I’ve grown to hate all of the body-shaming and concern-trolling of celebrity bodies from the tabloids. It used to be sort of fun – “Who has implants?” and “Who got budget lipo?” But at some point, it really did take a turn and now some of the tabloid stories are just outright nasty. Take this week’s Star cover, featuring a 2006 photo of Nicole Richie. Star decided to concern-troll Nicole about her body because…? They heard she’s eating a lot of sunflower seeds these days.
Nicole Richie is back to skinny. The reality star turned designer has dropped down to 88 pounds, according to Star magazine, which was her weight in 2006 when she memorably showed off a bony frame as she jogged on a beach in a bikini.
And there’s proof in pictures: On Tuesday the 32-year-old showed off a gaunt face with a heavily defined jaw bone as she attended Antonio Berardi’s dinner in Beverly Hills. Star claimed the daughter of Lionel Richie is ‘anorexic again.’
She has reportedly been living on a diet of sunflower seeds, celery and juices. The LA native also allegedly uses chewing gum to stave off hunger pains.
Part of the problem Star explained, might be that husband Joel Madden is often away for work. The musician has been a coach on The Voice in Australia.
‘Joel has always tried to keep tight tabs on her diet,’ the source added. ‘But since he’s gone so often, no one’s ever really sure how much she’s eating anymore. He is extremely worried about her. He tells her that she needs to focus on her health for the sake of the children, because they need their mother. When Joel confronts her on how she needs to ingest more nutrients, she says the juices give her all she needs.’
But a friend tells MailOnline the Fashion Star judge is ‘healthy.’ The source added: ‘This is completely false, she is not anorexic.’
The Star story seems to be mostly about Nicole’s failing marriage to Joel Madden which… I mean, sure, I’ll buy that. Make the cover story about her marriage troubles then, go wild. But let me guess… Star didn’t think “Nicole and Joel’s marriage is falling apart because he’s working in Australia all the time these days” would be a good enough cover story. And they were right. That would have been a non-event cover story. So they decided to hype it with some body image drama. Tedious.
Here’s another reason I’m not buying Star’s story – I’m including our most recent photos of Nicole, from November 2013. She looks really good in these pics, right? I’ll admit that I sometimes think she’s too slender for her own good, but in these photos, she looks great. She got implants too, which make her look more “filled out” than she used to.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
