A dad’s nightmare. Lionel Richie joked concerning the hassle Drew Barrymore and daughter Nicole Richie received into as teenagers — and the way he by some means survived.
“I do know Drew goes to convey Nicole [to the concert],” Lionel, 73, informed Barrymore, 48, throughout the Thursday, March 30, episode of The Drew Barrymore Present, whereas selling his upcoming tour. “And Nicole and Drew collectively [are] one massive ham sandwich. I don’t even know the way I’m going to take that backstage.”
The By no means Been Kissed actress proceeded to inform the viewers that she’s identified Lionel’s oldest daughter, Nicole, 41, “for years” after rising up in Hollywood. (Nicole was adopted by Lionel and his ex-wife Brenda Harvey when she was 9 years previous. The “Dancing on the Ceiling” musician additionally shares son Miles, 28, and daughter Sofia, 24, with ex-wife Diane Alexander.)
“We’re a part of this little woman wolf pack,” Barrymore defined on Thursday. “I believe Nicole and I’ve discovered the way to have a lot enjoyable after which pull it collectively and be actually good mothers.”
Lionel quipped: “I don’t even know the way that occurred. As mother and father you go, ‘That is going to be a catastrophe.’ As a result of Nicole and Paris [Hilton], let’s discuss it, once they began out [were insane].” Within the early 2000s, the Easy Life costars made headlines for his or her wild methods, together with Nicole’s stint in rehab and her 2006 DUI.
The “Hey” crooner revealed on the discuss present, “If I can dwell by means of that, I can dwell by means of something. Then it grew to become this committee. I name them the bitty committee.”
The American Idol decide confessed he thought there was “no manner” Nicole’s crew, together with Hilton, 42, and Barrymore might “transcend right into a household with husbands and youngsters.” However now, he admitted, “It turned out good.”
Nicole grew to become a mother in January 2008, welcoming daughter Harlow with Joel Madden. The couple, who tied the knot in December 2010, welcomed their son, Sparrow, in September 2009.
Barrymore, in the meantime, welcomed daughters Olive and Frankie in September 2012 and April 2014, respectively, with now ex-husband Will Kopelman. The pair break up in 2016 after 4 years of marriage. Hilton, for her half, welcomed her first youngster, son Phoenix, in January after marrying Carter Reum in November 2021.
The Charlie’s Angels actress — who went to rehab at age 13 and revealed in March that she hasn’t “had a drink in virtually 4 years” — agreed with Lionel. “We turned out OK,” Barrymore mentioned on Thursday, revealing, “We received all of it out of our methods.”
Lionel, nonetheless, remembered the women’ childhoods as slightly extra than simply teenage enjoyable.
“Let me provide you with my aspect of the story. You all virtually killed me. I’m so glad you bought it out of your system,” the “All Evening Lengthy” singer mentioned. “I virtually misplaced consciousness. Some nights I might get a telephone name [from the sheriff saying], ‘We’ve got Nicole right here.’ [I’d say], ‘What did she do now?’ [And they replied], ‘She went down the improper manner of the freeway.’”
The Grammy winner laughed, asking Barrymore, “Who’s going to pay me again for all that remedy I took?”
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Lionel joked that the one manner he made it by means of these loopy years was that he was “someplace between meditation and drugs.”