Nick Lachey asks for spousal support from Jessica Simpson

[Alicnwondrln]

dont really get this i mean they dont have kids and alrady sold the house they had together

http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1161149,00.html

 

[icebrat001]

She made more than him, he wants to take advantage. Although some people tend to believe that he "earned" it since he had to put up with her and her father.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

her father is weird but she helped make him famous
he is know more for newlyweds and being her husband than anything else
i dont think that putting up with her and her dad entitles him to $
he is used to living a certain way and probably cant afford that now

 

[mommaU4]

Well, celebrities or not, I hate to see marriages fall apart. It's weird to see to see a couple (any couple) go from being so happy to hating each other. Makes me sad, but also makes me appreciate my marriage even more and realize nothing can be taken for granted. It requires attention to survive.

Hopefully they can work it all out without getting too nasty towards each other. I mean at one point this was someone they loved enough to marry. What happens to some people to make them so mean later?

 

[Alicnwondrln]

should be interesting to see what happens

 

[Beth76]

but she helped make him famous

And he helped makeher famous. The two of them are famous because of their tv show. She used her fame from their tv show to star in a crappy movie, sell cosmetics and lord knows what else. She wouldn't have made so much money if it wasn't for [/B]thier show.

 

[mrsmom]

He bought a house 5 Minutes from mine , Very nice but nothing like he had with Jessica. So i guess he needs the money.
Kim

 

[Disney Doll]

I hate when people who are very capable of supporting themselves ask for spousal support.

The last thing I'd want to do if I was able to work enough to support myself would be to still be beholden to my ex.

There's no reason Nick Lachey needs to get anything from that marriage other than what he brought into it and and equal split of what was earned during the marriage.

Anyhitng else is demeaning IMHO.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

And he helped makeher famous. The two of them are famous because of their tv show. She used her fame from their tv show to star in a crappy movie, sell cosmetics and lord knows what else. She wouldn't have made so much money if it wasn't for [/B]thier show.

yes but she was more famous than him to begin with
but i still dont think she should have to pay him he should get with what he came in with I agree with Disney doll

 

[goin2disneyagain]

And he helped makeher famous. The two of them are famous because of their tv show. She used her fame from their tv show to star in a crappy movie, sell cosmetics and lord knows what else. She wouldn't have made so much money if it wasn't for [/B]thier show.

Exactly!! He was more well known than she was before they married. He's actually more talented than her too.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

well i dont think either one of them is that great
he was in a boy band hes not that great a singer and his solo album FLOPPED
ner album did nothing til the show so.... and then theres duke of harzards which was AWFUL

 

[Ladyhawke10]

He bought a house 5 Minutes from mine , Very nice but nothing like he had with Jessica. So i guess he needs the money.
Kim

Where does he live in Cincy? I used to live in Blue Ash

 

[AMcaptured]

I have to disagree.....If a women can file for support after a marriage dissolves from a man with more money, then a man has the right to ask for support if the wife has more assets.

Jessica's father probably wants Nick to get nothing and rightfully by law, any assets, regardless of who earned them, are to be split equally in a divorce. He may even be entitled to a percentage of Jessica's earning for a certain amount of time.

I watched the first season of Newlyweds and I would think to myself, Nick is such a hottie and so mature, what does he see in her besides the obvious? She came across as a selfish immature girl. I'm not surprised it didn't last.

 

[mommaU4]

And he helped makeher famous. The two of them are famous because of their tv show. She used her fame from their tv show to star in a crappy movie, sell cosmetics and lord knows what else. She wouldn't have made so much money if it wasn't for [/B]thier show.

I agree. Come to think of it, I knew more of him than of her in the beginning. I had one of his 98 degree albums. And they did the song for Mulan.

I kinda wish she would go away. It's too much right now. She's on every magazine cover and her face seems to be endorsing something new every time I turn around.

Not that she isn't entitled to do all that, it's just tiresome. And I felt the movie was nothing more than a glorified excuse to show her half naked. LOL
Well, I guess that's good for her. She can strut in her boots all the way to the bank. That is unless Nick has something to say about it.

 

[Nancy]

yes but she was more famous than him to begin with
but i still dont think she should have to pay him he should get with what he came in with I agree with Disney doll

When they got married he was the more famous of the two. 98 degrees was a very hot band back then. Jessica became more famous thanks to her Dads promoting their marriage through the TV show...and then his promoting of everything and anything he could get her to do.

 

[LisaNJ25]

I have to disagree.....If a women can file for support after a marriage dissolves from a man with more money, then a man has the right to ask for support if the wife has more assets.

I agree also... If it was Jessica filing for support none would bat an eye.

 

[SillyMe]

First of all none of us know the facts about their marriage. It's very well possible that he put alot of his career on the back burner because hers took off. If that's the case, then he deserves some of the money. As others have said, if it's okay for a woman to receive alimony, then why shouldn't a man?

IMHO, I don't think anyone in a marriage without children should even get alimony. You supported yourself before the marriage, why would you need the ex-spouse to support you after?

 

[disykat]

I think he's entitled - as stated above, he could have very well made some career sacrifices for her career. I don't really see how being childless factors in - that would be dealt with through child support. Isn't spousal support generally a temporary thing?

If I were to divorce, I would go back to being self supporting, but I would fully expect a transitional time where I would recieve some financial help from dh since he is the primary wage earner in our household. Although it seems odd Nick would need money, because it seems like he would be financially set already - I don't think the fact that he is a man changes his rights.

 

[Imzadi]

I think it is simply a legal negotiating tactic of the lawyers. The one who makes less money always asks for more than they will eventually get (and they know this,) so that when the assets are more evenly split, the one who makes more will feel better about what the other DIDN'T get. The only difference here is that People magazine publicized it.

If you read ALL of the article, it also states how Nick sited the separation started in DEC, not Nov. By doing that, he is already giving up $1 million. They publicly announced their separation Thanksgiving weekend, another well calculated tactic, and one Nick would hardly make such a crucial a mistake on the date about, since he spent it without Jessica.

 

[Planogirl]

I don't see why either of them should get support. If Nick Lachey was so successful prior to their marriage, can't he go out and earn a living again?

Maybe I'm biased since Texas rarely allows for spousal support and then only temporarily.