Fans of Nicole Richie were left in tears after The Simple Life celebrity ignored them when she arrived in Australia yesterday.

Richie is in Sydney to attend the MTV Australia Video Music Awards.

However her fans were bitterly disappointed when her security team resorted to aggressive tactics to keep them at arm’s length.

Fan Bianca Valodian woke up at 4am to catch a glimpse of Richie and was devastated to miss out on getting an autograph from the tiny star.

“We haven’t slept in two days,” the 17-year-old year 12 student from Frenchs Forest said. “It’s pretty heartbreaking.”

Qantas staff were also underwhelmed by Richie, who was rude to the cabin crew on her flight from Los Angeles. “She’s not very nice,” a female crew member said. “She has no charm.” By contrast, her fiance Joel Madden and his brother, Benji, of Good Charlotte, happily posed for photographs with fans and signed autographs at Sydney Airport after flying in from Auckland after Richie.

“It’s great to be back in Australia,” said Benji, who was later reunited with his fiance, Australian singer Sophie Monk, at an MTV press conference.

When asked about the scrum at the airport, Richie made no apology. “You know what, I had just woken up so it was definitely a rush but, you know, we got through it,” she said.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald