Although not as famous as her ex-best
friend and reality-TV cohort, Paris Hilton, Richie can take solace in the fact that she isn't perceived as being as idiotic,
either. The adopted daughter of music legend Lionel Richie, this comely blonde rocketed to infamy when she signed on to The Simple Life in 2003, which placed the loaded lovelies in situations where they were actually
required to work. While Hilton consistently embarrassed herself both on screen and off, Richie was a tad more subdued, despite
a heroin bust, DUIs, an on-again off-again relationship with Adam 'DJ A.M.' Goldstein, and a staggering weight loss that
initially turned her into a men's-magazine dream before anorexia kicked in. Like Hilton, Richie parlayed her success into
a low-level entertainment career, with a handful of acting roles, a novel and a band. Even after the gals' famous fallout
in 2005, they remained small-screen costars, although they made sure never to appear in the same scene. Although the pair
publicly reconciled on Late Night with David Letterman in 2006, fanswere never sure if perhaps
it was just another in a long string of publicity stunts.Nicole Richie Fast Facts:
Attended California's Buckley School alongside then best friend
Paris Hilton.
Won her spot on The Simple Life after Paris Hilton's sister
Nicky turned it down.
Joined the rock band Darling in 2004 with model Josie Maran, and
socialite sisters Soleil and Sofia Alberti.
Plays the cello, piano and violin.
Celebrity spokesperson for Bongo jeans.
In 2005, published The Truth About Diamonds,
a roman à clef about the Hollywood life of a girl adopted by a rock star.
Nicole Richie Relationships:
Michael Jackson - Godparent
Lionel Richie - Father
Sheila E. - Aunt
Joel Madden - Significant Other
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein - Ex-fiancé
Brenda Harvey Richie - Mother
Diane Alexander - Stepmother
Miles - Brother
Peter Michael Escovedo - Father
Sofia - Sister
Harlow Winter Kate Madden - Daughter
College:
Attended University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Nicole with boyfriend,Joel Madden
Personal Quotes
I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced
college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better.
"I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them
hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store,
I just pop in."
"People would ask me about being a voluptuous woman. It was weird because I've been skinny my whole life."
"I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to
hide."
"To me it was the epitome of caring about absolutely nothing, There were points when my mom would come home
and scream at me about something, and I literally didn't care about anything. It was like watching a really dramatic movie
with the volume turned down. I thought I was getting away with everything, when the reality was that I was arrested three times and had five car accidents. Two were totals."
"I have really good instincts about friends."
"I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'"
"Staying sober is something that I don't really even have to think about. I just live my life as today, and
today I have great friends, a very stable fiancé, and am very close with my family."
You just have to go after what you want you want and if it doesn't want you back, then, so be it - it doesn't
deserve you anyways. [On following your dreams]
