Nick Lachey defends his sad new single, "What's left of me"

SVZ · February 7th, 2006, 07:58 AM

Singer NICK LACHEY has hit out at criticism his melancholy new single is cashing in on his recent split with wife JESSICA SIMPSON.

The couple parted at the end of last year (05) and Lachey is furious that WHAT'S LEFT OF ME - his first release since the Thanksgiving estrangement - has been so misunderstood.

In the track he laments, "I watch my life pass me by in a rearview mirror/ Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes… Now I'm broken and I'm fading/I'm half the man I thought I would be."

But Lachey insists the emotionally-charged lyrics are not meant to manipulate public sympathy or cash in on his imminent divorce from the blonde beauty.

He tells Teen People, "Obviously, people will listen to it and draw their own conclusions, and I can only speculate on what those may be.

"But it's not about looking back. It's about making the best of what's there and moving on."

07/02/2006 09:16

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Tenaj · February 7th, 2006, 08:00 AM

Ughh, I HATED this song when it came out, its so pathetic and whiny and desperate but this was before I even realised it was HIM singing it!

MrsDark · February 7th, 2006, 08:02 AM

What that really means: "When I was sitting around pouting over my ex it was a song about missing her", "But now that I've got a sex life and remembering what a dipshit my ex was, it's about *moving on* with life!"

Voodoo Child · February 7th, 2006, 08:53 AM

Thank goodness it wasn't Jen writing a song!

SVZ · February 7th, 2006, 08:54 AM

oh god....Jen's going to come out with a single now that you've said it.

Voodoo Child · February 7th, 2006, 08:58 AM

Hopefully! Then all the bohaha can start all over!

Tiara · February 7th, 2006, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenaj

Ughh, I HATED this song when it came out, its so pathetic and whiny and desperate but this was before I even realised it was HIM singing it!

Me too!! I was complaining about this shit song then I heard it was him and I just laughed!!

ourmaninBusan · February 7th, 2006, 09:02 AM

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...Lachey insists the emotionally-charged lyrics are not meant to manipulate public sympathy or cash in on his imminent divorce from the blonde beauty.

Didn't she do everything in that marriage to cash in? Didn't she have
TV cameras in her house, following them around all the time?

I think they both cashed in.

Grimmlok · February 7th, 2006, 11:47 AM

I'll batten down the hatches and lash the children to the wall in anticipation of the tsunami of suck that would result from a Maniston single

loulou58 · February 7th, 2006, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by grace721

Couldn't he just look good and never ever sing again! Makes me want to yack!

yeah could he not just start male modelling full time and ditch the singing? i mean its not like he was ever good at it. Personally i dont think i could name not one Nick Lachey song.

Newlyweds made them both cash in but Jess's dad was like the owner and director of it, so the whole Simpson family cashed in there, so if i was Nick i'd well be gettin in there right now and try cash sum in myself so i dont blame him if he is right now, cos i'd do it!

ediebrooks · February 7th, 2006, 09:31 PM

I wish that Nick would cash in on his breakup, but in a more aggressive way. I'd like to see go on talks shows bemoaning Jessica's whoring ways, bashing her Dad, and deriding Ashlee's singing abilities. He definitely needs to give a "tell-all" interview to a tabloid. He might even write his memoirs, in which he could detail what it was like being mixed up with the screwed up Simpson family. I think it would be great if he could have his own "Bachelor" show. I'm just in favor of him doing anything to embarrass the Simpsons, because they are tiresome.