Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey split
November 24, 2005 
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey have split up, after months of speculation that their relationship was over.
The couple announced their separation Wednesday.
“After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” they said in a joint statement released by their publicists. “This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other.” […]
The couple wed in October 2002, back when they were known simply as pop singers. But Simpson hadn’t achieved the multiplatinum successes of peers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, while Lachey was a member of the boy band 98 Degrees, which sold far fewer albums than such acts as ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Well, except for Nick Lachey, I guess…
