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Lachey And Minnillo Open Up About Photos

Couple Says They've Done Nothing Wrong

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NEW YORK (CBS) ― Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are talking about risqué photos of them that have surfaced in a tabloid magazine. Quotes from their latest interview with OK! Magazine were made available to "Entertainment Tonight."

Shutterbugs snapped photos of the pair making out in a hot tub while on a private vacation in Mexico.

"This is the girl that I love," Lachey says. "It's tough to see someone you care about be unfairly judged. It's hard for me as a man to see my girl go through that. Everybody said it was a scandal. Where's the scandal? I was in Mexico with my girlfriend of a year, celebrating our anniversary on a private vacation. It's not like I was caught with a Mexican hooker."

Minnillo says, "it was embarassing. But we have done nothing wrong."

On the relationship front, Lachey, whose divorce from ex-wife Jessica Simpson was finalized this time last year, tells the magazine that he and Minnillo are in a "real relationship" with "real feelings."

Lachey tells OK! that he and his ex haven't kept in touch.

"I learned a lot of valuable lessons. Now, I'm extremely happy with where my life and my relationship are going. You can't let what happened in a previous chapter of your life dictate what happens in the next chapter of your life," he says.

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