Nicole Richie denies eating disorder and talks about Paris on CNN

[muchlove]

on weight loss:

SEACREST: "The Simple Life," we're back with Nicole Richie. You look so different in that video.

RICHIE: I do. I know it's crazy. Maybe it's the red lipstick.

SEACREST: I think it's more than that. How much weight have you lost between then and now?

RICHIE: You know I don't know because I've never owned a scale.

SEACREST: Is that right?

RICHIE: So I really have no clue.

SEACREST: Were you aware of the fact that you look different and are you aware that you look different? I mean clearly you've lost quite a bit of weight. RICHIE: Oh, definitely. I mean once I -- once I got out of rehab I had gained weight and so I just decided to get a trainer and, you know, over the course of the past three years I've been losing weight.

SEACREST: Some people have said that you've lost it very quickly.

RICHIE: Right.

SEACREST: And that you're too skinny, scary skinny.

RICHIE: Right.

SEACREST: Do you have an eating disorder?

RICHIE: No, I absolutely do not.

SEACREST: Why do you think people have reported that?

RICHIE: I really don't know and I also don't know why people think that it happened so quickly. It hasn't been two weeks. It's been three years. And I don't know, you know. I'm really healthy and I'm really happy and I think that there are some people out there that -- that just don't want to see you happy that always kind of want to hold you back.

SEACREST: Is that right?

RICHIE: And so I kind of think that that's why the rumors have held on.

SEACREST: How much does it frustrate you when you see images of yourself on a television show or on the cover of a magazine and, you know, it says eating disorder?

RICHIE: It really frustrates me because I would never want people who watch my show or read my book to think that I support that or that I think that it's OK or that I wouldn't do anything about it. I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, "I have a problem and I need to take care of it."

And, if I had a problem, then I would take care of it. And one thing I've always been, I've been a lot of things but one thing I've always been is honest and I would never lie and say that I didn't have a problem if I did.

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on Paris:

SEACREST: So in real life what is the relationship between Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton?

RICHIE: Right now we're no longer friends.

SEACREST: Is there a chance that you would be friends again?

RICHIE: No.

SEACREST: Why aren't you friends?

RICHIE: We just grew apart. I mean it's been over the course of a few years and it's something that's not even that big of a deal to me. The only time I even think about it is when it's brought up in interviews. It's a lot more serious in the press than it actually is in real life, yes.

SEACREST: Is that right? So what we read and what we hear isn't necessarily true?

RICHIE: No, definitely not.

SEACREST: What percentage would you say because I see these magazines and I watch the entertainment shows what percentage is true?

RICHIE: I would say probably about ten percent is true.

SEACREST: Why did you grow apart?

RICHIE: We just went in two separate directions. Not one person is right or wrong but, you know, I had to make some decisions in my life about what's right for me and what's not and so that's what I did.

SEACREST: Were you ever really, really close?

RICHIE: Well, we went to school together so she's somebody that I have known since I was two years old and we were all in the same circle. There was about ten of us in the same social circle.

SEACREST: She seems to indicate there's a specific instance.

RICHIE: Right.

SEACREST: And that is the reason why you are no longer friends.

RICHIE: Right.

SEACREST: Why do you say you grew apart and she says there's this one thing and Nicole knows what it is?

RICHIE: Well, I really don't know exactly why she did that. I could only assume that, you know, it obviously created a lot of stir so if that's what she wanted then that's what she got.

SEACREST: There are two rumors that I hear about.

RICHIE: Yes.

SEACREST: One of which is that you showed a home video of hers to some of your friends. It was an intimate video.

RICHIE: I would never do that.

SEACREST: Is there -- is there any truth to that at all?

RICHIE: None whatsoever. I would never do that.

SEACREST: Why would she think that that's the reason or why is that story even out there?

RICHIE: I actually think that that's completely made up.

SEACREST: You think it's all fake?

RICHIE: It's completely, completely made up.

SEACREST: It's all a lie?

RICHIE: Yes.

SEACREST: Is there any truth to the report that she went to your parents and told them about your drug addiction?

RICHIE: No. That was not true either.

SEACREST: So you grew apart.

RICHIE: We just grew apart.

SEACREST: Or you're not telling us something. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie and "The Simple Life" and the two of you do this television show and it becomes Huge. Is that when you started to grow apart? Is that when you started to have problems with each other? Is it because of the television show?

RICHIE: No, it wasn't because of the television show. You know like I said, I got sober and when I came back to Los Angeles I just really had to take a good hard look at my life and make some decisions. SEACREST: Are you happy that you decided to do "The Simple Life"?

RICHIE: Yes, I'm very happy.

(...)

SEACREST: Why did the show get canceled from FOX? FOX decided not to do the series again why?

RICHIE: Yes. Well they didn't have a time slot for it and so they just decided not to pick it up. But right now we're still filming. I just don't know what network it's going to be on.

SEACREST: What will you film and who will be on it?

RICHIE: I'm not sure. We don't have a concept yet.

SEACREST: Yes.

RICHIE: But we are set to film. Our contracts have been picked up.

SEACREST: Will it be you and Paris Hilton, the two stars of the series? RICHIE: Yes. Yes.

SEACREST: Will you do it in the same place?

RICHIE: I believe we're doing it separately.

SEACREST: I've heard that you're going to try and do it separately.

RICHIE: Yes.

SEACREST: Is that your wish?

RICHIE: It would be nice, yes. You know what I really have fun filming no matter what. I love doing the show. It's a lot of fun. I love the producers and the directors and, you know, it's a really fun show.

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/15/lkl.01.html

[bella]

Mmmmhh.. she's not really said anything new there. I've heard it all before.

[Ms. Hot]

Wow good post...great read!!
"We just grew apart" thats something I would say nice about a ex friend w/out being rude or messy...
WE SEE ST8 THROUGH YOU NICOLE...

RICHIE: . I'm really healthy and I'm really happy and I think that there are some people out there that -- that just don't want to see you happy that always kind of want to hold you back.

^ Oh please get over yourself...do some tv shows or movies...something thats deemed worthy besides being Paris ex best friend...
I wouldnt read her book bc we now everthing about her from E and VH1

[miss_perfect]

Well, how bad would it look for her to say "yes I have an eating disorder and no, I don't want to do anything about it." Of course she denies it. Still she handles the whole feud thing way more maturely than Parisite does.

[Ms. Hot]

^ What is Paris doing? Sorry, kind of behind on these two...

[FierceKiten]

Parasite markets herself, feeds off of dumb people's energy and likes it in the ass a couple of times. Right now, all we see is, Survival of the Dumbest.

[beauty_lies8]

she really thinks she looks healthy? crazy crazy crazy.

[buttmunch]

I think she's smart and sassy. She's probably too thin but I was too when I was her age. She's playing this perfectly. She's just refusing to say anything, which of course makes people want to know all the more. And good for her. She is under no obligation to explain to anyone except herself. I like her and think she handled it well.

[MaryJane]

Originally Posted by miss_perfect

Well, how bad would it look for her to say "yes I have an eating disorder and no, I don't want to do anything about it." Of course she denies it.

You stole my words.

[travelbug]

Do people with eating disorders even realize they have a problem? They say crazy people think they're sane. Maybe anorexics think they're normal and everyone else is fat?

[Ms. Hot]

Originally Posted by hotncmom

Do people with eating disorders even realize they have a problem? They say crazy people think they're sane. Maybe anorexics think they're normal and everyone else is fat?

REAL TALK^^

[suede]

She should consider a career in politics.

[FierceKiten]

Or be Anna Nicole's replacement for a "certain magazine".

[Bellatheball]

Is that right?

[Ms. Hot]

Originally Posted by FierceKiten

Or be Anna Nicole's replacement for a "certain magazine".

That could jumpstart her!! lol!!