Now that both sides have filed, "the only ugliness is if she has to pay him a lot of money," says a Simpson pal. As long as they reach a "fair settlement," counters a Lachey source, "there is no reason it should get nasty." Photo by: JEFF KRAVITZ / FILMMAGIC; JACOB ANDRZEJCZAK / SHOOTING STAR
Nick & Jessica: Divorce Battle! | Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey
Standing center stage being anointed a Fun Fearless Male seems like precisely the sort of place a football-and-beer-with-the-buddies kind of guy like Nick Lachey would find his inner frat boy. And true to form, on the red carpet at the Cosmopolitan magazine awards gala on Feb. 13, he was all boisterous party boy, cracking wise with his pal, USC quarterback Matt Leinart.

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