Nicole Richie Enters Rehab

By: Shannon Gossage

Richie’s rep Nicole Perna recently released a statement that read, "Nicole Richie has decided to undergo diagnostic treatment to determine why she’s not been putting on any weight. She is working with a team of doctors and specialists whose focus is nutrition. It is important to Nicole that she achieves this goal in a healthy way, as this is not treatment for an eating disorder." There has been a lot of speculation about Richie’s weight loss. She has repeatedly denied rumors that she suffers from an eating disorder and it has been rumored that she may suffer from a rare blood disease.

In May, Richie addressed her weight issues in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine. She said in the interview, "I know I’m too thin right now. I’m not happy with the way I look right now." At the time she said her severe weight loss was partly due to her break-up with her ex-fiancé Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein. She also said that she had been seeing a doctor and a nutritionist to help her put on weight. So far it seems as if nothing has worked, she is still scarily thin.

A source close to Richie, 25, recently said, "She’s tired of everyone saying you don’t eat, because she does. She wants to gain weight." The friend went on to say that this "wasn’t an intervention" and that it was a "personal decision" of Richie’s. Richie is getting ready to begin filming on the fifth season of The Simple Life, but filming will be delayed about a week due to Richie’s treatment.