Folks, I AM Nick Lachey. His cheering/ranting/stressing, etc. re: his Bearcats was EXACTLY like mine for the Tar Heels. And Jessica's reactions to his superstitions and knowing his moods based on the results are exactly like my wife's. If CaCEE tried to pick on me after my team was eliminated, I shudder to think about my reaction. ;-)

When was CaCEE gonna actually do ANY personal assistant work? Um, wouldn't calling about a movie time technically be her job.

Love how Nick pointed out that the maid doesn't have time to dust when she spends all day picking up their room.

This show continues to show that Nick is a normal guy who happens to have singing talent and got rich while Jessica is a spoiled, home-schooled brat.

Didn't watch any of Ashlee's show but wouldn't Preacher/Closet Gay Dad be upset with her cursing/shooting the bird promo? Or not b/c it's more fame/publicity/money for the family!

Yeah, where was Drew? One fo the many people on the phone with Nick? Hee! I lurve him more and more.

Shut up, CaCee, or CaCa, or whatever.

Jessica, maybe your cleaning lady would have more time to, uh, clean if she didn't have to fold and put away everything you own into the ginormous closet your husband bought you. What a wench. Of course your house is dirty, you don't even bother to try and maintain it. Poor Nick. I don't blame him for wanting someone he trusts, and the 50-person squad it would take to clean the house properly every week would probably have one person on it that would rob them blind. She's a ridiculous bitch and I hate her.

I love how Jess' mom is still around. What's the point of personal assistant CaCa if mom is still there? Oh, right, more people to make Jessica look less stupid. And what a bitch for teasing Nick when he was obviously pissed off. Can't she be a little more gracious to the guy who's putting her up rent-free and paying her?

Maybe CaCa should become the cleaning lady.

Nick's got to be cheating already. Only in his desperate attempt to get some normal, adult, stimulating conversation in addition to regular sex....he's picking up girls in libraries.

I hope that Nick is just sticking it out until all the money has been raked in. Then, he can subtly drive Jessica into ditching him and he can bank on the divorce settlement! Hell, they have all this tape to show how she has mistreated him.

P.S.-Her skin has invented its own color.

I predict a CaCee/Jessica throwdown by the end of the season. Personally, I enjoy the Jessica/Leah pairing much more. I can think of three specific occasions which would warrant Nick to kick her ass out onto the street. She's seriously like Anna Nicole's crazy cousin that came to Beverly Hills to visit....and mooch.

Who were the guys with them in Houston? The white guy was with Nick in Detroit last year I think--is that Nick's assistant? He had a wedding ring on so it has to suck for his wife with him putzing around with the Lacheys all the time.

Casey (I, too, refuse to spell it CaCee!) had to have Nick set her alarm clock EVERY night? Who doesn't know how to set an alarm? I think I was 10 when I learned how to set one. I agree about that apartment she looked at--it was very nice and BIG. I'm sure Jessica pays her a ridiculous amount to be her assistant so I'm sure the rent was not an issue. She's just a moocher.

There are going to be BIG problems with her being both Jessica's best friend and her PA. On the one hand, Jessica and Nick are going to get pretty pissed if they continue doing all of their own errands and CaCee continues sitting around doing nothing. On the other hand, if they are all going out to the movies as a group of FRIENDS, why should one friend automatically have to do the grunt work? CaCee isn't going to like being treated like a flunky all the time. A lot of celebs try out the "I'll give my friend a job!" thing and realize that it just doesn't work.


Word. I was wondering what the big problem was. Isn't the standard salary for a celeb PA $45,000-$60,000? Jessica is probably paying her at the upper end of the scale. And besides, CaCee just needs some little place to sleep in and store her stuff since she'll undoubtedly be over at Nick and Jessica's place constantly.

I wouldn't think $60K is all that much if you are living in California. I am not sure how much apartments go for, but based on what I have heard buying a house is very expensive--so my guess is that an apartment would be somewhat pricey. And if she is coming to CA from TX, the costs are probably a huge difference, as many areas of TX are fairly inexpensive (compared to many places in the US).

Now all that said, I am not standing up for Casey, as she should have known all of this going into the move. And should also know that noone wants a houseguest sponging off of them for very long. So she should be very appreciative of the place to stay and be very active in her apartment search.

I can just see an MC Hammer-type fall from financial grace for these two if they are not careful. Although we would all love to be rich and famous, there is a huge downside and that is that many people think that you have unlimited money and that they somehow deserve a cut just for knowing you. Me thinks Kay*Sea is in that camp for sure. These are the type of "friends" who will turn on you in a heartbeat if you cut them off or fire them. If I were famous (bwahaha) I would never, ever, ever hire a friend to be my PA, ever. Get a professional. Keep friends out of it.

As for the maid/cleaning scandal: I am 99% sure that Jessica is under the impression that being rich and famous entitles you to throw your clothes around and generally act like a child. It would never occur to her to act like a responsible adult because the hamster wheel has stopped spinning, folks.

Am I horrible for kind of wishing that Jessica ends up on Hollywood Squares one day just to pay her bills? Yes? That's what I thought.

Yes, that is the type of PA Jessica would hire - an idiot. How will she ever get her job done if she can't even figure out an alarm clock? Can she use a Palm Pilot? computer? cell phone? This will be interesting.

CaCee is SpaCee?

The "ballerino" and "kowallaby" things were the fakest fakes that ever faked.

I really, really, really hate her. The talking on the phone while with other people in a restaurant, her snide remarks about the maid when her lazy self is the reason why the maid can't do anything, and her completely offensive suggestion that there is a "communication barrier" between her and her presumably Hispanic maid, who probably works harder in an hour than Jessica has ever worked for anything in her entire life.

Her slide into complete and utter obscurity can't come fast enough for me.

So, I'm engaged, and Nick is not my type at all, but...I would totally have sex with him. And then I would get him a husky. I never thought someone with so much wealth and success would be deserving of a pity fuck, but Nick has got to be it. I will even give him good post-coital conversation. Who can see Jessica being all, "Baaaaby, sex makes me have to poop!"

When did they marry? About a year and a half ago? Only three and a half years left of that marriage. I can see Nick giving the marriage five years, like he outlined in his five year plan, and if she doesn't grow up - he's gone.

I just caught Nick on The View. He's going to be a Big Brother and he'll get a Little Brother soon. How cute. Drew was in the audience. He'll be appearing in Rent.

CaCee is, to my utter shock and horror, even MORE immature than Jessica. I mean, picking on a guy because his team lost? And she's supposed to be her assistant? This is going to be the blind leading the blind, that's for sure.


I'm on board for that.

However, Nick is getting on my nerves so far. His passive-aggressive way of handling things is just out of hand. As much as I don't like Jessica, it is awful to talk about how little you "get laid" in front of a camera crew (and thereby America). That's just an awful, awful way to treat your wife. And CaCee's leechiness notwithstanding, it's tacky to make jokes/comments/insults about her being evicted or whatever right in front of her and other people. That's just rude. Especially since if the tables were turned, I could see him having no problem putting up one of his childhood buddies from Cincinnati in their house for a while.

BTW, I think CaCee is prettier than Jessica. That's another reason I wouldn't want her in my house if I were Jess.


I've read that too. Who thinks that's a good idea, on either end? If I became a pop sensation overnight, I can't imagine hiring one of my friends to be my personal assistant. Too much insider baseball, dontcha think?

It IS hard to get an apartment with parking, in a decent neighborhood, also with a stove and fridge in Los Angeles. There was an article just yesterday about how nutty it is:
LATimes Article - One landlord makes you write an ESSAY!

And Jessica in the NYPost:
She's not Dumb! She's Ditzy! See, that clears that up!

Awwww! I was a Big Sister in high school and it is just the best thing ever for some kids. Nick really is a great guy.

Whoa, so Drew is in "Rent"? Is "Rent" only hiring pop has beens? Joey Fatone from NSYNC was in it and so was Frenchie Davis from American Idol.

And I hate SpaCee almost as much as Jessica now. What a couple of idiots.

Dont be knockin' Joey F, he was unbelieveable in the role. And I was in no way shape or form an N'Sync fan, I just happened to go to one of his preformances, he was excellent. I bet Drew will be good too.

All has been said that I would say, she's a nightmare, he's quickly becoming an idiot imo for staying with her.

What ever happened to the Free Nick t shirts?

So what happened to Nick's wonderful gift of a huge organized closet for Jessica? Took her about 2 days to have it right back in the shape it was in before the organizers showed up, it seems. Ridiculous. Nick must feel pretty defeated on that one.

So Casey is Jessica's new assistant, meaning "Dumberer" from last season didn't work out -- or was that also Casey, as someone asked? Jess thinks she is doing her best friend a favor by helping her move to L.A. and giving her a job -- but I'll bet Nick warned her that mixing friends and business is not a good idea, however, it's Jessica's money and certainly she has no problem ignoring his advice.

Good point that if Casey can't set an alarm clock, she definitely doesn't have any "assistant" skills. Or even basic admin assistant skills, which she will need to find a job when Jessica fires her in the season finale. I'm terrific with details -- they could pay me $60,000 a year to organize both their lives, and Nick would get laid regularly, too. ;-)

Why did Casey not take the nice apartment? I didn't catch the reason, if they even explained it. If they didn't, I hate the way this show sometimes leaves things hanging like that.

From a previous episode:


I have to defend Jessica on that one because it is widely reported as a trivia "fact".

Oh, I'm sorry if it sounded like I was dissing him. I think that going from NSYNC to a musical like "Rent" is *quite* a step up. And having loved him in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", I think that he is much too talented and charming to only be remembered as a background member of some awful pop group. I just meant that the "background" members of pop groups/shows seem to be popping up in "Rent" for some reason, not that they are untalented or undeserving.

Dont worry, I was just bustin' your chops. You're right its a big jump and I would imagine an honor to be asked to join a broadway show, especially one like Rent. I was just pointing out that, unlike others, he truly deserved the chance because he is so talented.
Yesterday HomeGoddess was in here asking what we thought of the show, I have to know if you let your daughter watch it and what you and she thought. I'm very emotionally invested in this situation( I have nothing else going on in my life at the moment), please let us know!

A few months ago, they had a 1-hr profile of commedienne Kathy Griffin; she had a personal assistant that's amazing. He was a whirling dervish of efficiency; the house ran like clockwork, the dogs were well-behaved, and the work/travel schedule flowed like a river. It looked like their interpersonal relationship was that of allies, not boss-and-lackey...I'm beyond jealous. He even organized her husband's life....


Amended to eliminate the "you know, what's her name" reference.

Hysterical!



I think it was Kathy Griffin.

And her closet to look like it was part of a Gap store. It was Kathy Griffin, it aired on E! and count me among the jealous. The guy was an amazing assistant and totally charming and funny.

I'll bet Jessica gets sick of SpaCee, starts whining and bitching about SpaCee behind her back, Nick patiently puts up with the situation and then Jess fires Spacee and somehow makes it seem like Nick's decision/fault.

I almost died. Thanks!

No way she will do the actual firing. That would mean taking responsibility for your actions. She'll whine about Casey and then make Nick do the dirty work.

In the episode Casey was in last season Jessica said that Casey was her road manager, not her PA.

Is it just me, or did Jessucka seem confused when the announcer at the pig race introduced one of the pigs as "Sarah Jessica Porker?" It was almost like she thought they were making fun of her and not Sarah Jessica Parker. And for someone who was so terribly excited about the pig race, she didn't seem to enjoy it very much while it was going on.

Word to that.

I tuned in because JS had said that she had hired an interior designer so I wanted to see the house, but it looks the same. I think that this was actually shot last season and they are showing it waaay out of order.

That makes a lot of sense, because I feel really sure that Casey was there as her assistant during the Valentine dinner episode.

Yes, I remember SpaCee from last season. This one must have just started filming right after the last, since the premiere was during March Madness. Since she and Jessica are friends it doesn't seem that odd that she'd have been around before. I think I remember her from a Jessica birthday party episode. It wouldn't be the first time continuity got thrown out the window, anyway.

I guess we won't see much of Drew because by the time this was filming he was in NYC for his role in Rent. Maybe Drew was calling from NYC when Nick was watching the b-ball game. I felt sorry for Nick having to watch the game alone, but then, Jessica and MiniJess would have been way too annoying with their stupid comments every 10 seconds.

Nick becoming a Big Brother is awesome, and really the right thing for him, I think. Like getting a dog (and they still don't have a dog, do they?), I'm sure he put some thought into the responsibility and how much time he would actually have to spend with a kid. Maybe he can do some promo spots for the organization, too.

I'm pretty sure that was Casey at the Valentine's Day cookoff, although maybe she was only visiting at that time and moved in a few weeks later.

I know this is just a dumb reality show and all, but I really wish we got events more in sequence.

Edited because I'm confusing this this season's events with events from last year!

How old is Nick now? 32?

To go from being a superstar member of 98 Degrees to playing rodeos (headlining with an American Idol????)

Having to shuttle his wife's "ass-i-stant" around?

Having to hang out with Jessica's mother constantly?

My GOD! I have no sympathy for this "man." He clearly is a tool and a tool he shall remain until he puts on some pants.

What would he do all day if it wasn't for being a tag-along to Jessica's 5 minutes of fame?

What will he do after her (fast-dimming) star fades?

He better have some plans in the works other than being a chauffer and baby-sitting Jessica's tired-ass mother.

T...O...O...L 'Nuff said.

I'm pretty sure that some of it was filmed during the Valentine's episode and Casey was there. I watched the little marathons they had; Jessica was wearing the same fugly sweatshirt that looked like it had fallen into a bucket of bleach in the V-Day epi and last night's epi.

During the first commercial break they showed a commercial for this show which made me wonder, why show a commercial for a show that I'm already watching? and why is the commercial for this show funnier and more interesting than the actual show?

The segment that most entertained me last night? Watching Nick's reeeeeally instense reactions to the basketball game. I've always watched the show specifically for him anyway.

Oh my HECK, Jessica just sucks ass as a singer. I hadn't ever heard one of her songs all the way through, either, until today while eating lunch at Subway. "Who is that assaulting that Robbie Williams song?" I asked myself. And then I realized I had just seen a snippet of her mid-"Angels" massacre less than twenty-four hours ago. When I get home tonight, first thing I'm doing is flushing out my ears by playing Robbie's version. Several times.

Thank you so much DoubleTee! I heard her "Angels" song for the first time today in the car and the whole time driving home I was wondering why it sounded familiar, but not. I'm not a fan of Robbie Williams (his version is far superior), but he should be insulted by what Jessica did to the song and the fact that they're promoting it to be the song of Jessica's career.

I heard "Angels" today...well, the last fourty seconds of it and nearly threw things in protest of her assaulting my eardrums. I love me some Robbie and you don't fuck over that song. Later I heard it again, in the middle part where she shouts at us for a couple of seconds. Evil evil woman.

Missed the season premire but saw the advert for next week's episode. Whoever this Casey person thinks she is needs to go down the drain because as a PA SHE is the one who supposed to call for movie times, not the husband of the D-list celeb you're working for.

I sooo don't mean to stick up for her, this Casey nightmare I mean. I just had this thought while watching it:

Whenever some women have to spend a lot of time, especially if it's one-on-one, with the boyfriend/husband of a close girl friend, they will behave in a certain way, and create a kind of brother/sister energy with the guy (which might involve you being perhaps slightly annoying and bratty).

I do it, reflexively I think. If I thought about it, I probably wouldn't. You just are in the camp (referencing When Harry Met Sally) that men and women and will almost always have a tension between them, and so you desexualize to an exaggerated degree to preclude even the slightest wisp of an appearance of it.

Of course I am sure (after reading you guys, and seeing things I missed LIKE THE ALARM CLOCK??), that I am giving her far, far, far too much credit. It was just my first instinct because you gotta assume that Nick is dying for other female company. And I do mean dying. And a woman who requires Jessica as her meal ticket ('cuz that's so what's going on) would not want to be that companion!

Edited because I discovered in reading my post that I am pathologically obsessed with parenthetical asides (is there a support group?).

The Orlando Sentinel had a howlingly snarky review of Jessucka's concert. Unfortunately it requires you to register, but the full article is available on usenet.

*heh* If you find one, let me know.

I constantly need to edit my posts for that exact reason. So you're not alone!

I hate "Angels". Big surprise, I know, but I never particularly cared for Robbie and his version and Jessica's just makes my ears bleed.

If she can't set a freaking alarm clock she's missing a lot more than work skills -- how about any brain cells? Seriously, how do these people even cross the street safely, or remember where they live?

I have two questions for anyone that can answer them.
1. Do most famous people read People, EW, US and the like? I thought that they avoided stuff like that and cant understand why Jess had all those magazines. Cosmo and Vogue, I can understand those, but not the tabloid mags.
Also 2. Do famous people refer to themselves as celebrities? Jessica does this constantly and I have a hard time believeing that Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, even Anna Nicole refer to themselves in this manner.

I wish I knew a famous person so I could ask, does anyone know these answers?

Jessica needs to stop taking songs that I like and "making them her own". She did it to Berlin, and now she's doing it to Robbie. She's just lucky he isn't friends with the Oasis brothers anymore, or there would be trouble.

I found this bizarro review of Jessica's wedding book on amazon. Bizarre, but kinda funny. The person gave her book one star. Please let me know if I'm breaking some rule by posting this.

Go away, Jessica, June 3, 2004
Reviewer: A reader from new york, ny United States Why is this idiotic, mannish-looking woman getting so much attention? Why would anyone buy her book on weddings when her marriage to Nick is so going to be over any day now? Why not get wedding tips from someone who'll actually understand what it's like to put together a wedding? It's doubtful that Princess Jessie did ANYTHING to prepare, and probably didn't have to worry about any costs. Also, what kind of person uses their special day to pimp her career? Blech. I found this book trashy, boring, not informative and a waste of shelf space.

To put it in Jessica language: sneeble! sneeble, snarble, snooble snoo! snibble, snabble, snerble, snub!

Just watched my tape of the show last night. So much to say/reply to.


Well she should have let Nick stop at some of those rattier places then. I have a feeling she doesn't want her own place. That was a nice apartment and I'm sure even if she thought it was too pricey, Nick would probably come out of his own pocket to get her out of his house. I kept getting weird "other woman" vibes from K.C. (I like that spelling better). Not that Nick is attracted to her, but that's how most affairs start. The wife leaving the best friend with the husband too often. Maybe I read too many novels.


Never thought I'd see Joey Fatone love over here, so this made my day. He is my popstar boyfriend and he was great in Rent. I kind of want to see Drew, but NY isn't on my vacation plans this year.


AND he was pursuing his own acting career. Jessica should make K.C clean her room, earn her keep. Don't most PAs do the menial stuff anyway?


I don't know much about college basketball, but isn't March Madness in late March? The Houston Rodeo usually runs from late February to early March.

Loved those shots of the rodeo. I haven't been to the livestock show since elementary school. I think I may want to go next year.


His 30th birthday party was shown last season.

I think alot of celebrities read these and just don't admit it. US always has pictures of celebrities reading their magazine. Next week's issue has a picture of Ben Affleck at the store buying the "J-Lo's wedding" issue.


I really hope not.

Nick and Drew attended Entertainment Weekly's Must List Celebration.

Really interesting review of the concert, quickychick. It's like no one cares about her as a "singer" anymore. They just want a traveling stage show of Newlyweds. Not that I can blame them. Five minutes into the screaming, bobblehead, seizure-fest I'm sure I'd be praying that she'd stop singing and just say something funny too.

I believe I read once that Britney Spears loves US Weekly as well as Jennifer Aniston and some other female actress. Can't remember who it was, but one of them said that they like to keep up with other celebrities too, and even had a subscription to the mag.

Never really post, enjoy the lurking too much I suppose, but as a college basketball FREAK (my spring break revolve around how well our team does *hides in embarassment*), I thought I'd answer your question!

Nick was watching Cincy/E. Tenn, which was a first round game. It took place the second weekend in March, either March 18 or the 19th. I know this because my beloved Sparties lost to Nevada that weekend.

I'm somewhat ashamed that I came out of hiding to post on this show. Even my thirteen year old brother doesn't find entertainment value in the show anymore-Life as I used to know it is going to hell in a handbasket!

Cacee wants Jessica's life, it is about to be a Single Stupid Female stalker situation. "That apartment looks junkie . . . how about 6 weeks of free rent" Hon, you're NOT Jessica, you don't get the mansion or the former boy band husband right away.

Some people were upset over Nick's comments about not getting laid, but the cameras are always on them. If he had to censor everything he said and not act like a husband then I'd hate him like I'm starting to hate Jessica, plus they edit hours upon hours down to 30 minutes so you never hear the loving stuff, it's just not funny. Nick is REAL and that is why I lurve him. He tries to adhere to a budget, he gives his wife crazy eyes, he tells her BFF to Shut up, his brother is his bestest bud and he plays with puppies and goats. Oh and he's a cutey