Nicole Richie Denies Gastric Bypass

By: Shannon Gossage

Nicole Richie, 25, is currently denying the reports after a blind item was published on PageSix earlier this week that read: "Which young Hollywood starlet had secret gastric bypass surgery, but then lost too much weight? During a recent four-day stint at a health clinic, she was actually having an operation to remove the bypass." The item was reportedly directed at Richie.

The next day Richie posted a message on her MySpace account that denied the rumors. The posting was listed under the heading: "It just doesn’t stop." The message said: "So I gain a little bit of weight, and I’m accused of having a gastric bypass surgery reversed? Its pathetic of Page Six to insinuate I have done this. Anyone that knows anything about this surgery would know that legally, you must be AT LEAST 100 pounds overweight to even have the surgery done, and is a serious, life changing procedure; not one to throw around as a joke or a rumor. Ive statement I am in the process of putting on weight, and that should be enough. It’s a shame to hear that instead of hearing supportive words, someone needs to spin it into some negative, absurd way."

Richie has been progressively shrinking over the past few years even though she has repeatedly denied that she has an eating disorder. She has even been called the next Karen Carpenter because she is so dangerously thin. Just last month she checked into a treatment program to determine why she is unable to gain weight. It was rumored that she may suffer from a rare blood disease, but there has been no official word on what is really going on with her. Only a few days after checking into the treatment facility Richie was spotted out and about partying it up. It was even rumored that she fainted while out one night, a rumor that her rep has denied. Whatever the case, she needs to get some help and fast or else she may just end up being beyond help.