{"id":338227,"date":"2026-05-21T08:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338227"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:22:30","slug":"jessica-simpson-defends-flying-1st-class-with-kids-in-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/jessica-simpson-defends-flying-1st-class-with-kids-in-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Simpson Defends Flying 1st Class With Kids in Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jessica Simpson<\/strong> set the record straight on seating her kids in coach while she enjoyed a top notch flight to Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom bought those tickets,\u201d Simpson, 45, told photographers on Wednesday, May 20, per <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/20\/celebrity-news\/jessica-simpson-defends-her-kids-flying-coach-after-ex-nick-lachey-put-her-on-blast\/\"><em>Page Six<\/em><\/a>, noting she didn\u2019t select the seating arrangement. \u201cIt was my mom\u2019s treat for us to go to Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paparazzi then asked the singer if she would have sat together with her kids \u2014 Maxwell, 14, Ace, 12, and Birdie, 7, whom she shares with estranged husband <strong>Eric Johnson<\/strong> \u2014 if she bought the tickets herself. \u201cIn fact!\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson\u2019s revelation comes after her ex-husband, <strong>Nick Lachey<\/strong>, shared that he bumped into her on the flight during an episode of <em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider her kids and her \u2014 I\u2019m not accustomed to where they stand, but \u2014 her husband, perhaps, were on the plane but not with us,\u201d Lachey, 52, said, noting that her mom, <strong>Tina Ann Drew<\/strong>, was also on the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Host Andy Cohen then asked if all her children were on the flight, but in \u201cin a separate class of service,\u201d to which Lachey confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>As for his or her first run-in in 20 years, Lachey said it was \u201cstrangely OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou understand, it\u2019s been 20 years, and so we hadn\u2019t seen one another in those 20 years after which spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together,\u201d he recalled. \u201cOnce I say \u2018spent,\u2019 [I mean] in the identical vicinity. Everyone was very cordial, very respectful.\u201d Lachey added, \u201cIt was truthfully \u2026 it was advantageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lachey, for his part, was flying along with his wife,<strong> Vanessa Lachey<\/strong>, and their three kids: Camden, 13, Brooklyn, 11, and Phoenix, 9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You could have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1600%2C900&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1800%2C1012&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessica-Simpson-and-Nick-Lachey.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1920%2C1080&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Inside Jessica Simpson's 'Nice' and 'Cordial' Run-In With Ex-Husband Nick Lachey\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Inside Jessica Simpson&#8217;s &#8216;Cordial&#8217; Run-In With Ex-Husband Nick Lachey<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJessica Simpson had a surprise reunion with ex-husband Nick Lachey, Us Weekly can confirm. Simpson, 45, and Lachey, 52, were on the identical flight from Los Angeles to Hawaii late last month. \u201cThey really did say hello, and it was a pleasant, cordial conversation,\u201d a source told Us. TMZ was first to report the news [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans were quick to share their thoughts on Simpson not sitting together with her little ones within the comments section. \u201cAndy so messy ~ mentioning the coach seats \ud83e\udd23,\u201d one wrote. A second commented, \u201cMother\u2019s Day gift for the win.. the mothers get top notch and let the dad take care of kids behind you \ud83d\udc4f.\u201d A 3rd fan commented, \u201cGood for her putting the youngsters in coach LOL she deserves a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson and Lachey met in 1998 and commenced dating a month later. In February 2002, they got engaged and tied the knot later that yr. Lachey and Simpson then starred in MTV\u2019s Newlyweds: Nick &#038; Jessica, where they navigated life together for 3 seasons before they confirmed their separation in November 2005. Their divorce was finalized in June 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson then found love with Johnson, 46, in 2010. 4 years later, they got married in California. In January 2025, Simpson confirmed that they split.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Simpson set the record straight on seating her kids in coach while she enjoyed a top notch flight to Hawaii. \u201cMy mom bought those tickets,\u201d Simpson, 45, told photographers on Wednesday, May 20, per Page Six, noting she didn\u2019t select the seating arrangement. \u201cIt was my mom\u2019s treat for us to go to Hawaii.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[6696,702,835,1766,1860,1162,1509,10912],"class_list":["post-338227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-1st","tag-class","tag-coach","tag-defends","tag-flying","tag-jessica","tag-kids","tag-simpson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338230,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338227\/revisions\/338230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}