2006-06-23 06:19:53 · 17 answers · asked by Billy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Yes she was adopted when she was a baby or toddler not quite sure when just know she was very young.
2006-06-23 06:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Jennifer♥ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes Nicole Richie was adopted by Lionel Richie years ago.
2006-06-23 13:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by Danny Ocean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicole was born in Berkeley, California. Her biological father is widely rumored to be musician Pete Escovedo, brother of 1980s pop percussionist Sheila E. and son of famed Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo, but this was directly denied by Nicole in the November 2005 issue of Jane magazine. According to an April 2006 Tatler magazine interview with Nicole, her biological father was a drummer who worked with Lionel Richie; her biological mother was a backstage assistant for Lionel. When Nicole was three, Lionel and his wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally adopted her and raised her as their daughter. When she was nine, they went through the legal formalities of the adoption; she still speaks with her biological mother.
A year later, Lionel and Brenda split, and in their guilt over the separation, "Their way of making me happy was to say yes to everything I wanted, but I don't think a little girl should have that much freedom," said Richie in Vanity Fair. She smoked marijuana, cocaine, and heroin; was arrested thrice; and had five car accidents. Not until she went into drug rehabilitation in 2003 did Richie and her parents have an open conversation about her addiction. "I'm now, at 24, just learning to deal with my problems instead of concealing them with drugs," she said in the interview.
Nicole has studied the cello, violin, piano, and some figure skating, and she has plans to pursue a music career. She also attended the University of Arizona for two years after graduating from high school. She stated, "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. [1] I like Hollywood better." She made her musical debut in February 2005 with a live appearance on ABC's The View playing the piano. Her godfather is Michael Jackson.
2006-06-23 13:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by mr_orangeman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, nicole richie was adopted by lionel richie.
2006-06-23 13:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by glitterprincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was adopted by Lionel Richie when she was a little girl.
2006-06-23 14:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lionel Richie and his first wife adopted Nicole Richie.He said he fell in love with her the first time he saw her and he just wanted her to be his little girl.He even wrote ballerina girl for her.
2006-06-23 13:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by cooper400bc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adopted
2006-06-30 01:14:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes she was fathered by a member of lionel's band and lionel and brenda fell in love with her. they felt she needed a stable home life. not so sure how that worked out though. ha ha
2006-06-23 13:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by it's not sexy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-06-23 13:26:24 · answer #9 · answered by tamjasnaieli 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is adopted...he is NOT her biological father. She was the child of one of his band members.
2006-06-23 15:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by It'sMe23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋