Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey Phone Calls Set Off Vanessa Minnillo

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey still keep in contact. In an upcoming interview with Elle Magazine Simpson, 26, says she’s still in touch with Lachey, 33 all the time. “He’s so much a part of my life, how could I not be? Any guy who’s going to be with me from this day forward has to understand that.”

Maybe Nick should make the same declaration. Star Magazine is reporting that his gal Vanessa Minnillo is none too happy that the two former ‘Newlyweds‘ still communicate.

The weekly entertainment magazine is set to report in this week’s issue that Nick may think honesty is the best policy, but it’s causing strife in his love life. Nick recently told Vanessa Minnillo, 26, that he’d spoken on the phone with ex-wife Jessica Simpson, 26, and a friend says the MTV host “went ballistic” according to the report.

Why? “Vanessa’s suspicious of Nick’s feelings for Jess- if he’s truly over her,” a friend tells the entertainment magazine. But friends say she has no reason to worry. “Nick has talked about marrying Vanessa, and he didn’t want Jess blind-sided by the news,” says a source. “Jess is still an issue between them, but they’ll get it worked out.”

In the meantime, Vanessa might want to chill, the source speculates. “She’s showing Nick a new side of herself, and I don’t know if it’s that attractive,” the friend says.