Nicole Richie was surrounded by friends and loved ones when she celebrated her 40th birthday on Tuesday. But Paris Hilton’s pal endured a serious accident when her hair caught alight, which left friends and fans with their hearts dropping to their stomachs.
The Hollywood star turned 40 at the start of the week and posted a video to social media of her blowing out the candles on her celebration cake.
She was handed the cake by friend Kelly Sawyer, Baby2Baby co-CEO, who placed it in front of Nicole as the group surrounding the star began to sing to her.
The joyous moment came to a sharp halt when The Simple Life star accidentally set alight to her hair as she leaned over to blow out the candles and make a wish.
(Image: Nicole Richie/Instagram)
The crowd surrounding the stunning star could be heard singing and cheering in the Instagram clip she posted, but this was soon exchanged for loud squeals, screams and screeches as the flames from the candles engulfed Nicole’s hair.
In the video, Nicole can be seen jumping from the shock before she tries to extinguish the flames while patting them with her hand and pulling at her clothing.
Although originally terrified by the incident, she now looks back on the accident and is able to laugh about it.
She captioned her post: “Well… so far 40 is [fire emoji].”
(Image: Nicole Richie/Instagram)
Her husband Joel Madden responded with a quote from Nicole’s The Simple Life co-star Paris Hilton and wrote: “That’s hot.”
Paris herself even replied, and said: “OMFG. Happy Birthday Bill! Hope your ok! Love youuuuu.” [sic]
Katy Perry also commented: “WAIT NO WAY WAIT OMG.”
Singer Kelly Rowland also left a message, saying: “My heart just dropped!!!!”
Another friend commented: “OHMYGOD NOOO!!!! I love you be careful!”
(Image: Nicole Richie/Instagram)
Husband Joel penned: “Happy Birthday Nicole. You’ve made love feel timeless I’ve forgotten how old we are.”
Nicole’s sister Sofia Richie commented that she is “so lucky” to have Nicole as a big sister, where she wrote: “I love you beyond words.”
Nicole grew up in the spotlight thanks to having a famous dad, singer Lionel Richie.
But her wild child image has toned down a lot since she had kids, 12 year old son Sparrow and 13 year old daughter Harlow.
The mum-of-two tied the knot in December 2010 to Joel in a French garden themed wedding on her dad Lionel Richie’s estate.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
