Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo broke up

Celebrity couple Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have split up. 

The couple’s publicist told People magazine “They have amicably split but remain good friends who still greatly care for one another.”

Lachey (a singer) and Minnillo (an entertainment journalist) began dating in 2006 shortly after Lachey’s divorce with Jessica Simpson. 

During the past year, gossip columnists speculated the couple’s relationship was suffering.  However, Lachey and Minnillo repeatedly denied anything was wrong. 

I don’t buy the statement the publicist released above.  If they really are still good friends, and if they really do still greatly care for each other, they never would have broke up.

Tim Henley