A father not just once, but thrice again! Lionel Richie, a legendary musician, adores his three children, Nicole, Miles, and Sofia.
Lionel Richie Jr. went through a massive depression after the de@th of his father, from whom he had learned much about parenting. Lionel Richie Sr. had die*d in 1990. “My dad was my hero,” he said about his father to ITV in 2018. “He attributes his resilience to the support of his children, though. After Miles joined the family and Nicole was already there, I felt the weight of being the de facto head of the household.”
Lionel acknowledges that despite his reputation as a free spirit, he can be “a tough dad.” However, he is aware of the significance of striking the right balance. You have to take a lighthearted approach. “With my kids, I know their job is to completely scare me to de@th. And they’re doing a great job, by the way … my job is to embarrass them as much as I could, as long as I’m here.”
In addition, the “Hello” singer has no plans to intervene in his children’s personal affairs: “You can’t step in there.” He tells them it just doesn’t work but offers them tips on how to succeed in the limelight. “I told Sofia, I wish you lots of failure, young,” he said in 2020. “We’re in a business where it’s how you recover, and ‘yes, yes, yes’ does not feel terrible, so you have to get smacked in the face.”
The details of Lionel Richie’s three children are presented below.
Who Are The Kids Of Lionel Richie?
Nicole Richie, 41
Nicole Richie (née Escovedo), born on September 21, 1981, was the first child Lionel and his ex-wife Brenda Harvey adopted. Nicole was 9 years old when she was adopted by Lionel and Harvey from their friends, who were Nicole’s biological parents but were unable to provide for her.
“Nicole was actually a godsend,” he told in February of 2022. “She was a little girl who needed a shot. She was used to people coming and going. She looked at me and I’d say, ‘I’m not going anywhere.'”
The 1986 hit song “Ballerina Girl” was written by Lionel about his eldest daughter. “I’m never gonna break your heart/Never will we drift apart/’Cause all I wanna do/Is share my whole life with you,” he sings lovingly.
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Nicole’s appearance on The Simple Life in 2003, opposite Paris Hilton, catapulted her into the public eye. Nonetheless, she was involved in numerous scandals throughout the show’s five seasons, including arrests, car acc*dents, and her battle with addiction.
“I literally didn’t care about anything,” Nicole said to Vanity Fair in 2006. “I thought I was getting away with everything, when the reality was that I was arrested three times and had five car acc*dents. Two were totals.” She also said that the fact that her parents weren’t speaking helped her to play them off of each other, which she claims was a major factor in her irresponsible behavior as a teenager and young adult. “In a lot of ways, I had complete freedom of movement. They were all trying so hard to make me happy. They thought they could make me happy by giving in to my every whim, but I don’t think a young girl should have that much freedom.”
Nicole sought her parents’ assistance with her dr*g abuse problem when she reached rock bottom. “I knew I could not go on television being as wasted as I was. I went to my parents and said, ‘It’s time for me to get help,’ “ she told Vanity Fair. After that, the reality star went through dr*g treatment and claimed to the media that she was clean ever since.
Two years later, Lionel discussed his experiences as a parent during that time with Nicole, adding, “Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.”
Nicole has gone on to achieve a number of professional milestones since her days on The Simple Life, including publishing a semi-autobiographical novel (The Truth About Diamonds) that debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list, modeling for some of the most prestigious fashion publications in the world, and launching a successful clothing line (House of Harlow) for women in need.
New York Fashion Week 2018 marked the debut of the Wilhelmina model at the Philipp Plein show. “You have to push yourself. My dad and my mom keep pushing me forward every single day, and every day I’m determined to be better … I want people to like me for me, rather than like me for who my family is,” he said.
Sofia Richie, 24
Sofia Richie was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 24, 1998. She is the youngest of Lionel’s children. You can see the tweet below in which Lionel Richie is walking her daughter down the aisle.
Wait she’s Lionel richie’s kid ?!?! https://t.co/6AXJOIkuPi
— ♡ Yoni Egg Honey ♡ (@Rawmilkhoneyy) April 26, 2023
When she was just 10 years old, she walked the red carpet for the first time at the 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards with her father and sister. Since then, she has regularly attended major family events like Nicole’s House of Harlow collections’ releases. The premiere of Never Say Never, the documentary on Justin Bieber, was also attended by her at the Nokia Theater.
In an interview with the Australian publication The Goss in 2018, Sofia revealed that she had dabbled in music during her childhood. “My dad had me in singing lessons from a really young age and I’ve played piano with my dad growing up, so I have that part of me,” she told the outlet. “[My dad] is a really respected soul singer and I feel like that is a lot of responsibility.”
That’s why she set her sights on becoming a successful model instead. “I can never get away from the fact that my dad is Lionel Richie,” she said. “I think that’s actually what drives me to work and do my own thing and want to make my own mark … Because I want to be seen as my own person — even though I have all these amazing people in my life that I love so much.”
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