Don't Ask Nick Lachey About Vanessa Minnillo Naked

Trust us here. Go ahead and enjoy pics of Vanessa Minnillo naked.

Just don't ask her boyfriend about them.

While doing an interview via satellite on July 10 from San Francisco for NYC's Fox's 5 morning show Good Day New York, Nick Lachey the topic of those infamous hot tub photos came up... and then the screen suddenly turned into a color-bar error message.

The show says the former boy band member pulled the plug himself. He was displeased with such celebrity gossip taking over his world.

"There was no technical problem," a rep for Fox 5 tells Us Weekly.

"Even the biggest divas in the business don't pull the plug on live interviews â€" it was a bizarre reaction to a simple question."

Here, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo get it on in water again. They love being wet!

For his part, Lachey talked about the pics that day with Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos. However, Fox 5 wasn't the only one to have issues with the ex-husband of Jessica Simpson. Word is spreading that you don't bring up certain nude photos with the man.

A producer for another talk show tells Us Weekly that when they were scheduled to do a satellite interview the same day, the star's handlers "told our control room, ‘Don't ask about the hot tub pics.'"

We don't know why not. Nick has a lovely girlfriend. He should be proud. You didn't see the husband of Kristine Lefebvre say the same thing.