Nicole Richie

Profession: Socialite
Place/Date of Birth: Berkeley, California, 21 September 2020
Associated with: Paris Hilton

The news comes as the star’s reality TV show gears up for its fifth season. Ironically, Nicole and best friend Paris Hilton work as counsellors at a health camp.

Nicole suffers on set - Mar 6 2007
Nicole Richie headed to hospital last Friday, after suffering from dehydration on the set of her reality show The Simple Life.

The 25-year-old has notoriously struggled with her health and was looked at by a doctor on set, before being shipped to hospital.

She was put on an intravenous fluids drip for fifteen minutes before being released and sent home where she has been recuperating, according to her spokesman.

Her rep released a statement regarding the incident, saying: "Nicole is home resting and will return to work this evening. We are proud of the weight that Nicole is gaining and her focus on her health."

The new series of The Simple Life will feature Nicole and her co-star Paris Hilton moonlighting as counsellors at a kids’ camp. The pair had one season as sworn enemies in which they never saw each other.

They have since reconciled and are once again best friends.

Nicole Richie on drink-drive charge - Feb 16 2007
The Simple Life star Nicole Richie has been charged with driving under the influence after her car was reported driving in the wrong direction on a motorway.

Richie was arrested on December 11 last year after she failed a sobriety test, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

The case contains an allegation that Richie, 25, has a prior conviction, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.

The complaint alleges that Richie, the daughter of pop singer Lionel Richie, was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and an unspecified drug, said prosecution spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

CHP Officer Todd Workman said that at the time Richie volunteered information that she had smoked marijuana and taken the prescription painkiller Vicodin, but no drugs were found on her or in the car.

Richie starred with Paris Hilton in reality show The Simple Life.

The next hearding is scheduled for February 21.

Nicole fears jail time? - Feb 8 2007
Nicole Richie has reportedly confessed that she’s worried about going to prison following her arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.

The Simple Life star told best pal Paris Hilton she’s terrified that the charges against her will land her in jail, according to America’s Life & Style Weekly magazine.

The socialites were dining at LA’s swanky Mr Chow restaurant when the slender star confided in Paris, reports MSNBC.

"She was really freaking out," an insider told the mag. "Paris kept telling Nicole not to worry, that everything was going to be fine."

Nicole was arrested on December 11. California Highway Patrol officers took the 25-year-old daughter of pop singer Lionel Richie into custody after she failed an on-the-spot test in Burbank.

Her black Mercedes sports utility vehicle was stopped in the car pool lane of State Highway 134 when officers arrived.

Nicole reportedly has a previous DUI charge from 2002 and California law states that a repeat offence carries the mandatory jail sentence of five days.

Nicole and Joe romance hots up - Jan 9 2007
The romance between Nicole Richie and Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden is heating up. Not only were the new couple spotted snogging on New Year’s Eve, but they have been snapped lapping up the sunshine in Mexico.

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Biography

Nicole Richie was born on September 21, 2020 in Berkeley, California. She was informally adopted by Lionel Richie and his wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie in 1984, and formally adopted into the family six years later (her biological father is assumed to be Richie’s former drummer, and her mother a backstage tour assistant). Her godfather is Michael Jackson.
The subsequent split between Lionel and Brenda led to Nicole descending into drug abuse and a string of arrests. She eventually admitted her dependency and, in 2003, she was admitted into a drug rehabilitation unit.

Around the same time, Nicole was in the limelight on the series that would propel her into the mainstream, ‘The Simple Life’, co-starring with Paris Hilton. The future of the show, which was built on the idea of their close friendship, was put in jeopardy when the pair fell out in 2005. The split was rumored to be caused by Richie showing a copy of Hilton’s ‘One Night In Paris’ sex tape at a social gathering, or her jealousy of Hilton’s rising public profile. In any case, the split was prolonged and dramatic, with tracks on Hilton’s debut album being dedicated to admonishing their former friendship. Although the show continued, the pair stipulated that they did not want to appear on screen together.

She is currently dating American reality TV star and family friend Brody Jenner.
A proportion of her media profile is given over to speculation surrounding her body weight. Despite repeated assertions that she does not struggle with an eating disorder and that she is “naturally skinny”, she finally admitted herself into a private facility for the treatment of Bulimia on October 26.

Keen to prove that she is more than a media curiosity, she is currently working to release her debut album and is trying to break into acting. So far her appearances on screen have been limited to bit parts in music videos and on MadTV, plus one frostily-received film role (in the Josh Stolberg film ‘Kids in America’.)
December 2007