Jessica Simpson fires back at ex Nick Lachey after he revealed she sat in first class while her kids flew coach to Hawaii

Jessica Simpson has fired back just days after her ex-husband Nick Lachey exposed her for flying first class while the rest of her family sat in coach on a recent flight.

Lachey, 52, claimed he saw Simpson, 45, seated in the premium section without her three kids – Maxwell, 14, Ace, 12, and Birdie, seven – and estranged husband Eric Johnson, 46, while traveling to Hawaii last month.

The reveal sparked headlines, with fans flocking to social media to share their varying opinions on Simpson’s atypical airplane seating arrangement.

On Wednesday, Simpson broke her silence on the matter by confirming to photographers at LAX that Lachey was telling the truth, according to PageSix.

However, the singer/actress insisted that it was not her fault that her kids and Johnson were stuck in economy for the over six-hour flight.

‘My mom bought those tickets,’ the 45-year-old blonde said. ‘It was my mom’s treat for us to go to Hawaii.’

Simpson’s mother Tina Ann Drew works with her at the star’s thriving fashion empire.

The airport photographers then asked Simpson if she would have sat with her children if she had booked the trip herself. 

‘Of course!’ the Dukes Of Hazzard actress replied. 

Simpson was not asked why her husband Johnson was also on the trip with them amid their split.

The former boy bander confirmed TMZ’s reports of the run-in with Simpson during his appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen last week.

‘You know it’s been 20 years since… and so we hadn’t seen each other in those 20 years and then spent six and a half hours on a flight to Hawaii together,’ he said. ‘But when I say spent, in the same vicinity.’ 

Lachey revealed he was on the plane with his ‘whole family’, including wife Vanessa Lachey.

But then he added that Simpson was with her mother Tina Ann Drew in first class.

‘Everyone was very, very cordial, very respectful,’ he said. He then added that Simpson’s ex Johnson and their children were also on board, but seated in a different section of the plane. 

‘I believe her kids and her – I’m not familiar with where they stand at this point, but her husband? But they were all on the plane, but not with us,’ Lachey said. ‘It was honestly, it was fine!’ 

Cohen then pointed out that the children were placed in a ‘separate class of service.’ 

‘The kids were in a separate class of service?’ Cohen clarified. 

‘Yes,’ an uncomfortable-looking Lachey replied. ‘Separate class of service.’ 

The Daily Mail reached out to Simpson’s representatives for comment. 

Last month TMZ reported that the former couple were left uncomfortable during the run-in.  

Simpson allegedly ‘switched seats with someone in her group’ to distance herself further from Lachey, whose face ‘turned bright red’ upon seeing her.

Once he realized he was on the same plane as his ex, the duo had ‘zero interaction,’ according to the site.  

However a People source described the run-in as ‘amicable and cordial.’ 

‘They all had a nice conversation. Nick, Jessica and [Nick’s wife] Vanessa,’ a source told the site. ‘It was very amicable and cordial.’

Simpson and Lachey met through their manager in 1998, split for five months in 2001 before tying the knot in 2002.

They then starred on the MTV reality show Newlyweds from 2003 to 2005 which made them very famous.

They split in 2006 citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ in their divorce proceedings.

Lachey went on to marry Vanessa Minnillo in 2011 and the pair now share three kids.