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Nicole Richie
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Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have been friends since they were two years old, attending the same school and sharing piano and tap lessons.
Nicole and Paris snuck away to Vegas at around age 11, telling their parents they were at each other's houses, sneaking into the Starlight Express musical and buying exotic pets.
During their Vegas trip at age 11, Nicole and Paris bought ferrets and chinchillas from exotic pet stores and smuggled them back into California, where they are illegal.
Nicole Richie's AOL screen name was meant to be 'Ballerinagirl NR' after a song her father wrote for her, but her friends read it as 'Baller in a Girl' for an entire hour.
Nicole Richie had a ball python named Cleopatra that she wore around her neck like a collar necklace while roller-skating through clubs on wheeled shoes.
Nicole Richie's first real boyfriend, whose AOL name was Playa4life, cheated on her three times — once on the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland.
Nicole Richie pretended to be a Wire fan to impress Joel Madden on their first date, only confessing years later — after they already had children together.
Paris Hilton described living above Sunset Plaza with paparazzi stationed outside from sunrise to midnight every day. She'd hit 100 mph trying to protect friends' addresses, often with 20 cars in pursuit. They went through her trash, jumped her gate, and shot through her windows. She only felt safe when she moved to a gated community.
Paris Hilton learned a boyfriend had cheated on her not from a friend or a confrontation, but from TMZ. She says she reacts to cheating by going completely silent — no confrontation, just a permanent ghost.
In their 2000s club era, Paris and Nicole operated on a strict weekly venue schedule. Monday through Thursday each had a designated spot. Saturday was — famously — for losers. Thursday was the real night.
Nicole Richie used her parents' divorce as cover to sneak to Vegas at age 11. She and Paris would sneak into the Starlight Express musical at night and spend days buying illegal exotic pets from Strip mall stores — then smuggle ferrets and chinchillas back into California.
Nicole Richie's AOL name was 'BallerinagrlNR' — a nod to her dad Lionel Richie's song written for her — but her friends read it as 'Baller in a Girl' for an entire hour and the nickname stuck. Paris's email handle was simply 'Beautiful Blonde Baby Girl,' with backup options including 'Barbie420.'
Nicole Richie told Joel Madden that The Wire was her favorite show on their very first date — a total lie. He immediately invited her over to watch season 3 cold. She kept the pretense alive for years and only confessed after they'd had children together.
Paris and Nicole's Season 4 rift was blown into a cultural event by tabloids hungry for a celebrity feud. In reality, their families stayed connected and they were quietly friends again long before the public knew. What broke them apart was bad communication in their 20s plus a media machine designed to pit women against each other.
Nicole Richie revealed she was hospitalized after being crashed into by paparazzi while driving. Her son was six weeks old at the time but thankfully wasn't in the car. She reflected that in her 20s she accepted treatment she would never accept now, simply because the world wasn't acting like she deserved boundaries.
Nicole Richie's going-out era involved wheeled shoes and a ball python named Cleopatra worn around her neck like a collar necklace. The snake was a regular club presence. The roller skates were also useful for escaping unwanted attention from men.
The Simple Life reunion was sparked at Christmas when Paris texted Nicole about the show's approaching 20th anniversary, then shared a DM from Braxton — the toddler from season one — announcing he'd passed the bar exam. That nostalgia tipped them into action, and for two private weeks, only their husbands knew.
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have been inseparable since the age of two. Their lives were so intertwined growing up — same school, same extracurriculars, matching outfits bought by Nicole's mom — that they were treated as a single unit. If one got socially exiled, both were out.
Nicole Richie's first real boyfriend had an AOL screen name of Playa4life. He cheated on her three times — including once on the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland. She uncovered the last betrayal through an elaborate conference-call trap before eventually confronting a girl at a party who physically launched her across the room.
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