9.07.2006

Doctor says Nicole isn't anorexic

Lionel Richie says a doctor has reassured him that his daughter Nicole is not suffering from anorexia. "I stood in front of [the doctor] just like you and I now, looked him in the eyes, and I said, 'Is it anorexia?' And he said, 'It isn't anorexia,'" Richie told a Swedish newspaper. The soul singer says his daughter's weight is "stress-related" and in part due to being under the constant scrutiny of the media. "I live with the constant fear that Nicole is going to become the next Princess Diana," Richie said. "Just to give an example of how crazy everything has become, I always know when Nicole is on her way home because she is always followed by a helicopter and seven cars. It's harassment." The concerned dad also says Nicole has shown him proof that tabloids manipulate her photos to make her look skinnier. "She's shown me the difference between the original and what's published in the newspaper," he says. "They make her look much worse."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, why doesn't she stay the hell home for a while??? I think they are kidding themselves to think she's healthy. She needs to step back and decide if she wants to live healthy and long, or end up like K. Carpenter. You can't convince me it isn't anorexia. She's writing checks her body can't cash. Paying the piper, as it were, will come sooner rather than later, and it will be a shame.

Anonymous said...

Oh god, YEA RIGHT! He's just protecting her... overly. Nobody sits around photoshopping pictures of her on a daily basis. She's not THAT interesting, nor is she famous for anything other than that boring show she's on.
Stress related... uh-huh, sure. Plenty of other celebrities out there are stressed out and for GOOD reasons, like working hard. She doesn't do shit all day and she's "stressed out." She's not the only celebrity out there constantly being followed and photographed.
ANOREXIC!
Besides. ANYBODY can just be like "oh yea, I went to a doctor and I'm fine." Where's the proof?