Nick Lachey is on the verge of tying the knot with longtime love Vanessa Minnillo, but first, 30 of the groom-to-be's friends made sure he enjoyed a classic Las Vegas bachelor party weekend. On Friday, the 37-year-old 'Sing-Off host partied at TAO nightclub. In a casual white T-shirt, he mugged for paparazzi while showing off his black and red cake, featuring a ball-and-chain complete with "Property of Vanessa" stamped on top. Saturday included beach time and champagne, according to RadarOnline.
Guests spotted at the party included Jeff Timmons (former 98 Degrees vocalist and current Chippendales stud) and Houston Texans quarterback Matt Leinart.
Lachey has been keeping his wedding date mum, but his brother and best man, former 98 Degrees bandmate Drew Lachey, recently hinted: "It could be any day now."
But Lachey insists the TLC special he'll shoot with his new wife is actually a whole different animal (the way chicken and tuna are different?).
"We kind of wrestled with that for a while, for obvious reasons," the star told members of the press Saturday in Vegas, about the decision to let TLC film his upcoming wedding. "Having done reality TV in the past, I didn't necessarily want to jump right back into it without having thought it through to great length. And we did."
He explained, "It's a one-off special, a chance to kind of have a great experience and a great moment in our lives documented on TV, and also for us, to have a great wedding video....This is a different process [than 'Newlyweds']....There's a beginning, an end, and then it's over, it's done."
Simpson and Lachey divorced in 2006, and the Southern singer has since announced her engagement to former football pro Eric Johnson -- but she's kept her wedding date a secret, just like her ex has. While the billionaire-to-be makes plans for wedding No. 2, she'll celebrate her 31st birthday next week.
As for Lachey's fiancee, Minnillo, 30, partied with friends last month at her own bachelorette bash in Las Vegas.
