Reality is all relative: Brenda Harvey, mom of socialite and former reality star Nicole Richie, has been asked to join the cast of the latest incarnation of Bravo’s smash Real Housewives franchise, Star Magazine dished this week.
Harvey, the college sweetheart and first wife of R&B legend Lionel Richie, is expected to join former Baywatch actress and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump and Hilton aunts, Kim and Kyle Richards, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Nicole shot to fame appearing alongside Paris Hilton on the reality comedy The Simple Life.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, set in California’s toniest community, will begin shooting later this year.
In a chat with the March Fashion Issue of British Marie Claire, beloved socialite-turned-supermom Nicole Richie strikes back the eating disorder rumors that plagued her during her tenure on the defunct reality smash The Simple Life.
“I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don’t,” the former Simple Life star told the mag. “It’s extremely insulting and irresponsible.”
She added, “The only time it bothered me was when I was in a store trying on shoes and these girls came up to me — they were probably like 13 or 14 — and their mother came over, and she said, ‘Are you taking care of yourself, because my girls think that you’re not,’” she told the mag. “That was upsetting.”
Ah — the wonders of YouTube. Before Ke$ha was storming the charts with her infectious hit single “Tik Tok,” the 22-year-old singer was getting her reality show close-up alongside socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The hitmaker and her family were featured on Paris and Nicole’s now-defunct reality hit, The Simple Life, in 2005.
“That was my mom idea. She just decided to call [the show's producers] because she’s attracted to interesting, different experiences,” Ke$ha tells PopEater. “They chose us because we’re the most eccentric family in all of Nashville.”
Benji Madden’s new girlfriend, Playboy’s former Girl Next Door Holly Madison, is having some difficulty breaking the ice with the rocker’s future sister-in-law, socialite Nicole Richie.
Nicole, who is dating Benji’s twin brother Joel, hasn’t bonded as well with the buxom blonde as she has with Benji’s past girlfriends — especially former fiancee Sophie Monk, who was a frequent shopping companion for the mother of two.
“Benji is way more than a brother-in-law to Nicole, they are actually very good friends too and he respects her opinion,” a family friend tattles in Jan. 4 issue of The Daily Mirror. “While Nicole doesn’t dislike Holly per se, she just doesn’t seem to have anything in common with her and isn’t sure she’s the right girl for Benji.”
Rumor: Christmas has come early for singer/actress Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. Things are looking up for Broadway’s newest darling — who was unceremoniously axed from The CW’s Melrose Place just two months into the inaugural season — and she owes it all to Nicole Richie.
Nicole, a reformed wildchild-turned-devoted mom, recently announced plans to star in and produce a new television sitcom based on her life. Nicole’s first executive decision as series creator was casting bestie Ashlee, 25, in a supporting role on the show, according to a new report.
