Nicole Richie is being criticized, by the tabloids and bloggers, for an email she sent out to her friends, inviting them to her Memorial Day barbecue. In the e-mail Nicole writes: “there will be a scale at the front door. No girls over 100 pounds allowed in. Start starving yourself now.”

The e-mail was obtained by In Touch Weekly and has everyone talking, including Dr. Joyce Brothers (who does not treat Nicole) who says that she thinks Nicole is “thumbing her nose at the people in rehab. It’s a huge form of acting out.”

Personally I don’t think it is a big deal at all. Nicole is obviously joking, she herself has been through a lot with the tabloids and it’s just meant as a harmless little joke, on an invite only meant for her friends to see.

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