Nicole Richie is able to develop into an aunt to Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge’s child woman.
“Oh, my God. [I’m] so excited,” Nicole, 42, gushed in a Tuesday, April 9, interview with Additional when requested how she feels about her little sister changing into a mother. “I can’t even deal with something.”
Nicole — who shares daughter Harlow, 16, and son Sparrow, 14, along with her husband, Joel Madden — even joked about commemorating Sofia’s entry into motherhood with some physique ink. “What I ought to do is I ought to get a tattoo and be like, ‘I’m one of the best auntie,’ and simply, like, have that, you realize?” she quipped.
Sofia, 25, introduced earlier this yr that she and Grainge, 30, are anticipating their first youngster. “I came upon very, very early,” she revealed in a January Vogue interview. “I used to be about 4 weeks pregnant. I used to be on a visit to Milan for trend week, and I used to be going to the Prada present. I used to be doing a extremely fast 24-hour turnaround, and I felt horrible however didn’t assume a lot of it. I assumed it was jet lag.”
After a being pregnant check got here again optimistic, Sofia mentioned her husband was “so excited” and that they “each cried.” She continued: “It was loopy and overwhelming and so onerous to not scream it from the rooftops.”
Later that month, the couple, who wed in April 2023, introduced they’re having a child woman. “Sorry to all my neighbors for the horrifying scream 😅,” Sofia captioned a TikTok video of her loud response to her and Grainge’s intercourse reveal.
Nicole isn’t the one member of Sofia’s well-known household to share their pleasure over her child information. A supply completely advised Us Weekly in January that their father, Lionel Richie, was “completely thrilled for Sofia and Elliot,” including, “He was ecstatic after they advised him and the household that they had been anticipating their first youngster.”
The insider continued: “Sofia is Lionel’s youngest, and it was such a bittersweet second for him, as a result of he realizes his child woman is all grown up and going to develop into a mother. He couldn’t maintain again the tears.” (Lionel and his ex-wife Brenda Harvey adopted Nicole as a toddler in 1981. He shares Sofia and his son, Miles, 29, with ex-wife Diane Alexander.)
Lionel, 74, later revealed that he doesn’t plan for Sofia’s youngster to name him Grandpa. “I’m Pop-Pop,” he advised Leisure Tonight in January. “We don’t get the ‘grandpa.’ Yeah, that’s a little bit deep. Pop-Pop is the place we’re going.”
Earlier this month, one other supply advised Us that Sofia and Grainge plan to take a “babymoon journey” earlier than welcoming their little woman. “[They are] so excited and anxious to see her and for her to be right here,” the insider added. “Elliot has been there for [Sofia] and actually supported her by means of this journey. He’s actually hands-on and all the time ensuring she has what she wants, happening appointments along with her and likes to drive her round.”