Nicole Richie realizes she needs to change her life · 2007-08-03 20:06
Nicole Richie says that being pregnant made her realize that she needed to change her life and take responsibility.
"I owe the baby my life," she told Diane Sawyer on an interview aired on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday. "I owe this baby everything and I have a responsibility now. I'm now responsible for someone else. I need to set the right example."
With her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden at her side, Richie explained what happened on Dec. 12, the night she was arrested for driving under the influence.
She said she was driving on the freeway near Glendale, Calif., a neighborhood unfamiliar to the 25-year-old reality star.
"When I was getting off the off ramp, instead of making a left to get on the street I went back on the off ramp," she said. "And I was in such shock that I just stopped the car. Then, within two seconds, police were there and we got off the freeway."
Richie admitted that she had been smoking marijuana and had taken the prescription painkiller Vicodin earlier in the day. She said she thought she was OK to drive, cbs4.com reports.
Richie, who is four months pregnant with Madden's child, said that she doesn't do drugs anymore. She said, as she has said in the past, that she was taking the Vicodin for severe menstrual cramps.
Despite the arrest ??“ her second for DUI ??“ Richie said she was still in denial about the seriousness of her actions.
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