Wednesday August 2, 2006
For the past two months, Nick Lachey, 32, and Vanessa Minnillo, 25, have behaved like, well, a couple of newlyweds! What's Vanessa's appeal?
"She's a guys' girl," says a friend of the couple's. "Jessica was always about going somewhere that was a scene with a big entourage. Vanessa can play darts and chill." Minnillo also scores points for being a fellow sports nut. Whereas Simpson rolled her eyes at Lachey's passion, Minnillo revels in it.
In fact, when she and Lachey were still in the platonic friendship stage, "Nick commented on his love for the [hometown NFL team], Cincinnati Bengals and Vanessa blew him away by running off the team's poor stats," says a Lachey source. "He tells friends, 'It's like talking to your best guy friend, but she's a smoking-hot chick.'"
On a snarkier note, a Minnillo pal adds, "Nick keeps telling Vanessa the difference between her and Jessica is that she is extremely intelligent."
What else have Nick and Vanessa bonded over? What's up next for the couple? What does Jessica call Vanessa behind her back? For more details on the couple's sexy romance and Vanessa's sad past, check out the current issue of Us, on newsstands this week.
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