Rachel Zoe, Nicole Richie’s former stylist wrote a book: Style from A to Zoe: the Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour.
In promoting this book,. she gave an interview to YOU Magazine wherein she opened up about her friendship and eventual fall-out with Nicole.
“That whole episode was devastating on another level entirely,” says Rachel softly.
“There was a point around November last year when I didn’t leave the house much at all, except to work, and there were tears on my part, too. I compare it to the feeling you get when your parents say, ‘We’re so disappointed in you,’ and you turn into a six-year-old on the spot because you feel so small.”
Did the comments hurt more because Richie and Rachel had been like sisters?
“Yes, we were,” she says.
“It takes a lot to shock me, but that did. I wish nothing but the best for Nicole, and I’m happy for her pregnancy, but no, I haven’t called her to congratulate her. I’m over that whole thing now.”
“Has it changed me?
“I’ve learnt not to trust people as much and realise that in the past I may have been naive. I do put my heart into things and that leaves you open to hurt, so now I’m going through life with my guard slightly up, which I didn’t do before. It’s sad, but it’s a reality.”
To read the entire article with Rachel Zoe, click here.

whatever!
i hate her….good riddance to Rachel Zoe.
She was such a bad influence on Nicole.
umm i dont think that zoe..was the probs..BAD INFLUENCE ON NICOLE..if u have taken a closer look i think nicole has been the BAD INFLENCE to EVERYONE..lol..where have u been the past few YEARS..that is soo funny..lol..she is a spoiled celeb who has been on every tabloid..
well, that is MY OPINION!
Rachel Zoe was a BAD INFLUENCE ON NICOLE.
the end.
i don’t care if you believe or agree, its still THE TRUTH.
get. over. it. !
I got a question for you fans. What magazine do you think will feature Nicole Richie’s baby first on the cover and your reasoning? I made a bet for it to be OK! magazine since she trusts OK! and doesn’t really need the money that PEOPLE magazine would offer her.
that’s a great question Brian! I made it the poll!
Nicole is a very clever girl indeed. i give her props for that, but she has a very sneaky way of hurting people. Just look what she has done to paris….again!
Somehow, Nicole always manages to come out on top while making any falling out look entirely the other person’s fault. paris is sweet and naive when it comes to nicole because they grew up together and paris really loves nicole as much as her own sister, nicky. Nicole has always used that to play Paris. She is a master manipulator and can always turn the tables to make the other person look bad while covering her own tracks.
I’m sure nicole probably gave it to rachel as much or more than anything rachel did to her.
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