with her?

I just wanted to say in response to a poster who said they don't know anyone who does not look at price tags. I used to work in a ritzy department store and saw alot of people purchase items without looking at the price tag. If they like it, they buy it.

To "sophie" -- The reason why the show is on MTV is because, according to Jessica and Nick, they wanted to "give back to MTV" because MTV's been such a big part of their lives. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like MTV's doing them (especially Jessica) any favors. Because of this show, I'm pretty sure that a lot of Jessica fans are NOT fans anymore, including me. I have never seen anyone so pathetic in my whole entire life. If I were Nick, I'd smack the sh*t out of her. Some people praise him for being able to put up with her, but that's just pathetic. There are plenty of women out there who have brains AND beauty. Hopefully he'll open his eyes and find one.. send Jessica back home to her parents where she belongs.

Nick's not a rocket scientist either. I mean, c'mon, pop stars aren't known for their brains. As for Jessica: before the show she always claimed to be very religious, well not that I've seen her on the show she seems so crude and not at all religious. I know that even though we may not see it she may go to Church, but she's not the poster girl for religion she at least used to put out.

i agree with jeise and kaylee....whatever happened to her self-portrayal of being so religiious and virgin-ly???? i suppose that was all just an act. she thinks that since she is now married, that gives all consent to blabbing about nothing but sex and her now-skimpy, slutty image. marriage does not authorize you to be a slut. it is an eternal commitment of vows to be faithful to each other and the such. no matter what their sex life is like, she should not be saying it outright as if to make her look like she is not a prude just b/c she used to be a virgin. i sense that she felt like she didn't have as big an audience as britney or christina due to her more innocent image, so to gain more of everyone's acceptance, she has to all of a sudden portray a slutty image, and being married makes it okay, or at least from her viewpoint. also, she is not anywhere near being religious. i don't see anything religious about her or nick. they are very materialistic, not to mention her spoiled ways, and they seem so very self involved. it just doesn't seem they appreciate what they have. they are very shallow.

Jessica you are so lucky Nick is so HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! Please try to e-mail me back or Nick can e-mail me back.

[sarcasm]Wow! I never knew there were so many perfect people in the world! I wish I could be so perfect so that I could spread so much hate and judge people who aren't as perfect as me.

It's such a shame that we allow imperfect people to be on tv. How dare Jessica actually act like a human being and make few mistakes![/sarcasm]

Personally, I suspect that Jessica plays up the "blond" image just a bit and she does it well. The show is awesome! I love watching both of them and wish them both the best.

The second episode was very interesting. I think Nick is feeling frustrated that he is not as busy as Jessica. He was a little rude with the interviewer from Star magazine I feel because he is being asked the same old questions. No one wants to know about his future goals or plans, just about Jessica.

Dear Jessica Simpson Lachey:
Why is your dad, Joe Simpson, so interested in you sexually? I mean, come on, the man watches you stuff your boobs into your husband's face and watches you when you are half-naked in your videos. Also, he even mentioned your virginity at your wedding! OMG! Please, please get away from your dad instead of still acting like his little girl. You are a grown woman now and need to cut some apron strings from your parents. Whining and acting like a baby might have worked with your parents while growing up, but it will not work in the real adult world. Viewers can obviously tell that your husband, Nick, is getting fed up with your whining. So please grow up and put some healthy distance between you and your dad. It is so unhealthy and mentally sick for your dad to be so concerned with your sexuality. Please be careful!!!

7 Famous Marriage Quotes No Newlywed Should Be Without

Marriage is like a pair of shears Often times working in opposite
directions, but punishing anyone that comes between them.
--Sydney Smith

One advantage of marriage It seems to me Is that when you fall out of
love with him Or he falls out of love with you It keeps you together
until maybe you fall in again.
--Judith Viorst

The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.
--Amy Grant

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes
like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of
compromise.
--Raquel Welch

Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts
--Jeff Foxworthy

In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic,
a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts, an enabler rather than a
reformer.
--H. Norman Wright and Gary J. Oliver

Life in abundance comes only through a loving, committed and
passionate marriage.

--James Wilson-Marriagebliss.com

If you don't like the show than don't watch it. I like the show so I watch it, she is a little stupid, but don't make fun of her she makes really great and she is actually kind of smart.

I think that you people are very hateful towards Jessica. I think that you people are jealous of Jessica and Nick's love and being together. They don't need your smart ass remarks and rudeness. If I were Jessica I would tell all of you to kiss my ass .Jessica loves to be her and if any of you have a problem with then your not comfortable with your selves. Jessica and Nick if your out there I am very happy for you 2. I love you both!!!

I thought that you might be Jessica, herself, since you seem to take criticism of her so personally. This is a public opinion board for both loving and hating the "Newlyweds", and each person has a right to his or her own opinion. Agreeing to disagree is one of the hallmarks of civil behavior. I do not expect you to agree with me, but I also do not expect to be attacked because my opinion does not agree with yours. Public fiqures are going to be under public scrutiny. That's the price they pay for their fame and fortune. IMO, Christian women do not celebrate their sexuality in a public forum with chest-baring cleavage, sexy lyrics and videos, and public comments. I have been watching their show because I wanted to see how a young Christian woman could make it in today's music business. I found out that she makes it in the music business by changing her public image to be just like the rest of the slutty pop princesses. It is not only me, because Jessica has lost a lot of her fans since she changed her image. True, she also gained a lot of fans, as well....only she knows which image and which fans she is comfortable with. I mean, the goal of the music business is to make money, right? so who cares what type of fans you have, as long as they buy the music? Jessica is the one who ultimately has to live with her own decisions.

Jessica Simpson's parents clearly figured education took a back seat to singing at backwater gigs; in one episode, she uses the word "facetious," and after the people she's with recover from the shock of hearing that come out of her mouth, she explains that it was an SAT word from the tests she never took. She has no hobbies and no outside interests; whatever fun stuff we've seen on the show, from golfing to swimming with dolphins, has been at Nick's urging. She is quite possibly the most cerebrally inert entity on television. Being dull isn't necessarily evil in and of itself, but I think the Simpsons further wrecked their older child by spoiling her rotten. Because she was evidently raised in hotel rooms as she shuffled from third-string engagement to third-string engagement, Jessica didn't have to do chores: not only did this leave her ill-equipped for doing basic household maintenance; it apparently also gave her the idea that everything, from doing laundry to killing bees, had to be farmed out to professionals. If ever anyone needed a crash course in self-sufficiency, it's this girl. The only thing that seems to motivate Jessica is having other people pay attention to her. This is possibly the closest thing she has to a self-identity, and it's entirely understandable if your parents molded you at an impressionable age to believe that your only value as a person was as the object of someone else's attention. She's her parents' creation, and Newlyweds should be required viewing for any bug-eyed mom or dad who's channelling their thwarted ambition through their child. The show should also be required viewing for anyone considering marriage to the person who won't give them nooky, because it shows what happens when two people who are deeply deluded about one another finally wake up from their fantasies. In Jessica's case, it involves pulling the covers back over her head and complaining that she has to pee. In Nick Lachey's case, it's more like lurching around their relentlessly bland McMansion with the look of someone trapped in a nightmare. It's easy to sympathize with Nick until you remember that he married his child bride of his own free will after a very lengthy courtship. It must be frustrating to be at career crossroads while saddled with a spouse who's shocked at the news that bears shit in the woods, and Lachey gets points for generally going through life with a fairly clear head -- but he gets no pass on Jessica. The way he treats her -- waiting until she's out of town to decorate their house, not sticking up for his wife when his brother and his friends make fun of her, and winning arguments by taking advantage of the fact that she can't follow the logic in 1+1=2 -- may be a manifestation of his misery. However, he made his bed here. Since Jessica was not exactly shy about discussing her premarital virginity in the media -- and the minister who officiated at their wedding apparently had no problem effectively telling the congregation, "If they leave in a hurry tonight, you'll know why, hyuk, hyuk!" -- one is left with the impression that the only thing that keeps these two together is sex. And it doesn't even seem like particularly good sex: in one of the most creepy episodes aired, Jessica and Nick made a video for her song "Sweetest Sin" that involved the two of them writhing and licking and humping -- all while her parents watched and her dad made comments about the state of his daughter's hymen and her desire to catch up on what she had been missing. In another episode, Nick asks about getting a hummer and Jessica replies in all seriousness, "What? The car?" If Jessica and Nick are supposed to be the case for premarital chastity, they're doing a wonderful job of sending people screaming in precisely the opposite direction. This little situational irony, among others -- the person in the household least interested or able to pilot a successful career is the one who currently has one -- is one reason to keep tuning in to this show. The other is to catalogue all the different levels of delusion constantly in play. In addition to Nick's big talk about curing Jessica of her pathetic helplessness on a five-year timetable (yeah, good luck with that one), there's also the larger Bad Idea inherent in every episode: Jessica's father is a producer on this show, and presumably able to view and approve the episode segments and their editing. Why on Earth would he think that a show depicting his daughter as an ID-controlled Barbie doll is a career-building move? I watch this show not because I get a frisson of intellectual superiority from watching Jessica Simpson, but because I'm fascinated by all the consensual suspension of disbelief that goes into maintaining the Simpson/Lachey household. Marriage requires a certain willingness to selectively maintain some illusions about yourself and your partner while relentlessly stamping out others. It's just that most of the time, what goes on in a marriage happens between two people. Here, it takes a lot of people acting willfully stupid to keep Newlyweds running. While it's a wonderful demonstration of what a marriage run by committee would be like, it's ultimately pathetic for everyone involved. Jessica is just the most obvious and tragic victim at the center of it. It's hard to feel superior after watching that.

I copied the previous message because I felt it needed emphasizing since it is exactly the way that I feel about the Newlyweds show.

Just when you thought there were no more variations on the "Just how dumb is Jessica Simpson?" jokes comes a whole new take on the reality TV star's lack of smartness. Is Jessica Simpson a functional illiterate? (meaning that she knows her alphabet and knows how to sign her name, but she cannot read?) She has famously confused the contents of the Chicken of the Sea tuna with actual chicken and believed that Buffalo wings are made of real buffalo meat - helping to make "Newlyweds" one of MTV's highest-rated shows. ("Pulling a Jessica" has become slang for general cluelessness, heard from the playground to CNN.) But recently, some fans have speculated whether Simpson suffers from problems greater than ditziness. On the "Newlyweds" recent season finale, Jessica's husband, former boy band member Nick Lachey, gave her a Valentine's Day card. She handed the card back to him, saying that she couldn't read his handwriting and that he should read it to her - which he did. This caused many hard-core fans to speculate as to whether Simpson is in fact illiterate - and that her helpless act was a cover for a disability. "She claimed that the writing was too sloppy, but the excuse was straight out of some After School Special," says Stephen Falk, who recaps the series for the Web site televisionwithoutpity.com, whose forums have been abuzz with the theory since the finale aired two weeks ago. "While watching all 10 episodes this season," Falk continues, "it became clear that Jessica can't read. While I'm being a bit facetious, there are tons of examples of Jessica pawning things off to other people for them to read." "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard," says Brad Cafarelli, Simpson's publicist, of the claim.
Let's examine the evidence:
1.In the back of a limo, on her way to tape a segment for VH-1, Simpson says she can't read her script because she'll get car sick.
2.While staying at a hotel in New York, she couldn't figure out which room she was in - even though the hotel keys had the room's number printed on them.
3.She couldn't figure out the directions for payment methods at a gas station pump - even though they were written on the pump.
4.She constantly gives her husband presents, but is never shown giving him a card.
5.Even with the infamous Chicken of the Sea incident, the can clearly says "tuna."
Marty Finsterbusch, executive director of Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE), explains that most adults who can't read have a set of coping mechanisms, including a strong support network of people who know their secret, a good memory, and the ability to think on their feet. Simpson, who is surrounded by her doting parents, protective husband, and assorted hangers-on, fits that profile. When asked to explain how someone from an upper-middle class home who attended private schools - like Simpson - could possibly not read, Falk says, "She's had a life not unlike some athletes who slip through the school system while remaining functionally illiterate. It's probably a combo of general lack of brain power, a sheltering family, and a culture that rewards hot women for being clueless and ripe for a man to take care of them." Regardless of any difficulties with reading, Simpson is a bit of a financial whiz: there's the launch of her edible line of beauty products, "Dessert," a variety show on ABC airing April 11, and a TV pilot in the works (she'll play a ditzy TV reporter).
Still, Finsterbusch thinks that money can't solve a problem like this - and that if Simpson is functionally illiterate, she could use her fame to help others. "People assume that adults who can't read are all on welfare," he says. "We could use a celebrity role model."

i think jessica and nick make a good couple .avery couple has flaws they have to over come with each other.jessica is learning the married life and enjoying and lover her life these days .. i just wish people would give her a liltle credit once in a great while!!! hey just because evry one has there own way of doing things does not mean that she is wrong for buying 4,000 dollars sheets for her self. she deserves it i think!!

tiffany--shorty

I love Jessica and Nick. When you watch all the episodes of Newlyweds then you would know that Jessica is not the way ya'll describe her to be. She has a future and Practically I really think she dont even read these. But if she does then ya'll should be ashamed of yourselves. Ya'll have said some things that could really hurt someones feeligns. What if you were married and she said the same thing about you. It wouldnt be nice would it? No it wouldnt. Well i really dont care what other ppl say about me cuz i remembered what my mom told me STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK YOUR BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME!! so Jessica if you read this remember what i just said. Dont worry about what other people say about you, cuz i dont. This world that we are living in the people in are probably people that are JELOUS of the people who are famous. Jessica and Nick ya'll are some lucky people. Dont let no 1 take that away. Bye!!

I can't believe all of the negative writings on Nick and Jessica. I stumbled across this website and feel that some of the people that clearly dislike Jessica are wasting their time writing such long paragraphs about her. If you don't like someone, why waste your time bitching about them?

Who cares if someone acts dumb? Jessica is clearly enjoying her life, and why shouldn't she? I think we all would if given the wonderful opportunity she has. The joke may be on all of you if you think about it. Whether it's all an act or not, Jessica's the one making the big bucks. Good for her is all I have to say. And what makes all you people so smart anyway? If you want my opinion I am sensing a whole lot of hostility based on jealousy and it's the saddest thing. I'm sure Nick and Jessica aren't even aware of your comments and that's a good thing. They're the winners in my opinion.

Joe Simpson is a sick fuck. Jessica was daddy's little fuck piece growing up and they kept her stupid so she wouldn't know anything was wrong. Why would a "Christian" family talk so much about sexuality? Why do her parents follow her everywhere everyday and watch her make out with her husband and watch her and Nick shoot that crappy soft-porn video Sweetest Sin? Obviously to anyone that has half a brain and uses it, Jessica is the retard of the new millenium. But even if she's acting stupid to sell herself, doesn't that still make her stupid since she obviously has trouble selling the only other thing she has, music? This girl has no self-esteem and her ego is stroked consistently by her horny father. Jessica is a spoiled, selfish, bratty, self-centered, uncaring, and just plain fuckng retarded. The only thing she's good for to Nick is being a jizz bucket. If I knew someone like Jessica and she ever talked to me like does to others I would beat her ass, and thoroughly enjoy it. What people don't understand about famous people is that they are ORDINARY. But ordinary doesn't sell. So make-up artists, hair stylists, publicists, producers, etc. create them an extra-ordinary image to sell. That's why stars become so arrogant and rude because the public makes them who they are and then they start believing that they are really that extra-ordinary person. They lose sense of who they REALLY are because they only get the attention they love when they are pretending to be someone else, with this extra-ordinary image. I hope a sex tape of Nick and Jess leaks out. I know exactly what would be on it. Nick would be wanting that hummer and Jess would say "What? Like the car?" and Nick would say "No, like a blow-job." Then dumb ass fat titted bitch Jess would just start blowing air on his dick. And for all you that think Jess is so great, you all and her must share a brain.

I love Nick and Jessica. Nick is as hott as hell and Jessica is gorgeous. Newlyweds is the best show ever. Nick and Jessica make a great couple. Yes, Jessica may say some dumb and stupid things on Newlyweds but that's her and that's what makes the show funny. I would LOVE to meet either Nick, Jessica, or both. I think I'm their BIGGEST fan. I hope Nick and Jess do at least one other season of Newlyweds.

Nick and Jessica are an amazing couple. We are so obsessed with them. We even play barbies pretending we are them. It's fun. You should try it! Don't worry-we're only 34. Our kids think it's hysterical but it's so much fun. How do you people say it these days? Lol? Wow, okay, we better get back to our kids. Talk to you all later.