Just a few days ago, Nicole Richie was taking her daughter Harlow apartment-hunting in New York while Nic’s boyfriend Joel Madden played it cool in Los Angeles. I wondered at the time if a New York move was in Nicole’s future, and if there were problems with Joel and Nic. Apparently not – Joel Madden just announced on the Good Charlotte blog that he and Nicole are expecting their second child!
Baby Harlow just celebrated her first birthday in January. OK! Magazine has more:
Congratulations to Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, who announced this morning that they are expecting their second child!
In a post on the official Good Charlotte blog, Joel wrote: “What’s better than winning an Oscar? I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope you’re all feeling as good as I am right now…”
This will make the second child in under two years for the couple, who are already parents to adorable baby girl Harlow Winter Kate Madden, born on Jan. 11, 2008.
Only a couple of months ago, Joel told OK! that he and Nicole were already thinking of expanding their young family.
“Eventually we’d love to have more kids,” he said at the time. “Especially if they can all be as easy and wonderful as Harlow!”
From OK! Magazine
There have been rumors on and off about the state of Joel and Nicole’s relationship, and I’ll admit to being one of the worriers. I really like how Nicole has grown up, and I think she’s probably a really great mother, but I’m not so sure about Joel. Perhaps they’re much happier than I suspect, though.
Nicole Richie and Harlow are shown at LAX on 2/20/09. Credit: Fame. Nicole and Joel are shown outside “Cruz Beckham’s 4th Birthday party in North Hollywood at XMA Martial Arts place.” Credit: WENN
How beautiful for them. Harlow gets to be a big sister and that is wonderful for her. Congratulations to the whole family!
How cute! They’ll probably have another adorable little cherub like Harlow.
Does this mean she’ll start eating again? Girlfriend’s been looking sticklike.
Why don’t they just get married already?
Is there anything of substance to these two beside procreating? Do they make an effort at working or doing something besides going for coffee and shopping?
Although I’m sure we can all agree that little Harlow is one of the cutest kids around, that is so NOT the point. It doesn’t matter how much money you have; celebrities intentionally having children out of wedlock is no better than the poor who make the same choices while on welfare. It’s time for these two to grow up.
Hang on a minute. Am I to understand that you (Patrice) are equating unmarried people who have gobs of money (such as NR and JM) having more children to those who rely on government assistance doing the same??
Apples and oranges, sweetheart. Apples and oranges.
Patrice, so there is a rule that says you have to have children when you’re married? The only people I know who complain and push that idea upon people are the Bible black tyrants. The two are completely different than the people on ‘welfare’ who pop out babies to earn the goverment’s money. Both make their own money so I highly doubt they are concerned with getting money for having a second child. The two have grown up in the past year alone because of being parents so stop with that line of bull. But I do suppose you feel that way about everyone who has a child out of wedlock, no?
Anyways, congrats to Nicole and Joel!
I like it when celebs announce stuff like this nice and early so there’s no annoying speculation.
Congrats to Nicole & Joel!
They appear to be very loving, involved parents.
There IS a big difference between any married or unmarried couple having a child or several children when they can afford to care for them as opposed to those who cannot.
It’s not only a married or unmarried issue.
On the other hand, it’s not just “Bible black tyrants” (what on earth does that mean? It sounds like a racial slur, but I’ll give Jenna the benefit of the doubt and assume that it wasn’t meant in that context), who consider marriage important.
Why is there so much effort to have gay marriage made legal if marriage is nothing but a “piece of paper” or an outdated religious thing?
Many people get married and believe in marriage and firmly believe that children should have that stability.
There is nothing ‘tyrannical’ about that.
Moreover, my question has always been why people think marriage is MORE of a committment than having a child? A marriage can be ended but a child binds two people together forever.
Personally, I think when you have kids marriage is better than not being married, but I must admit I don’t feel strongly about it when it comes to celebrities many of whom tend to treat marrige as an excuse for a wedding and lots of PR rather than a real committment for the future.
In all the socially advanced regions (northern Europe, in particular Scandinavia), French Canada etc – marriage is becoming an anachronism and civil unions are becoming increasingly popular. Marriage as a norm of relationships is most prominent in countries where suppression is the norm – suppression of human rights, throwing acid on women etc. By equating unmarried couples to wellfare bums you are effective preaching suppression. Well educated people tend to marry less and make more money and pay more taxes. We are the ones to subsidize all the underemployed breeders…
Bible black tyrants is my way of describing the hardcore religious. Like bible thumpers or what have you.
the only reasons to get married nowadays is for
A) the insurance
B) Green Card
I get more pissed when people DO GET MARRIED and it doesnt last more than a year, the cheese in your refridge last longer than some marriages.
Nina–you are right that the highest purportion of common-law couples in Canada is in Quebec, but pretending that it is a big rebellion against “suppression” is somewhat ridiculous, when in most ways being “common law” gives the couple the same legal rights and obligations as marraige, particularly when children are involved, and ending a common law marriage can involve all the same issues as divorce: spousal support, child support, custody, access, etc.
Maybe some people want to imagine that they are ‘subverting’ marriage, but in reality, let’s face it, by law common law couples are just married without the ceremony.
Moreover, how do you equate marriage with “throwing acid in women’s faces”????
Considering the majority of couples in Canada, the United States and England (I looked this up) are married, I fail to see how as an institution it can be equated primarily with countries who violently suppress women.
I think that with the state of marriage and divorce as high as it is, why bother to get married? It’s not necessary or necessarily condusive to a good relationship. More couples should concentrate on the actual relationship and less on whether or not they’ve got a piece of paper that binds them together. Ridiculous, all this talk about “having children out of wedlock” and how horrible that is… Pshh, Are you kidding me? How many divorcee’s are amongst us? Obviously marriage isn’t a sacred thing that lasts forever any more. We need to move past the ceremony and a piece of paper here folks. Marriage, or the lack thereof, doesn’t mean your relationship will last or not last. Too much is being made of not being married.
Congrats to Nicole and her family. I’m sure their new baby will be loved and adorable.
Czarina, if you lived in a society where you were genuinely free to get married or to not do so, you would have had a different perspective. I am indeed happy to live in Quebec, where you are not being judged based on your religion, skin color, sexual orientation or “marriage” stamp. Yes, all of them go hand in hand. These are your basic human rights. Unfortunately even in Quebec the rights are not exactly equal between common law and marriage. Yet many of us chose to make this statement, because we believe in freedom of choice and human rights. Nicole and Joel are together because of their love and not outdated social norms and financial considerations.
“Why is there so much effort to have gay marriage made legal if marriage is nothing but a “piece of paper” or an outdated religious thing?”
Everyone should have the RIGHT to get married if they want. But no one should ever HAVE to get married. It’s about freedom. Do it or don’t do it, your choice.
Congrats to the happy family!
Yeah, wedlock doesn’t lock anything anymore, Patrice. Hope you won’t get too sad about it.