London
(ANI):
Jessica
Simpson
and
NFL
football
player
Eric
Johnson
are
engaged
after
just
seven
months
of
dating.
The
news
comes
less
than
two
weeks
after
her
ex-husband
Nick
Lachey
announced
his
engagement
to
long-time
girlfriend
Vanessa
Minnillo,
reports
the
Daily
Mail.
“They
are
thrilled!" Simpson's
spokesperson
said,
adding
that
the
couple
became
engaged
late
last
week.
This
will
be
the
second
wedding
for
Simpson,
who
split
from
Nick
in
2005
after
three
years
of
marriage.
Simpson
filed
for
divorce
from
the
former
98
Degrees
singer
citing
irreconcilable
differences.
But
she
eventually
moved
on,
enjoying
high-profile
romances
with
singer
John
Mayer
-
who
later
said
she
was
like
'sexual
napalm' in
bed
-
and
Dallas
Cowboy
Tony
Romo.
Simpson
and
Johnson
began
dating
in
May
while
he
was
estranged
from
his
first
wife,
stylist
Keri
Johnson.
Their
divorce
was
finalised
last
month.
The
'Dukes
of
Hazzard" star
recently
gushed
about
her
athlete
beau,
who
has
played
for
the
San
Francisco
49ers
and
the
New
Orleans
Saints.
“This
is
just
normal,
thank
God,"
she
said.
“He's
very,
very
supportive.
[I]
couldn't
ask
for
a
better
man
in
my
life
right
now,"
she
said.
As
for
her
newly-engaged
ex-husband,
she
insisted
last
week:
“I
couldn''t
be
more
happy
for
Nick."