Nick Lachey Apologizes to Jessica Simpson for Cheating Accusations

Nick Lachey has reportedly phoned Jessica Simpson and apologized “out of respect,” to his ex-wife a published report will detail this week.

Life & Style Weekly details in the Friday edition of the magazine that Jessica Simpson was so overcome by emotion after seeing the Nick Rolling Stone interview that implied she may have cheated on him that she was crying at her LA home on April 19 and “barely able to breathe,” says an insider.

Then Jessica reportedly receives a phone call from Nick and an apology.

Nick called to apologize “out of respect,” says a Nick insider, “because he didn’t say anything terrible [in the arti¬cle].” But the quote from the story that cut Jess to the core hardly sounds respectful, L&S reports.

“I don’t know if there were other men,” Nick tearfully told the mag¬azine. “Sometimes I think it would be easier if I had just walked into the house and found her in bed with a guy. Then I wouldn’t have to deal with the uncer¬tainty of adultery.”

Jessica has always maintained that she never cheated on Nick while they were together.

Expect this to again ramp up the speculation that the pair may re-unite. One reason that is cited in the article is Nick’s ability to repel women. Calling it the “Nick-ochet effect” the magazine notes accurately that after just a few dates with him, they bounce back to their former boyfriends!