# So is Nicole Richie "really for real officially for serious" preggers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029 "2007-06-22T17:33:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_x0HOLLiSTER0x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/839c29/32.png) [@\_x0HOLLiSTER0x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_x0HOLLiSTER0x)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/1 "2007-06-22T17:33:14Z")
Or is it just speculation? Cuz if she is pregnant… God help us all…that’s gonna be one ugly baby between her and Joel Madden. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/2 "2007-06-22T17:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=❤x0HOLLiSTER0x​❤] Or is it just speculation? Cuz if she is pregnant… God help us all…that’s gonna be one ugly baby between her and Joel Madden. [/QUOTE] Welcome, nice username. This should be in the Cafe. And I’m not sure if she’s preggo or not. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/3 "2007-06-22T18:05:10Z")
Nah, that’s not a baby bump. She just swallowed a grape. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/4 "2007-06-22T18:15:33Z")
Well, in order to get pregnant, you need to be menstruating on some kind of at least semi-regular basis. I’m pretty sure anyone as malnourished as she is is amenorrheic. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/5 "2007-06-22T18:25:34Z")
Well, I like totally don’t know but if she is then like, oh my god that would be so totally whack. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/6 "2007-06-22T18:29:42Z")
Off to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![\_x0HOLLiSTER0x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/839c29/32.png) [@\_x0HOLLiSTER0x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_x0HOLLiSTER0x)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/7 "2007-06-22T19:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Well, in order to get pregnant, you need to be menstruating on some kind of at least semi-regular basis. I’m pretty sure anyone as malnourished as she is is amenorrheic. [/QUOTE] That’s what I thought…your BMI has to be 22 to get your period and clearly, it is NOT 22, nor is she at least 100 pounds… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/8 "2007-06-22T19:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Well, in order to get pregnant, you need to be menstruating on some kind of at least semi-regular basis. I’m pretty sure anyone as malnourished as she is is amenorrheic. [/QUOTE] And if she is I can’t imagine her body could keep the baby alive. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/9 "2007-06-22T20:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=❤x0HOLLiSTER0x​❤] That’s what I thought…your BMI has to be 22 to get your period and clearly, it is NOT 22, nor is she at least 100 pounds… [/QUOTE] Not sure where you got this idea from but in the interest of maintaining the whole “fighting ignorance” thing, you certainly do not have to have a BMI of 22 to get your period or to get pregnant for that matter. As to if NR is preggers, who knows. It will be interesting to see. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/10 "2007-06-22T20:39:30Z")
I had a friend that had been anorexic for about a year and had dropped down to about 95 lbs (I think, and she’s 5’2ish) and managed to get pregnant. Go figure that the first time she would have had her period in a year, she got pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/11 "2007-06-22T20:43:27Z")
Ironically, the sugar pills in her BC gave her enough calories to push her up over the edge BMI-wise and get her pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/12 "2007-06-22T20:47:29Z")
Who is Nicole Richie? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/13 "2007-06-22T20:54:15Z")
In case you really mean it, she’s the daughter of Lionel Richie, a singer most popular in the 70s (as the lead singer of the Commodores) and 80s who is still putting out solo music. She has had an on and off friendship with Paris Hilton and has starred in The Simple Life reality show. She has had alcohol and drug problems as well as eating disorders that have left her quite thin. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/14 "2007-06-23T02:29:13Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] In case you really mean it, she’s the daughter of Lionel Richie, a singer most popular in the 70s (as the lead singer of the Commodores) and 80s who is still putting out solo music. She has had an on and off friendship with Paris Hilton and has starred in The Simple Life reality show. She has had alcohol and drug problems as well as eating disorders that have left her quite thin. [/QUOTE] To further clarify, she’s the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/15 "2007-06-23T12:54:13Z")
She’s also facing possible prison time herself so maybe she found a way out of it? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/16 "2007-06-23T15:53:17Z")
The tabloids are saying she weighs all of 85 pounds. Don’t people who are starving to death get swollen bellies? Kwashiorkor. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/17 "2007-06-23T16:24:56Z")
(yes I actually meant it. Never heard of her before) ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/18 "2007-06-23T16:38:03Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] (yes I actually meant it. Never heard of her before) [/QUOTE] Lionel Richie’s daughter. Remember Lionel? Come on **Opal** dig deep into those 80’s memories. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/19 "2007-06-23T16:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] (yes I actually meant it. Never heard of her before) [/QUOTE] Consider yourself lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029/20 "2007-06-24T04:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Who is Nicole Richie? [/QUOTE] Paris Hilton’s sidekick? Opal, can I come live with you. It’s pretty in your world. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-nicole-richie-really-for-real-officially-for-serious-preggers/409029.md?page=2)