Lionel Richie is known for many things.
Read on to learn some of the tragic details about Lionel Richie’s daughter Nicole.
Nicole Richie’s adoption story
Sometime in the early 1980s, Lionel Richie attendeda Prince concert.
She was the daughter of two band members, and her name was Nicole.
We’re worried about, well, the little kid can’t go on tour!"
Richie noted that time passed, and Nicole’s parents still seemed unable to properly care for her.
“The situation with you wasn’t getting any better.
It was actually getting worse,” he said.
“The family situation was falling apart.”
The “Endless Love” singer decided to adopt Nicole, and she became Nicole Richie.
We all lost her."
“I kind of took matters into my own hands and was creating drama in a very dangerous way.
For Richie, that meant dabbling in illegal substances.
First came cocaine, and then heroin.
“I, again, made the decision for myself, this is something I have to do.
I have to get off drugs.
This isn’t the life … this was heroin,” she reflected.
Richie went to rehab for heroin addiction in 2003.
Thankfully, it seems to have gone well, and she has been sober from drugs since.
In an interview withVanity Fairabout turning her life around, Richie described just how bad things had gotten.
“It was like watching a really dramatic movie with the volume turned down.
I thought I was getting away with everything.”
She wasn’t, though, and rehab helped her reconsider.
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No matter how much Richie tried to deny it, the media kept asking her.
While speaking with Diane Sawyer forABC News, Richie insisted, “I do not have an eating disorder.
I’ve never had an eating disorder, ever.
It’s anxiety, it’s stress, it’s just it’s just not being careful.”
“I eat all the time, especially now.
I’m constantly hungry,” she insisted to ABC News.
“I’m eating at least every hour.”
“It’s no big secret that Nicole and I are no longer friends.
The next few years were full of passive-aggressive insults hurled in the media between the formerly-tight twosome.
They even filmed “The Simple Life” separately, unwilling to be on set at the same time.
I mean, that’s gross!”
Instead, she said, “I just decided I didn’t want to be her friend anymore.”
This unfortunately meant Hilton had to miss out on Richie’s wedding to Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.
I had stolen my mom’s credit cards and run away from home.
In my mind, it was great.”
you’re gonna wanna understand that driving under the influence is extremely dangerous."
Finally, in 2010, the ordeal was over.
“If it’s not anorexia, she should be able to gain the weight.
If it ends up being anorexia, we’ll help her with that.
I think she’s willing to look this in the eye.”
News, “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.”
Finally, later that year, Richie went public with a diagnosis that explained her health issues.
Hypoglycemia means she has low blood sugar.
According to her publicist, “[She] is taking steps to manage it.”
