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Kristin and 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey<\/strong><\/a> sparked romance rumors when they were spotted together in early 2006, a year after his high-profile split from then-wife Jessica Simpson<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Kristin shot down the rumors at the time, telling People<\/a>, “There’s nothing to talk about, there’s nothing going on. He’s a nice guy, but I’d have to say we’re just friends.”<\/p>\n Though, as she later admitted, she was simply trying to escape the sudden, glaringly hot attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n “This was a\u00a0wild\u00a0<\/em>time in my life, because I was, overnight, on the cover of every tabloid,” she shared on a November 2024 episode<\/a> of her Let\u2019s Be Honest<\/em>\u00a0podcast. “I had so many paparazzi following my every move, waiting outside of my house.”<\/p>\n Fresh off the end of his Newlyweds<\/em><\/a> era with Jessica, “This was, like, the biggest thing in 2006,” she added. “It was a wild ride.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n