Nicole Richie: Eating Disorder Rumors Were "Insulting"
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Nicole Richie's shrinking frame has been the subject of much debate over the past few years. But the mother of two, 28, is speaking out now, slamming rumors that she ever had an eating disorder.
Richie, who was once a size 0, caused some fans to worry in 2006 when she was photographed looking alarmingly frail on the beach in a bikini. Around the same time, she addressed her thinness in Vanity Fair: "I know I'm too thin right now. I'm not happy with the way I look right now."
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But in a new interview in the March issue of British Marie Claire, she says all the scrutiny on her body was wrong.
"I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don't," she says. "It's extremely insulting and irresponsible."
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Adds Richie, "An eating disorder is serious and it's a disease."
But since daughter Harlow's arrival nearly two years ago and son Sparrow's 2009 birth (dad is rocker Joel Madden), Richie says she doesn't want to dwell on the past any more.
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"I'm just one to live in the present and enjoy the time that I'm having," she says. "Going into my past is just not something that I do."
Adds Richie, "Right now I'm just living my dreams."
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Richie is currently developing an ABC sitcom in which she would both star and produce about a professional woman who balances career and family. Her clothing line, Winter Kate, is also set to launch in the spring.
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75J, thank you for seeing and understanding my point of view. Do you think girls who have a thin body frame enjoy hearing that "real women have curves" and seeing those Dove commercials about women with "real bodies?" It's absurd. I have a real body and I am a real woman. The media thinks that it is preventing eating disorders with their "scary skinny" stories but the truth is that they are opening a whole new can of worms for women who do not and never will have curves. It's not right to gossip about ANYBODY'S body type. These people are human beings. They have struggles and anxieties. You never know what's going on. Be empathetic, for the love of God. That is my opinion.
i think people should just leave her alone its already hard enough for normal people and their weight i coulndnt imagine having cameras on you all the time and trying to stay perfect
To "Me " have you considered you might also have hyperthyroidism?
No she didn't have a eating disorder but maybe it was drugs? Paris & Nicole and every other peson they ever hung out with...How many of them were caught using drugs? Their whole group did drugs. I love Nicole but she's covering things up. You don't get that skinny for no apparent reason. It was definately an eating disorder or drugs! One or the other. You just can't lie about that.
I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!! I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!! I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!! I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!! I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!! I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!!
Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!! Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!! Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!! Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!! Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!!
"Nicole Richie Madden"'s comment is so Hilarious!!!!!!! You should write for UsWeekly!!! LOL LOL LOL the "Paris Hilton" Almond comment is to die 4!! LOL
Stop making fun of my "SCARY BEACH PHOTO", Running for 4 days straight, I was hallucinating on Vicodin and Vodka, trying to escape from a Giant Lettuce Leaf trying to stuff its way into my mouth!!!!!!
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I can vouch for Nicole!!! Leave Her Alone!!!! She allows herself 4 lettuce leaves on the weekends and divides the pieces of one crushed almond to keep her nourished throughout the week!! This is extremely successful for her, so Back OFF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have feelings too!! Gotta go take my Valtrex! Peace Be Unto You!!!
Please quit discussing my disorder. Do you know how hard it is to sit and tremble in fear while going over the amount of calories in half of a lettuce leaf, wondering how it is going to affect my body????? Do you People get it????? And Yea, I was fat on THE SIMPLE LIFE because I had been consuming 4 lettuce leaves a day and forgot to take my laxatives!!!! SO Forget about it and leave me alone!!! Please Take the Lettuce Away!!! It is scaring me!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to the restroom now, peace out!!!!
I agree w/ FAN below. I am 5'8", eat a TON and have to struggle to stay a size 4 and not drop to a 2 at 120 lbs. People have always been jealous of thin women that can eat whatever they want. They don't realize how HARD IT IS TO GAIN WEIGHT for some of us! Nicole didn't have an eating disorder. When my mom passed away I was too stressed to eat all the extras (ice cream, candy, etc. etc. and even Boost and Ensure ) to get all the additional calories I need ON TOP of 3 fattening meals a day to stay heavy enough to not be too thin. So, yes, I dropped down to about 110. I wasn't happy w/ my weight but I couldn't eat 24/7 !! It's called HIGH metabolism PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like some of you eat a mere 1,200 calories a day and can't get below 180 or whatever, some have the opposite problem. We are the minority but we do exist.
Vicodin and weed don't have many calories!
she looks great, and yeah she had a drug problem before which was why she was in rehab. she said all she did in rehab was eat so she got a little heavy. i'm glad her life has turned around!
I have always been naturally thin; in high school girls would call me skeletor. However, as I got older I definitely filled out a little. However, if you recall when she first appeared on "The Simple Life" she was FAR from "naturally thin!" She was downright chunky! I think she looks much healthier now, but that girl was definitely starving herself for a while.
Is she really that known and has such a following to have her own clothing line and sitcom?
SHE'S RIGHT, SHE DIDNT HAVE AN EATING DISORDER....SHE HAD A DRUG PROBLEM!!!
It is insulting to the public that this spoiled brat with zero talent is still in the news.
she looks great now, shes so pretty