Happy Father’s Day, Lionel Richie:
It’s not easy raising a celebutante. Take it from Lionel Richie.
The singer was accepting the “Icon” honor at Sunday night’s taping of the TV Land Awards, when he got applause and a laugh at daughter Nicole’s expense.
“Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business,” Lionel Richie told the audience. “Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.”
Gee. Maybe he should have been more of a parent and less of a celebrity himself. Other celebs seem to manage to raise normal kids.
If he wasn’t joking, he’s a jackass.
I would give him a break on this one. Nicole has been in and out of drug/alcohol rehab since she was in her early teens. Her peers gave her the drugs and booze. Her parents put her in rehab. I’ve seen this scenario with normal parents with what were once normal children. Compounding the substance issues is the Hollywood primary value of fame. Or notoriety, as it seems that America may have lost the distinction between the two. So, drugs and the fame game have produced another addled woman who will serve as a negative example to some and a horrible role model emulated by many more.
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