Nicole Richie: I Take Responsibility for My Own Life

I’ve always like her. Even when she was going through her troubles, you could still see she had great potential.

I admire Nicole Richie the woman she’s become. The fact that she is taking responsibility for her actions/istakes in the past is a sign that she’s matured. You see a lot of starlets in Hollywood nowadays quick to blame others for their problems. It’s nice to see how much she’s changed–for the better. I used to think she was a spoiled Hollywood brat, but look at her now. A successful businesswoman, mother and companion to Joel. Good for her!

I am a big Nichole fan. I am proud of how she has grown up into a successful businesswoman and mother and a healthy one at that. Her old friend Paris could definately take some hints from her.

She is gorgeous on that cover.

I have always loved Nicole and always knew there was more to her then what she portrayed when she hung out with Paris.And I love that she is taken full responsibility for her action unlike Paris and Lindsay.For this I have so much respect for her.Joel is lucky to have her

Like other posters, I love that Nicole takes responsibility for her actions. While I DO think parents are at least partially to blame for some cases of troubled Hollywood starlets (for example, I fully believe that Lindsey Lohan’s parents are at least partially the cause of her problems), it’s nice to have someone admit that ultimately, they were responsible for their own bad choices.

Also, after reading about her different pregnancy experiences….She is definitely proof that bad morning sickness= a baby girl is definitely not always the case! :)

I also find it interesting that nobody said a word about her saying that she allows Harlow to pick out her own clothes. Angelina Jolie and Katie Holmes have both said that they allow their kids to pick out their own clothes, and both of them get ripped to shreads for it (granted, a lot of the negative comments Angie gets about that subject are more about the fact that she allows Shiloh to dress like a boy than the fact that she lets Shiloh chose her own clothes, but still!).

It’s always interesting to see which celebs get picked on for certain things, and which don’t. After all, what would the comments section be without double-standards? ;)

A lovely interview , she comes across as wiser than before and who are to judge by past mistakes…good for her!

two beautiful children, a great husband to be and she sounds thankful for it all. xx

CelebBabyLover: I agree that there is a double-standard in regard to whom the people commenting tend too pick on. However, I do understand why people get upset with the Suri-stories/pictures. She is often wearing very little clothes, and bad/or none shoes. Kids should be able too pick out their own clothes – but the parents still have to make sure that they are dressed well!

Nicole seems very grounded – its lovely to see that things are working out for her and her family.

Seriously fairynxd, you think that article was more accurate than this one? Ha!

That writer was peeved from the moment she sat down because she wanted personal info and the interview was supposed to be only about the clothing and accessories line. The article was snarky and critical from the get-go, and every question she asked about Richie’s personal life was met with a short, dismissive, one-liner, including the “I haven’t changed” line. She gave that “journalist” no insight into her personal life, because she refused to play the game.

Besides, her actions in the past couple of years speak for themselves, positive interviews or not.

I think proof is in the pudding! She is a great mom and it shows. She is not in the parting spotlight anymore and has followed her passion for fashion. So happy to see her succeed and be happy!

She shows her true colours in the article fairynxd linked to – she’s still a brat, just because she’s had children it doesn’t make her a nice person.

That other article is clearly biased. The author seemed annoyed with Nicole from the get-go and to top it all off, seemed to get mad when Nicole wouldn’t answer any questions about her personal life when her publicist had already said this interview as not about Nicole’s personal life.

Oh, please. That other article was a joke. The ‘journalist’ had a bias from the beginning and only wanted details on Nicole’s personal life when that was NOT what the interview was supposed to be about. Nicole refused to play her game and for that she’s ‘bratty?’ Laughable. If anything, the journalist was the one who was ‘bratty’ with how snarky and critical the article was, because she didn’t get the answers about Nicole’s personal life she was looking for. I am certainly NO fan of Nicole Richie, but I will admit that her actions speak for themselves. I respect her for owning up to her mistakes, rather than blaming everyone else for them like Lindsay Lohan. Yes, I do believe parenting can play a big role in whether a child is involved in drugs and whatnot. With LiLo, I totally blame her parents at least partially for her problems (but still, SHE made those decisions herself). That being said, it is refreshing to see a Hollywood star actually ADMIT that it’s THEIR own fault and not their parents’, or society’s or Hollywood’s for their issues. The fact that Nicole turned her life around when she had kids and Paris and Lindsay don’t is irrelevant to me. What matters is that she DID turn her life around, no matter what the reasoning was – while Lindsay still continues to deny she has any problems whatsoever, yet still manages to blame everyone else for why her life is such a trainwreck.

@ fairynxd, that article is, as others have mentioned, biased, and I get the feeling you’re a friend of that so-called journalist. You can tell from her actions that she has changed, and I don’t think she was just saying what she said to get people to like her. You sound bored and slightly jealous that people are noting how well she’s doing. Is it because of your life now or are you just too snarky and cynical to allow yourself to accept that she has grown up a lot.

Actually, I think most articles about celebrities are biased because they sound like press releases, totally controlled by the celebrity and the publicist. The other article just sounds more biased because it’s the opposite of what we are used to hearing. As for not wanting to give personal info, all celebs say that. Yet here is a celeb who is ONLY famous because of her personal life. So of course she will get asked about that. She does appear to have turned her life around so good for her, but that doesn’t make the other article wrong. She could be living a good life and still not be that bright.

It’s amazing to me how negative people are. I guess most just like believing bad. Bad = Juicy and who doesn’t like juicy gossip?

I like Nicole Richie, I think she’s funny and smart and her kids are very cute. I appreciate that she has stated she takes responsibility for her own life, but I don’t think such a comment deserves such glory and praise. Taking responsibility for your own life is a must, a given, not something you’ve taken great strides or gone the extra mile to do.

I love Nicole and think her family is the best in hollywood. so natural, so real, best of everything to all of them.
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