The singer decided to get a bob exactly two months after her divorce from the musician, it happened in the middle of a press tour in honour of her album “A Public Affair”. The stars were married from 2002 to 2005. In a statement released at the time, the couple called the breakup “a mutual decision between two people who have the utmost respect for each other.” In 2020, Simpson told People that Lachey was her first love.
Simpson married former NFL player Eric Johnson in 2014, the family is now raising three children.