Nicole Richie was never anorexic, but she allegedly popped pills.

Nicole Richie’s weight loss was allegedly caused by an addiction to diet pills known as Hoodia, which is a South African Herb that tricks the body into thinking it is not hungry. Nicole’s friend, Crystal, told Britain’s More magazine that Nicole told her,

Hoodia makes you look hot in low-cut tops and backless dresses. It is good for me – the bushmen have sworn by it for hundreds of years and that’s good enough for me.

Is it still called anorexia when you don’t eat because you’re not hungry? No, its called, put down the damn pills and eat a cheeseburger. I don’t necessarily believe this story, but, this would explain how Nicole managed to lose so much weight in a short period of time without actually having an eating disorder or blaming Lionel Richie. She had a drug disorder.

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