Lionel Richie is now saying that Nicole Richie was such a handful for him in the past 27 years that surviving 40 years in the music business was nothing compared to raising Nicole! OK! Magazine reports:
Nicole Richie lived The Simple Life, but the same can't be said for her father, Lionel.
The singer was honored with the Icon trophy at the TV Land Awards over the weekend and told his peers it's his not his music career that ought to be admired, but rather how he endured life with Nicole!
''Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you," Lionel joked. "I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.''"
The singer was honored with the Icon trophy at the TV Land Awards over the weekend and told his peers it's his not his music career that ought to be admired, but rather how he endured life with Nicole!
''Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you," Lionel joked. "I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.''"
Wow, I knew Nicole Richie was bad... but when her own dad admits that she was a handful, you know that's bad! And, on top of it, it's Lionel Richie we're talking about it here! He's one of the coolest guys out there, and even he's admitting that Nicole's substance abuse and general craziness was nothing compared to the tough music business he's in... well that's just when you know it's bad!
Nicole out in short shorts this past weekend:
