The title of Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s new Netflix reality show, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, means a whole lot more to them than people may realize.
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During the premiere of the show, the couple got candid and revealed the title reflects their exact situation before they wed in July 2011.
"I always said I was gonna be that girl that would never give a man an ultimatum. I was 29," Vanessa shared. "Five years later, things changed. But look what it got me! We dated for five years. So I finally said, 'What are we doing?' I have now moved in with him. I renovated his entire bachelor pad. There was a bar in the pool. I'm like, 'Whatever you want.' Now I want kids in the pool. So that's when I started the dance,” she said, waving her left ring finger in the air.
Vanessa went on to explain she and Nick split up for “about a month,” before they wed and both saw other people, which ultimately led them back to each other.
"If I'm being completely candid and transparent, we took a break. We both saw one other person and we realized that if we got out of our own way, we could be amazing together,” Vanessa said.
"It took seeing somebody else and me realizing I don't mind the things I thought bugged me or were holding me back. I don't mind all that," she continued. "The biggest picture is how I feel about this person and their values of wanting to be with me and knowing everything about me.”
Nick, who stood firm next to Vanessa as she explained their journey agreed with his wife saying the split gave them “perspective.”
Things all worked out for the pair as they are approaching their 11th wedding anniversary and share three children together — Camden (9), Brooklyn (7), and Phoenix (5).
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