'Insulting and irresponsible': Nicole Richie blasts claims she suffered from an eating disorder

By Sarah Bull

Nicole Richie has blasted critics who accused her of having an eating disorder

Looking at pictures of Nicole Richie now and at her skinniest, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were different people.

With severe 'lollipop head' syndrome - whether the head looks substantially larger than the body - and a tiny frame, Nicole's fans started becoming concerned for her health, insisting she had become too thin.

But Nicole, who is back to her curvy self after having two children with boyfriend Joel Madden, has come forward to reassure fans she has always been healthy

The 28-year-old also took the opportunity to blast critics who had accused her of suffering from an eating disorder.

She said: 'I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don’t. It’s extremely insulting and irresponsible.

‘An eating disorder is serious and it’s a disease.'

The reality television star, who is the adopted daughter of singer Lionel Richie, dropped to a size zero before falling pregnant with her first child.

But since daughter Harlow's arrival nearly two years ago, she has looked altogether healthier.

Her second child, son, Sparrow, was born four months ago and Mother Nature's impact has been even more dramatic.


Nicole looks a lot healthier now than she did on the beach in 2006 (right)


Nicole previously revealed she is naturally skinny, and sometimes finds it difficult to put on weight


She said: 'I think when you see me in person, you see that I'm, like, five foot one - I’m a small person.


'When I was heavier, everyone said I was too heavy. You can't win in the public eye and I find it really hard. So I ignore it now, I really do.

'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." That was upsetting.'

Nicole is currently preparing to kickstart her acting career as the star of a new TV sitcom.

Having previously appeared in reality series The Simple Life, Nicole will return to the small screen for a half-hour show, which she pitched to bosses at U.S. channel ABC earlier this year.

She will also produce the series, in which she stars as a working woman juggling her family and love life.


source: dailymail