Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Are Engaged!
Nicole Richie debuts her engagement ring outside of The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday.
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Nicole Richie and her Good Charlotte rocker boyfriend, Joel Madden, are getting married.
Richie, 28, made the announcement Monday on The Late Show with David Letterman.
"Yep. i'm engaged. Very happy," wrote Madden, 30, on Twitter Monday. "Yeah we've been engaged for a while so your all kind of late on that. But Thanks for the hooplah all the same."
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A source tells UsMagazine.com, "Nicole and Joel are in the process of planning the wedding. She's very involved in every detail. She’s thrilled."
The couple is expected to tie the knot in the summer.
Richie and Madden started dating in December 2006 and have two children together: Harlow, 2, and Sparrow, 5 months.
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Last year, Richie told CNN's Larry King that she was in no rush to make it official with Madden.
"I think for both of us, we are going to do it because we want to, not because that's what you do," said Richie. "We're going to do it when the time's right."
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Richie's rep could not be reached for comment.
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73Probably should've thought of that 2 kids ago. Next.
Engaged!@#$@#? 2 kids later and she's just engaged! OMG! Get married already!
i am so completely tickled by this news. i love them both to death. i knew it was only a matter of time before they made it legal
@ME FYI I was on the pill both times. $hit happens. Especially when you're young and think nothing bad could ever happen to you.
You're right Me. Ashley comes off as ignorant. We have excellent birth control and no one is obliged to have sec. Two out of wedlock babies while you are deciding he's "the one" is plain sloppy.
ASHLEY 1:56 pm- You said after finding out you were prego after only 5 months into a relationship, "Why rush into marriage when we were not sure we wanted to be together for the rest of our lives?" Because you are supposed to keep your panties on, or at least practice safe sex, until you ARE with the person you plan to spend your life with!!! You argument makes you look ignorant..you had a SECOND unplanned pregnancy??? BIRTH CONTROL- ever heard of it???
She always looks as if she needs a shower. Ick.
Ashley, thanks for being upfront. Don't wait too long to tie the knot if your family is perfect in every other way but financially. For many, marriage offers security and promise as well as financial benefits. good luck
What's the big deal? They should have been married already!
@JENNY My boyfriend and I have been together for 4.5 years and we have two beautiful children together. We had only been together for 5 months when I got pregnant(unplanned) with our first. Why rush into getting married when we were not sure if we wanted to be together for the rest of our lives? What if 6 months after our daughter was born we realized that we didn't want to be together? Then have to divorce? No thanks! 2 years later we were blessed with our 2nd child (again,unplanned) and even though we are sure that we want to be together now and plan on getting married someday, we feel it's best to wait until we are more financially stable and that our debts are paid off before tying the knot. Just because we are not married doesn't mean that our children are missing out. They are loved, cared for, live in a home with both parents and have everything they could ask for. I personally believe in marriage before kids, but that's just not the way it worked out. Do I regret my children b/c of that? NEVER. Do I feel like something is lacking just because we are not married? NO. Why add the pressure of a new marriage to the pressure of having a new baby? We have many friends who were in the same boat, but chose to get married quickly before the baby was born. 7 out of 10 of those couples are now divorced. And most of those couples were terrible to be around. They would fight in front of not only us and our children but in front of theirs as well. They would talk to each other and call each other names like my bf and I could never even imagine speaking to each other. We've ended up being the longest lasting out of them all. So, getting married is not always the answer to an unplanned pregnancy.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE TWO OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS.
Aw~ Soo happy for them! It's about time they get married..I hope they will be happy for a lifetime together.
congrats joel,and nicole
um, not a big deal US. They already have 2 kids.
I agree she's ugly but daddy's money guarantee's her boyfriend will be secure.
I'm so happy for her. She's come a long way and been through a lot. And the she looks amazing! Look at her glowing. ; ) Congrats Nikki.
Just get married already....you don't need to get engaged when you have 2 kids together.
i think its great shes getting married but of cos having kids b4 wedlock is not the best all the same i wish her well and i think she is a good mum
Good for them. Man there is a lot of haters out there, especially people who dont even know them or what their life is. Everyone acts like their own lives are perfect, and I highly doubt that. I like Nicole Richie, and I think she was the Funniest one on the Simple Life, like I really believe she could do some sort of comedy acting. Anyway, happy for them both!
in hollywood having kids or at least being pregnant before marriage isn't a new phenomenon it's gone on for at least more than 50 years a prime exmaple is Joanne Woodward was expecting her & Paul's first child on their wedding day but later miscarried thankfully Nicole & Joel have never had to go through that anguish as in the old days those things were covered up as they'd be plastered in all the tabloids nowadays of course at that time Juncture Ms Woodward was also an academy award nominee so if it had gotten out that she'd lost a baby Ampas could've recinded her nomination but thankfully they eventually had 3 daughters of their own