From The San Francisco Chronicle Daily Dish
Lionel Richie’s daughter Nicole’s choice of intimate body piercing left her highly embarrassed recently, when she had to show her breasts to airport security.
The aspiring singer, who stars in hit reality show “The Simple Life” alongside her best pal Paris Hilton, was traveling from Reno, Nev., to New York City when her nipple piercing triggered off metal detectors at a security checkpoint.
[…] “So they brought in two female officers and took me not to necessarily the most private place in the airport and made me take off my top. Thank God I’m not a shy person, but what if I was shy?
“You know what, you guys are letting lighters on the plane and stuff like that, but I can’t have a nipple ring? What am I gonna do — poke someone in the eye with it?”Remember kids, take those rings and bars out before going through airport security.
Update: For the curious, Fleshbot has the not safe for work (NSFW) proof that Richie sports a nipple ring.

It’s not the presence of the piercing… it’s proving that it’s really a piercing …
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So… is that a nipple ring? Or are you a relative of Richard Reed?
Nicole Richie, titty-bomber.
Hmm, am I supposed to be envisioning Nicole poking someone in the eye with her boob…?
If so Aaron, they would obviously need to crank the A/C down a tad…
Why is it that the people you want to be shy are never shy?
Yall need to back the hell off of Nicole..Yall dont know her..Bitches plz..Peace out my niggaz.