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Musician and actor Nick Lachey is set to start a new job as the host of the VH1 program 鈥淏ig Morning Buzz Live.鈥�

Lachey will begin his duties on the show on March 3 and will take over for former 鈥淏uzz鈥� host and 鈥淩eno 911!鈥� actress Carrie Keagan, who left the show this past December.

鈥淏uzz鈥� premiered in 2011 and airs live on VH1 on weekdays.

Lachey has served as a host before for the NBC reality competition 鈥淭he Sing-Off鈥� and the game show 鈥淭he Winner Is,鈥� which also aired on NBC.

He recently spoke on the ABC program 鈥溾�� about his new job as the host of 鈥淏uzz.鈥�

鈥淚t's me, it's my personality as a host," he said of his behavior on the show. "I think the biggest mistake you can be is to try to be somebody you're not.鈥�

Lachey was a member of the band 98 Degrees, which released their first album in 1997, and released two albums on his own, 鈥淪oulO鈥� in 2003 and 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Left of Me鈥� in 2006. In addition to starring on the MTV reality series 鈥淣ewlyweds鈥� with then-wife Jessica Simpson from 2003 to 2005, he appeared on the WB series 鈥淐harmed.鈥�

He also recently spoke positively about the decision of some magazines and websites, including People Magazine and JustJared.com, had decided not to publish photos taken by paparazzi of the children of celebrities.

鈥淚t takes a lot of courage for them to do that, because their competitors clearly haven鈥檛 said that,鈥� Lachey told . 鈥淭hey鈥檙e potentially setting themselves up to miss out on some potential business, but I think it鈥檚 an important issue. I think it鈥檚 turning the way it should. I don鈥檛 think kids should be the subjects of paparazzi photos.鈥�

He noted that parents like himself who are involved in the entertainment business have made the choice to work in it 鈥渁nd to accept the things that come along with it."

鈥淏ut, our kids haven鈥檛 had that opportunity to make that choice,鈥� Lachey said. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 unfair to be subjected to photographers in their face and, in some cases, yelling at them. I think celebrity parents are just like any other parent. You want to protect your kids and you want to protect their innocence as much as you can.鈥�