Nicole Camille Richie is an American television personality, fashion designer, socialite, musician and actress. She came to prominence after appearing in the reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she starred alongside her childhood friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton.
Richie’s personal life attracted media attention during the series’ five-year run and thereafter. Following the conclusion of The Simple Life, Richie continued her career in television, appearing as one of the three judges on the reality competition series Fashion Star (2012–2013).
She later starred in the unscripted comedy series Candidly Nicole (2014–2015), which ran for two seasons. From 2017 to 2018, Richie starred in her first series of regular acting roles as Portia Scott-Griffith in the sitcom Great News.
In 2020, she became a judge on the reality competition series Making the Cut. In fashion, she is the founder of the lifestyle brand House of Harlow. Richie has also published two novels.
Are Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz friends?
Diaz and Richie are really close friends, but it’s not often they speak about each other in public.
Despite the fact that Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie rarely acknowledge the fact that they’re sisters-in-law, the two are much closer than their public lives suggest. During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” in 2014, Richie was asked about Benji Madden’s relationship with Diaz.
Richie sweetly replied, “I approve of anything that’s going to make Benji happy,” before adding “I am a devoted sister-in-law. I’m happy for anyone who is happy, and I want everyone to be surrounded with love.”
Diaz, who is seemingly the more private of the Madden wives, did reveal an amusing anecdote about Richie during an interview on the “Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino” podcast in 2020, which marked one of the first times she spoke publicly about her famous sister-in-law.
During the conversation, Diaz was asked if she preferred Ashlee or Jessica Simpson, and Diaz replied by saying that Richie actually still watches old episodes of “The Newlyweds” with Jessica and Nick Lachey (via Glamour). As to whether Richie and Diaz watch reruns of “The Simple Life” together … that question has yet to be answered.