# Did Nicole Richie use her malnourished unborn infant to seek publicity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nicole-richie-use-her-malnourished-unborn-infant-to-seek-publicity/417908 "2007-09-03T16:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nicole-richie-use-her-malnourished-unborn-infant-to-seek-publicity/417908/21 "2007-09-04T15:18:28Z")
Was Britney really “torn a new one” for how she looked when she was pregnant? I don’t remember that at all and I didn’t think it was possible for a pregnant woman to be “too fat.” You’re pregnant, you don’t really have control over what the baby does to your body. I know she stayed a little chunky after the baby was born (I’m sure someone will bite my head off for that statement). And I know aftwerward she was often out in public looking ridiculously unkempt (unkempt for a normal person, which translates to “looks like a leper” to a _star_). But I never heard the fat pregnancy outcry. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nicole-richie-use-her-malnourished-unborn-infant-to-seek-publicity/417908/22 "2007-09-04T18:01:30Z")
Is there such thing as Munchausen’s-in-utero? Because if there is, I think she’s a prime candidate for it. If there isn’t…well, there should be, and my first point applies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nicole-richie-use-her-malnourished-unborn-infant-to-seek-publicity/417908.md?page=1)